National Weather Forecasting, Inc.
The NWF Team
Russ Murley
President/Operations Manager
Russ has more than 35 years of experience in operational forecasting. Russ oversees daily operations of National Weather Forecasting, Inc., providing point-specific forecasts and many other services to a wide range of companies all over North America. In addition to daily operations, Russ is focused on business development, integrating new technologies and broadening the use of our exclusive in-house model the SuperBlend.
When he’s not following the weather, Russ is an avid skier, golfer and spends time playing drums in a local band.
Phil Spevak
Vice-President/Business Manager
Phil has worked alongside Russ for nearly 30 years doing operational forecasting across North America. Today, in addition to daily forecasting and storm monitoring, Phil oversees the information technology and infrastructure needs of the company to support its operations, the SuperBlend, and data aggregation efforts. Additionally, he does some coding and application development for the Windows-based infrastructure, and manages the company’s financials.
Phil has a B.A. in atmospheric science from Cornell University, is married, and has 3 school-age children. As the official family cook, he enjoys cooking for his wife who enjoys his meal creations, and his kids who think he warms up delicious hot dogs. He loves finding new recipes to attempt, but once it’s not “new” anymore, the recipe becomes a guideline – who needs an actual teaspoon when you can definitely say “yeah, that looks like about a teaspoon”?
Phil also enjoys learning, coding for fun, and watching TV, particularly Star Trek (any era is fine), Survivor, and any number of prime-time crime dramas (dun-dun!); he’s an average tennis player and a 210-average bowler.
Eric Weglarz
Meteorologist/Director of Meteorological Development
Eric specializes in the creation and communication of highly skillful forecasts for daily decision-making. Created and currently expanding high resolution, bias-corrected weather guidance for use across multiple weather sensitive industries. Eric has a continually expanding coding skillset, with a focus on Python & Bash languages. When not tracking storms, Eric enjoys spending time in the great outdoors!
Joe Sciacca
Operational Meteorologist
Joe has been called a “highly skilled forecaster” and has a proven record of accuracy in analyzing weather data and then providing clients with clear, accurate, and timely forecasts.
“It’s not just enough to take a model at face value, but to understand the inner workings of a model and know how a certain model performs in different situations,” he says.
Joe holds a degree in communication from Curry College and an Undergraduate Certificate in Weather Forecasting from Pennsylvania State University.
He has been working in the private sector as a meteorologist for almost 6 years and most recently joined National Weather Forecasting, Inc. back in December of 2022. Joe provides daily, weekly, and seasonal forecasts to our clients as well as storm updates in advance of storms being part of decision-making support. At times he also assists with Forensic Meteorology cases as they arise.
His dedication to weather observation and forecasting begins right in his own yard where his personal weather station; a Davis Vantage Pro 2 has been recognized for its accuracy on MADIS (Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System), CWOP (Citizens Weather Observer Program) and Weather Underground which are websites that take in weather observations and do quality control checking before they are sent off to modeling centers to assist in creating model forecasts.
Joe also participates in forecast competitions such as the Northeastern Storm Conference held by Northern Vermont University where he won in 2021 and the WeatherBELL forecast competition where he was first place out of 89 participants for the month of February in 2024!
He also is a SkyWarn Weather Spotter for the National Weather Service in Norton, MA where he reports hazardous weather such as wind gusts over 40 mph, rainfall, snowfall, changes in precipitation types during a storm, road conditions, hail, funnel clouds, wall clouds or tornadoes. Besides his love and dedication for meteorology, he is an avid gardener with a special interest in native and endangered New England plants.
Joe is a member of Native Plant Trust and the American Meteorological Society (AMS). He keeps up with the latest meteorological advances by regularly attending webinars hosted by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) based in Reading, England and Bologna, Italy.
Adam Basile
Meteorologist/New Business Development Manager
Adam has been a member of the National Weather Forecasting team since 2010. Over the past few years Adam has taken up more of a lead role in our sales department, but still forecasts when called upon as he is a Meteorologist at heart. Adam has a long relationship with clients of National Weather Forecasting, particularly clients in the NY/NJ region where he grew up.
Adam graduated from Don Bosco Preparatory High School in 2006 where he played varsity ice hockey for four years. After high school Adam went to SUNY Albany where he continued to play ice hockey and majored in Atmospheric Science. Adam graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2010 and quickly began working thereafter for National Weather Forecasting.
In addition to being an Operational Meteorologist, Adam is a Master of Ceremonies. Adam began to DJ in college, and since graduation has been performing at venues across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. Adam is also a dedicated snowboarder, traveling and snowboarding different mountains across the country.
Dan Henry
Operational Meteorologist
Dan is a longtime weather nerd and broadcaster with 10+ years of radio and TV forecasting experience. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Florida, but followed his passion for weather to a M.S. in Applied Meteorology from Mississippi State University, while working as Meteorologist and Tropical Weather Specialist for Florida Public Radio. He then transitioned full-time into TV and spent four years at WSNN-TV in the Tampa-St. Pete-Sarasota TV market. He joined Metro Weather Service (now a part of National Weather Forecasting) in 2021 and has enjoyed getting re-acquainted with snowstorms…. from indoors.
Dan’s biggest weather interests include operational, forensic, and tropical meteorology, as well as “deep dives” into climatology and climate science – all with the goal of keeping people safe and informed. Aside from forecasting, Dan enjoys tennis, disc golf and cycling as well as playing guitar and bass (not always well). He also co-owns a construction and building company with his dad, which means that Dan can not only forecast if a storm is coming, but also help prepare and strengthen your home as well
Pat Pagano
Meteorological Consultant
Pat Pagano started Metro Weather almost 40 years ago. He has over four decades of forecasting experience, starting with his college radio station and including stints on New York Television. He holds his seal of approval from the National Weather Association in both TV and Radio Weathercasting. He also has a degree in business management and applied computer science.
Pat’s hobby, besides weather, is video production.
In 2023, Pat decided it was time to slow down from the daily grind of early morning work, and on October 15, 2024, sold Metro Weather Service, Inc. to National Weather Forecasting, Inc., and shifted into a consulting role with the company. Pat will still be working behind the scenes to ensure smooth, reliable operations for the clients he served for decades, and will still be heard from time to time on some of his long-time radio stations.