Ryan Hoke

Meteorologist

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville native Ryan Hoke joined the WAVE News Storm Tracking Team in 2013. Catch him forecasting the weather each weeknight on WAVE News at 7:00 & 7:30 p.m.

Ryan's career in weather started at a very young age when he started a website dedicated to forecasting Louisville's weather while still at duPont Manual High School. The website's success gave him the opportunity to join a storm chasing tour company in the Great Plains as a tour guide and web developer. This experience earned Ryan a major head start in severe weather forecasting and many great stories to tell.

A graduate of Mississippi State University, Ryan holds a bachelor's degree in geosciences with an emphasis in professional and broadcast meteorology. During his college years he earned numerous accolades for his work in broadcasting and meteorology, including the National Weather Association's Broadcast Meteorology Scholarship. He was also the weekend morning weather forecaster at WBBJ, the ABC/CBS affiliate in Jackson, TN.

Ryan is no stranger to WAVE News, having interned at the station and shadowed Kevin Harned over the years. Ryan says coming back to WAVE News is a "dream come true" after a childhood filled with memories of the active weather that rolls through WAVE Country.

In his spare time, you'll find Ryan enjoying concerts, trying new food, running, and dabbling in photography. He's also a self-proclaimed technology geek who loves to try out new gadgets and interact frequently on social media.

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FORECAST: Another shower chance on Tuesday

Updated: 1 hour ago

By Ryan Hoke

We’ll see a few breaks in the clouds this evening, allowing temperatures to drop into the 30s heading into Tuesday morning.

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Updated: May. 11, 2021 at 3:58 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

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FORECAST: Cold start to a nice first weekend of spring!

Updated: Mar. 19, 2021 at 3:43 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Temperatures will drop to the freezing mark overnight, but we'll see plenty of sun on Saturday to mark the first day of Spring.

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Ryan Hoke's 2019 Great Plains Storm Chase

Ryan Hoke’s 2019 Storm Chase: Tracking severe weather in the Plains

Updated: Jun. 17, 2019 at 9:19 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Tornadoes have touched down from Ohio, to Nebraska, to Texas this severe weather season, leaving extensive damage.

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Meteorologist Ryan Hoke pictured alongside Storm Chasing Adventure Tours leader Todd Thorn,...

Storm Chase 2019 Blog (6/8) - The end of the road

Updated: Jun. 8, 2019 at 2:30 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Meteorologist Ryan Hoke's 2019 Great Plains Storm Chase ends in South Dakota.

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Storm Chase 2019 Blog (6/7) - Day 6 - Active last chase day in the Dakotas

Updated: Jun. 7, 2019 at 10:50 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

The last day of Ryan Hoke's 2019 Great Plains Storm Chase may be the most active of the week so far.

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Storm Chase 2019 Blog (6/6) - Day 5 - Mt Rushmore today, severe storms tomorrow

Updated: Jun. 6, 2019 at 2:18 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Thursday looks like a slower day for storms in the Great Plains before a more active late day of Ryan Hoke’s chase on Friday.

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Severe storms near Hugo, CO were the focus of Tuesday's short storm chase in Northeast Colorado.

Storm Chase 2019 Blog (6/5) - Day 4 - Heading to the Black Hills of South Dakota

Updated: Jun. 5, 2019 at 11:46 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Meteorologist Ryan Hoke's 4th day of storm chasing takes him north to the Dakotas.

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A gustnado spins along the ground near Manter, Kansas on June 3rd, 2019.

Storm Chase 2019 Blog (6/4) - Day 3 - Storm threat shifts south

Updated: Jun. 4, 2019 at 9:25 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Ryan Hoke's storm chase continues into the South Plains today.

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Meteorologist Ryan Hoke examines a storm south of Boise City, Oklahoma on June 2nd, 2019.

Storm Chase 2019 Blog (6/3) - Day 2 - More High Plains storms today

Updated: Jun. 3, 2019 at 11:51 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Meteorologist Ryan Hoke’s chase takes him back to areas he chased in yesterday as storms develop in the higher elevations of the High Plains.

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Storm Chase 2019 Blog (6/2) - Day 1 - Eastern Colorado

Updated: Jun. 2, 2019 at 11:20 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Ryan Hoke's first day of storm chasing takes him to parts of Eastern Colorado today

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Storm Chase 2019 Blog (6/1) - Just arrived in Denver!

Updated: Jun. 1, 2019 at 5:14 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Meteorologist Ryan Hoke arrives in Denver to begin chasing storms in the Great Plains on Sunday, June 2nd.

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What you can expect today from the WAVE 3 Storm Tracking Team

Updated: May. 29, 2019 at 1:39 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

When the WAVE 3 Storm Tracking Team declares an Alert Day, you can count on us to provide an elevated level of coverage to keep you dry and safe.

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Storm Tracking Team Hangout 2/22/19

Updated: Feb. 22, 2019 at 11:08 PM EST

By Ryan Hoke and Kevin Harned

WAVE 3 News Meteorologists Kevin Harned and Ryan Hoke gathered with Meteorologist Dan McKemy from the National Weather Service in Louisville on Friday night to discuss the latest on the Saturday severe weather, wind, and flood potential.

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GF Default - Storm Tracking Team Hangout 12-7-18

Storm Tracking Team Hangout 1-11-19

Updated: Jan. 11, 2019 at 11:43 PM EST

By Kevin Harned and Ryan Hoke

WAVE 3 News meteorologists gathered on Friday night to discuss major changes to the weekend winter weather potential.

Weather Blog: NWS Conference Call 1/11/19

Updated: Jan. 11, 2019 at 2:58 PM EST

By Ryan Hoke

The National Weather Service in Louisville held a conference call Friday afternoon to discuss this weekend's winter weather potential.

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Storm Tracking Team Hangout 1-10-19

Updated: Jan. 10, 2019 at 10:52 PM EST

By Ryan Hoke and Kevin Harned

WAVE 3 News meteorologists gathered Thursday evening to discuss major changes to the weekend winter weather potential.

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Storm Tracking Team Hangout 12-7-18

Updated: Dec. 7, 2018 at 4:06 PM EST

By Ryan Hoke, Kevin Harned and Tawana Andrew

WAVE 3 News meteorologists gathered on Friday afternoon to discuss major changes to the weekend winter weather potential.

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Storm Tracking Team Hangout 12-6-18

Updated: Dec. 6, 2018 at 5:28 PM EST

By Ryan Hoke, Kevin Harned, Brian Goode and Justin Logan

WAVE 3 News and NWS meteorologists gathered in a Storm Tracking Team Hangout to discuss the weekend wintry weather potential today.

Weather Blog: NWS Conference Call 11-5-18

Updated: Nov. 5, 2018 at 1:51 PM EST

By Ryan Hoke

Live blog updates from this afternoon's NWS Louisville conference call regarding tonight's severe weather potential.

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Weather Blog: Abnormal July severe weather event today

Updated: Jul. 20, 2018 at 7:10 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

This isn't typical. Strong winds in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere are moving into Western Kentucky later today, spurring what could be a sizable severe weather event from our area all the way down to parts of West Tennessee. The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded a vast majority of WAVE Country to a somewhat rare Moderate Risk of severe weather. Storm timing has been quite difficult to pin down over the past 24 hours and that's still the case this morning. It...

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Weather Blog: NWS Conference Call 7-19-18

Updated: Jul. 19, 2018 at 3:34 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

NWS Louisville is held a conference call today to discuss Friday's severe weather setup with emergency management, government officials, and the media. Timestamped notes from the call are below. 3:00pm - The call is starting shortly. Ted Funk will be leading the call. 3:03pm - This is an anomalous type of system for this time of year due to the strong winds aloft. Typically winds are calmer aloft in the summer. 3:04pm - Couple rounds of storms tomorrow. The first will be in the mor...

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Weather Blog: Friday's severe weather potential ramping up

Updated: Jul. 19, 2018 at 7:18 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

All eyes are on Friday's severe weather threat as the Storm Prediction Center has put WAVE Country in an Enhanced Risk of severe weather, which is a 3 out of 5 on their scale. Damaging winds are the main threat with these storms, but hail and isolated tornadoes are definitely on the list too. In fact, the isolated tornado potential looks to be highest early on in the afternoon/evening round of severe weather when individualized supercell storms are possible before they merge into one ...

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Friday morning's storm potential could complicate severe weather chances later in the day

Weather Blog: Zeroing in on Friday's severe weather potential

Updated: Jul. 18, 2018 at 8:26 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

What a perfect July morning! Lows in the 60s will be with us again on Thursday morning as low humidity continues. Daytime highs today will be in the upper 80s, so it'll definitely still be very warm out there regardless of the humidity. We inch a little closer to 90 degrees tomorrow. Friday's storm potential is at top of mind today as we start to key in on the specifics behind it. It still appears that the greatest threat on Friday will be just southwest of most of our area, a little...

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Strong to severe storms are possible on Friday

Weather Blog: Watching severe weather potential for Friday

Updated: Jul. 17, 2018 at 8:52 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Hello cold front! Drier air will be slowly pushing its way through WAVE Country through the afternoon, leading to a less humid feel for all by this evening. As this happens there will be a few isolated storms in Southern Kentucky, but a vast majority of folks will stay dry. Highs today will still be warm, just shy of 90° here in the city. Expect mid 80s tomorrow as high pressure and cooler air get situated over the Great Lakes. Wednesday will easily be the pick of the week! Frida...

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Weather Blog: Storms bring lower humidity this week

Updated: Jul. 16, 2018 at 8:34 AM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

We've already seen quite a few lighter showers develop in WAVE Country this morning from a remnant MCV (Mesoscale Convective Vortex) that moved in from Missouri and Illinois. This is essentially the mostly-dead broad circulation from storms that happened well out to our west last night. This feature will likely spark additional storms in places east of I-65 this morning and into early this afternoon. Once this feature exits after lunchtime we'll see a break in the storms and rain, ev...

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Tornado damages houses, trees from northeast Louisville to Pewee Valley

Updated: Jun. 27, 2018 at 6:32 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

Residents along Westport Road near Murphy Lane awoke Wednesday morning to the sounds of wood chippers as clean up from yesterday's storms continued.

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WAVE 3 News Alert Day: What you can expect in the forecast and from the WAVE 3 Weather team

Updated: May. 29, 2018 at 1:12 PM EDT

By Ryan Hoke

A WAVE 3 News Alert Day kicks in today.

SCHEDULE: Saturday's weather coverage promise from the WAVE 3 News Storm Tracking Team

Updated: Feb. 24, 2018 at 2:44 PM EST

By Ryan Hoke

As a way to ensure you're receiving comprehensive coverage during times of severe weather, the WAVE 3 News Storm Tracking Team offers this detailed schedule to help you plan your Saturday as safely as possible. Stay dry, folks!