Amber Twardy, Meteorologist
Amber joined the ABC 57 First Warning Neighborhood Weather Team in June 2022. This is her first job after graduating with a Meteorology degree with a minor in Mathematics from Central Michigan University – Fire Up Chips! Amber is a Michigan native, growing up in Rockford, Michigan, a city in the Grand Rapids area. West Michigan is where Amber fell in love with weather, especially by watching storms and lake effect snow bands roll in over Lake Michigan. She’s always loved math, science, and communication, and is thrilled to be able to incorporate all of these into her career.
While at CMU, Amber was heavily involved on campus. She was the president of CMU’s Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and an undergraduate teaching assistant for 3 different meteorology-based courses, including CMU’s broadcast meteorology class. She also fulfilled a role as a student meteorologist for 3 years in 2 on-campus news shows, News Central 34 and Central View Live. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she participated in a virtual internship with WOOD TV8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Outside of weather, Amber loves art, music, and her friends and family. During her free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and playing with her cat, Noodle. She hopes to inspire young girls to learn more about STEM just like she was inspired in her own childhood.
Amber feels very grateful to be given the opportunity to share her love of meteorology with Michiana and is excited to be a part of the community. You can connect with her through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or email.
Articles by Amber Twardy
- Storm threat today holds relatively low severe risk
- Rain returns tonight, storm chances picking up into tomorrow
- One last quiet, pleasant day before storms return tomorrow
- Warm and sunny Sunday; tracking storm chances this week
- Rainy and breezy Thursday
- One last quiet day before rain returns
- Pleasant Opening Day forecast
- Wintry weather Wednesday
- Another wet wakeup with storm chances this afternoon
- Rain today just the beginning of a wet weather stretch
- Gloomy Easter Sunday; steady rain moves in tonight
- Rainy morning turns into a cloudy, breezy afternoon
- Rain, wind, and isolated storms today
- How to make your own solar eclipse viewer at home
- Chilly but quiet today, more active weather tomorrow
- Staying chilly and breezy throughout the weekend
- Maximum sun glare this week makes driving more difficult
- Not so lucky today with cold temps and a few snowflakes
- Breezy and cooling down St Patrick's Day weekend
- Warm winter temperatures have left the Great Lakes mainly ice-free
- Indiana Severe Weather Preparedness Week making sure that Hoosiers are storm ready
- Snow ending this morning; cold and wind with some clearing later today
- Chilly start to the weekend; snow showers tonight
- Cooler with clouds decreasing this Wednesday
- Starting the week with near record warmth
- Warm and sunny today, but a bit breezy
- Warming up with sunshine returning
- Severe weather threat Tuesday: breaking down storm ingredients and potential impacts
- The impact of weather on maple syrup making season
- Quiet and much warmer today, tracking severe risk Tuesday
- Sunny but chilly to start the weekend
- Sudden Shift: Summer Water Woes
- Howard Park ice skating season staying strong despite warm winter temperatures
- Breezy, chilly, and sunny today; warmer weather ahead
- A snowy start to an otherwise quiet weekend
- Lovely forecast for Valentine's Day
- Wrapping up the weekend cool and quiet
- Quiet and cooler this weekend
- February Outlook: Will we stay warm and dry?
- Fog lifts, then more sunshine to wrap up the weekend
- Warmer than average again today with sunshine on the way
- One last round of active weather before a quiet pattern settles in
- Quiet today before more rain and snow tomorrow
- Rain/snow this morning followed by clouds and above-average temperatures
- Another foggy morning to start the weekend
- Freezing rain: how does it form and what impacts can we expect?
- Sunny and cold today; freezing rain tomorrow
- Snow tapers off today but travel impacts stay high
- What is wind chill?
- Bitter cold again today, but warmer temps are in sight
- Another frigid day with wind chills well into the negatives
- What are sun dogs and what causes them to form?
- Frigid air settles in with dangerously cold wind chills
- Still experiencing winter storm impacts
- Snow showers continue through the morning, but it's not snowy all day long
- A snowy start to an active weather day
- Quiet start to the week before a messy forecast tomorrow
- A few snowflakes to wrap up the weekend; all eyes on Tuesday's wintry weather
- Active weather returns this weekend
- A few flurries Wednesday afternoon
- What to do with real and artificial Christmas trees at the end of the holiday season
- Snowy and chilly end to the year
- Last "warm" and dry day of 2023
- Wet weather today with rain chances all day long
- Cooler temperatures with some sunshine returning today
- Gloomy and damp Christmas weekend
- Gloomy but warm today; snowy, cold, and windy tomorrow
- Rain and clouds back this weekend
- Real tree or artificial: which Christmas tree is more eco-friendly?
- Fair, mild Monday; sunny most of the week
- Cooler with wintry mix today, sunshine tomorrow
- Lingering lake effect wraps up soon; dry but cool today
- Rain and snow in the forecast today
- Rainy to round out the first weekend of December
- We’ve seen two snowy days now this season - how does this compare to what we saw last year?
- Snow returns to the forecast today
- Chilly and quiet today; snow returns tomorrow
- Chilly, cloudy Black Friday
- Feeling thankful for some sunshine and seasonable temperatures today!
- Nice Sunday ahead of building clouds and rain chances