Jay Prater, CBM KAKE
@JayPraterKAKE
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Managing Meteorologist - KAKE TV & FOX Kansas | CBM #4 | Dad x2 | Commercial Pilot & Adv Ground Instructor | Owner-1974 Piper Arrow II | RT≠Endorsement
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This beautiful rainbow was captured over the home of Mark and Katie Cress this evening, 04/21/20 near Kismet, Kansas.
#KSwx
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"...red sky at morning, sailors take warning" 6:30am @ Wichita - Eisenhower Nat'l Airport. Thanks Ben Burbank!
#KSwx
http://t.co/cuEivcULxN
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I traded my Private Pilot Certificate for a Commercial Pilot Certificate today. 😃
#achievementunlocked
#avgeek
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5 miles north of Lincoln, Kansas...check out the "dusting" of small hail!
Thanks for the pic James Gabelmann!
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My goodness. I knew it was close…today marks 20 years at
@KAKEnews
.
It doesn’t seem that long ago, I joined
@SusanPeters1
, Larry Hatteberg and
@AlanKMBC
on the anchor desk.
It continues to be a pleasure and a privilege to serve KAKEland.
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…so…why are there still doctors when you can use WebMD?
#blessherheart
Blows my mind that local news still does weather. What are you guys doing? I can look up the 7 day forecast on my phone.
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I couldn’t resist, and had to play the fan with
@landryshamet
at the
@KAKEnews
Studios today!
@Chris_LillyTV
will highlight his
#Wichita
summer basketball camp on KAKE News tonight.
@GoShockers
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Happy Kansas Day! As we celebrate our admission to the Union, this date in 1861.
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Griffin with 20" of snow on the farm at Marienthal, KS (Wichita County). Courtesy of Roxie Berning
#KSwx
@NWSGoodland
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There it is...the cold front...as seen on KAKE's First Alert Doppler HD, has entered Sedgwick County! ARE YOU READY WICHITA!!!
#KSwx
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We are profoundly saddened by the passing of
@Levi__Ward
. I was looking forward to the day when he would return to
@KAKEnews
as an intern while attending KU. Our heartfelt condolences to Levi's family and friends.
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It’s always a pleasure to see KAKEman, this time of year!
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I’m in Kansas City tonight, accepting the Kansas Association of Broadcasters 1st place award for Weathercast.
@CamVenableKAKE
and
@brooklinnrae
were a integral part of this honor.
With
@FrankWaughKAKE
and
@BrittFosterWX
, KAKE has the most talented weather team in Kansas.
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@mitchell_knight
How old was your father in 1974? I’m from Birmingham. I was a fourth-grader. Guin is etched indelibly in my memory…and led me to start studying the atmosphere.
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@therealskicast
@weatherchannel
@KSNNews
@KWCH12
@KAKEnews
@JimCantore
Simply awesome! Excellent work, Taylor!
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Prescribed rangeland burning in the Flint Hills of Northern Butler County, Kansas this evening. As seen from 6,500ft.
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Proud dad brag... The reason I swapped shifts with
@TonyLaubach
. 1st in the den and pack! On to district!
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…when you mention to the boss, “I’m going old-school with French cuffs.” He surprises you with thermometer cuff links! One Fahrenheit…one Celsius.
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Earthquake...felt in here in the KAKE Studios. Waiting for USGS data.
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My wife captured one of our favorite 2019 moments, and gave it to me as a Christmas present. Above a solid undercast at 8,000ft, over eastern Mississippi, with my son as co-pilot.
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The mini-me and I were hankerin’ for some Q.
Station 8, as usual, was off the hook…
The burnt ends are simply meat candy! Gotta love that bark on the moist brisket, too.
I felt the need to add a hot link…
This joint should be on your must-try BBQ list.
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Thanks for visiting KAKEland,
@springsteen
and
@jeep
, discovering what we already knew. We aren’t in the middle of nowhere...we are halfway to everywhere.
#Kansas
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Carolda Edwards sent this snap of a well developed cold air 12 miles north of Meade, KS this afternoon. They also received 3.45" inches of rainfall!
#KSwx
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Like a lot of folks, I skip the razor while on vacation.
The bosses at KAKE only grant me one day to be scruffy on-air.
Still…maybe someday, they’ll let me grow it out and see how it looks first.
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Check out this snow drift near Scott City!
Jessika Koons says some drifts were “easy 7 to 8 feet” tall.
#KSwx
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Hello Earthquake! That woke me up. Awaiting USGS data..
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My Halloween custom this year was “Guy with a Kidney Stone” at the ER. But hey, this too shall pass…I’m back in the office. See y’all on
@KAKEnews
starting at 4pm.
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The last weekend of summer for the kids, has my son and I watching the
@WindSurgeICT
.
Kudos to Riverfront Stadium, there are grilled onions and peppers available for bratwurst! Gotta have the slop on my brat.
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Please welcome
@brooklinnrae
to KAKEland! We are growing our First Alert Weather team to better serve you on-air, and digitally, too.
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The Cuban Sandwich may be the best executed item at the first base concession stand.
👍👍
@WindSurgeICT
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The girls didn’t want to fly today. 🙁 Well…then it’s dudes on the flight deck!
#avgeek
#PoncaCityMexicanFoodRun
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I caught this double rainbow from Main Street in Burden, Kansas after dinner tonight with the family.
#KSwx
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Guess who is helping me with the weather at 4:30?
#TakeOurDaughtersAndSonsToWorkDay
@KAKEnews
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You may have already seen posts about SNOWmageddon for KAKEland next week. Don't buy the hype, yet. Even though we are seeing similar track solutions from different models, there are too many variables to have high confidence this far away.
#KSwx
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It’s
@jcrawfordtv
’s last day at
@KAKEnews
. I’ve enjoyed our time together on the 4 o’clock newscast, and will miss her dearly. However, she’s moving on to a wonderful opportunity…and wish her continued success!
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I was helping my coworker tweak his lighting for a 9AM video conference, this morning.
#Homeschooling2020
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Thanks
@MrTimGrubbs
for the invitation to the radio booth! I enjoyed the on-air chat!
@WindSurgeICT
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My daughter starts 8th grade today.
I thought she'd get a chuckle seeing her dad as an 8th grader.
It appears my wardrobe was heavily influenced by Herb Tarlek from WKRP...
Care to share your old school pics?
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I’m away from KAKE tonight watching my daughter’s last dance team performance of the year for football.
@BrittFosterWX
has your forecast tonight on
@KAKEnews
.
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Heading to INTRUST Bank Arena for today’s
@Wichita_Thunder
game?
I’m in section 116 selling Dippin’ Dots for my daughter’s competitive dance team.
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I can’t see how this game can be played. Simply stunned. 🙏
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This is Shelby Melton my job shadow for the day, a senior Wichita Collegiate School.
@CatTaylorKAKE
is helping me introduce her to the field of meteorology.
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Some wise tweets...from shaved frozen meat...
@sunnydelight
with the rise of pay-to-play ad models and cynicism toward ads in general, platforms like twitter and tiktok have turned into a marketplace where brands can cross-pollinate their personified ads with other brands to create the illusion of community and culture to game the system
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Happy Thanksgiving! We are grateful, once can again sharing our table with friends who can’t be with their families on this holiday.
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This is my post ski hat look…
I’ll try to tame it, before KAKE News at 4.
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Personal development…of my other passion. Now, I can provide the required hour of ground instruction for flight reviews, and give endorsements for most FAA written exams.
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@ClearwaterCHS
is singing in the
@KAKEnews
studios today. You can watch their performance on KAKE Christmas Day, starting at 11 AM.
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It’s -5 with a wind chill of -31…and visibility of about 1/4 mile.
…pizza rolls…yeah…nice…hot…pizza rolls…
Don’t judge me. 😉
#KSwx
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In California, it’s not a tornado until the government says so. 😉
#imkidding
#igetit
The Montebello potential tornado is still UNCONFIRMED by the National Weather Service. We have a team on the way to survey the damage and make an assessment. We will post those findings on Twitter as soon as possible, please monitor our page for official updates!
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What I love about KAKEland…
Watching a storm 35 miles away, from the Bazaar Cattle Pens on the
@KansasTurnpike
.
The recent rain has made the Flint Hills come alive again with a vibrant carpet of green. ❤️
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UPDATE: A slight downward tweak to the totals. Make sure to watch Tony & Cat this weekend for further forecast changes. Remember, this will be a very powder snow. Blowing, reducing visibility, and drifting snow will make travel difficult...with bitter cold, too!
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Former KAKE Meteorologist, now AccuWeather's
@TonyLaubach
captured this weak, brief tornado near Dexter, KS earlier tonight.
#KSwx
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Away from
@KAKEnews
today, helping my oldest get her instruction permit, after passing the Driver’s Ed road test.
…now, the “fun” begins. 😬
KAKEland, you’ve been warned.
(She’s actually a darn good student)
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Shift change in the KAKE First Alert Weather Center (corporate requested reinforcement of branding).
Great work by
@FrankWaughKAKE
and
@CamVenableKAKE
this morning!
I’m back at the helm after my, kind of, restful sleep at KAKE.
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I’m constantly amazed at the absolutely brash, insensitive, ridiculous, bile that is directed towards my women colleagues...and impressed with the restraint shown while responding.
@Ginger_Zee
FTW
#thejoyofworkingontv
Uh oh...someone found out my REAL past 😂😂😂sorry you aren’t a fan of my dress but no, I am not a former stripper.
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The
@EAA
Young Eagles I had the pleasure of introducing to aviation earlier today. Every 2nd Saturday at Jabara Airport 9am-12pm
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I’m dropping the puck with my kiddos for tonight’s
@Wichita_Thunder
season opener!
@KAKEnews
#dropthehammer
#letsgothunder
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Love these cumulus clouds that formed along a wind shift boundary pushing eastward. There’s no risk of storms. A tad earlier, the late day sunlight painted them a glorious reddish orange.
#KSwx
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30 years ago today: Approximately 7 minutes before a F5 kills 17 in Andover, Kansas. The Wichita NWS WSR-57's clutter masks parts of the storm. Meanwhile the NEXRAD WSR-88D testbed near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma provided a glimpse into the near-future of Doppler radar.
#KSwx
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I picked up these NASA socks, while visiting the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama on vacation.
#embraceyourinnergeek
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After finishing the forecast for
@KAKEnews
at 10, I'd like to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!
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Congratulations to
@CamVenableKAKE
!
He has just been designated as Certified Broadcast Meteorologist
#933
by the American Meteorological Society.
Excellent work Cam!
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Enjoying a brew…hoping for a win…
Sub 100 heat Index, in the shade, in July…it’s a great day for
@WindSurgeICT
baseball.
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That’s Jupiter and Venus in the southwest sky tonight.
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