Bill Vessey
Meteorologist
Professor of Atmospheric Science
(Retired)
Hi Everybody!! Hola Amigos! (or Buenos Dias Amigos! if you're up early reading this.) This is my personal hub with minimal updates to share with visitors worldwide
Through the Years
KINE Newsroom 1975
KTSA News Studio 1982
En Espanol Tambien
My Favorite Billboard!
Where it Began - KTAI-FM College Radio September, 1972
Latest Travels
People & Places Along the Way
Bahamas 2006 - Max Mayfield & Dr. Gray
2017 Hurricane Harvey Coverage
1980 KGNS-TV Laredo, TX
1980 Nolan Ryan
"The Fonz!"
60 years later, got to meet one of my boyhood football heroes! - Ernie Koy
With Eva Longoria - Texas A&M Kingsville Hall of Fame
IYKYK
As Mother Ginger in The Nutcracker
My Shirt Guys
That time I was a Halloween Costume
When I mentioned Hurricane Hanna radar looked like Sonic the Hedgehog
Small Craft Advisory Sailing! Look at that Horizon... & that Face!!!
Cool Dudes, Hot Chicks, Funnest Car!
I've been a Lucky Guy!
Born same day, same year as me
NYC Little Italy
Awww (It's a Mouse Lemur)
Chicago - Where the Feds whacked Dillinger
Coney Island
Yankee Stadium
Chancellorsville, VA - Stonewall Jackson
In case you didn't know, I do have a history with monkeys
Doppelgängers from the early 80s
Doppelgängers from the Past
Favorite
Videos
What should have been an award winning mid 90s mini-documentary about an aspiring cowboy’s first encounter with bull riding!
And He Blew the Sign Down
1989 Pachyderm Derby - Me & Col. Joe won by a trunk in the 1st race, but lost the semifinal aboard Lotti, who was clearly not in top form
They Say There's a Trick to Doing This
The Show Must Go On
Crossing the Original Start/Finish Line (776 bc) at Ancient Olympia, Greece
Retirement
Historic Weather
at Vessey Acres
August 26, 2017 - Hurricane Harvey
3½ months later - December 8, 2017
Memorable Verified Forecasts
Got down to 17°F on Monday with a high of 31°; Around 50,000 customers In the viewing area lost power with many out for 2–4 days.
Topped out at 24%
That was it for us locally in 2026
Mid-May to mid-June delivered well-above-normal rainfall that substantially eased drought conditions and helped replenish local water supplies
Best of the Rest
Last Updated 10/27/26
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