Mark Eubank

Mark Eubank
Born	Mark Edwin Eubank June 10 redding california
Education	B.S. in Meteorology - University of Utah
Occupation	Meteorologist
Family	7 children
Spouse(s)	Jean Eubank
Children	7 children 5 children-in-law and 17 grandchildren
Ethnicity	white
Religious belief(s)	LDS
Notable credit(s)	Meteorologist at KUTV (1967-1989) Chief Meteorologist at KSL 5 (1990-2006) 2002 Winter Olympics Chief Meteorologist

Mark Eubank is a retired Salt Lake City, Utah television broadcasting meteorologist. He most recently worked for KSL-TV channel 5 Television. Eubank joined the KSL 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 held since 1967.

Eubank began his meteorology career at age 24 in Redding California, at television station KRCR. He attended UCLA and graduated from the University of Utah in 1972 with a Bachelors of Science in Meteorology. Eubank also owned and operated a weather consulting firm, WeatherBank, Inc. for 20 years.

Distinction

• Eubank was famous for wearing a white sports coat throughout a broadcast preceding or during a snow fall.

• Indian weather lore such as a Thunder Moon^[1] and a Moon dog was often used in his broadcasts.

• He is well 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.^[2]

• "Never trust a split jet stream" was an often repeated phrase during his weather reports.

Career highlights

• 2002 Winter Olympic Games chief meteorologist.^[3]

two of his most used quotes are " never trust a split jetstream" and "there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather"

Retirement

On Wednesday, November 29, 2006, Eubank signed off the air for the final time. He passed on the reins and white coat to his son Kevin Eubank. Shortly after retiring, he and his wife served an LDS mission at the Laie Hawaii temple visitors center.^[4]

Publications

• Mark Eubank's Utah Weather (1979)
• Weather Detectives: Fun-filled Facts, Experiments, And Activities for Kids (2004) Illustrated by Mark A. Hicks

Past News Team Members

• Nadine Wimmer, Dick Nourse, Tom Kirkland (2006–2007) Eyewitness News|HD at 10
• Nadine Wimmer, Dick Nourse, Tom Kirkland (2002–2006) Eyewitness News at 10
• Ruth Todd, Dick Nourse, Tom Kirkland (1998–2001) Eyewitness News at 10
• Ruth Todd, Dick Nourse, Craig Bolerjack (1994–1998) Eyewitness News at 10
• Carole Mikita, Dick Nourse, Craig Bolerjack (1991–1994) Eyewitness News at 10

See also

• Peter Sinks

References

1. ^ http://archive.deseretnews.com/archive/12065/EUBANK-GETS-NO-THUNDER--SO-HE-FLASHES-LIGHTNING.html
2. ^ http://www.met.utah.edu/news/Eubank
3. ^ http://web.ksl.com/TV/bios/me.htm
4. ^ http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/56089/New-visitors-center-directors.html

Preceded by Bob Welti

Broadcasting Meteorologist 1967–2006

Succeeded by Kevin Eubank

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Name	Eubank, Mark
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Date of birth	1940
Place of birth	redding california
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