Mark Eubank
Mark Eubank | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mark Edwin Eubank June 10, 1940 (age 83) Redding, California |
| Education | B.S. in Meteorology - University of Utah |
| Occupation | Meteorologist |
| Spouse | Jean Eubank |
| Children | 7 children |
Mark Edwin Eubank is a retired Salt Lake City, Utah television broadcasting meteorologist who served as chief meteorologist for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Career[edit]
Eubank joined the KSL-TV channel 5 Television news team in 1990 as their chief meteorologist. Prior to KSL, he was employed as a meteorologist for KUTV channel 2 in Utah, a position he had held since 1967. Eubank began his meteorology career at age 24 in Redding, California, at KRCR-TV. He attended UCLA and graduated from the University of Utah in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. Eubank also owned and operated a weather consulting firm, WeatherBank, Inc. for 20 years.
Distinction[edit]
- Eubank was famous for wearing a white sports coat throughout a broadcast preceding or during a snow fall.[1]
- Indian weather lore such as a Thunder Moon[2] and a Sun dog was often used in his broadcasts.
- He was known for his extreme enthusiasm for weather that would usually result in a variety of odd sound effects including: Bing, bowg, boink, boing, boiiiiing, bowk, hah, haaah!, (tearing sound), (squashed sound), ohhhh, goooomph, ziiiing, zoooom, (sound of car stopping suddenly), phhhht, eeerrrrrrumble-rumble-rumble, (slurping sound), sheeewhhhh, oh-oh, vooomph, voom, wonk, vooop, whhktw, waawaa, waaaa, waaam, and zeeek.[3]
- "Never trust a split jet stream" was an often repeated phrase during his weather reports.[4]
- Eubank also quoted John Ruskin regularly, saying "There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."[1]
Career highlights[edit]
Eubank was the chief meteorologist of the 2002 Winter Olympics.[5]
Family[edit]
Eubank is the father of Sharon Eubank who was a member of the General Relief Society Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2017 to 2022.
Retirement[edit]
On November 29, 2006, Eubank signed off the air for the final time. He passed his job and white coat to his son Kevin Eubank.[1] Shortly after retiring, he and his wife served two Latter-day Saint missions; first one year in St. George, Utah and then at the Laie Hawaii temple visitors center for three years where Eubank served as the director of the visitors center.[6]
Publications[edit]
- Mark Eubank's Utah Weather (1979)[7]
- Weather Detectives: Fun-filled Facts, Experiments, And Activities for Kids (2004) Illustrated by Mark A. Hicks[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Beauchamp, Marc (December 3, 2011). "Three past and present Reddingites who inspire". Redding Search-Light. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
- ^ Campbell, Joel (July 28, 1988). "Eubank gets no 'Thunder' — so he flashes lightning". Deseret News. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
- ^ KSL.com Weather
- ^ Robinson, Doug (April 25, 2005). "Rain, fog, life — Eubank loves it all". Deseret News.
- ^ "Mark Eubank, Channel 5 Anchors - Utah News from KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, Utah". Web.ksl.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "New visitors center directors". Church News. November 22, 2008. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Mark E. Eubank; Robert Clayton Brough (1979). Mark Eubank's Utah weather. Horizon Publishers. ISBN 9780882901176.
- ^ Mark E. Eubank (May 1, 2004). Weather Detectives: Fun-filled Facts, Experiments, And Activities for Kids. Tandem Library. ISBN 978-1-4176-5665-3.