Jason Smith

Chief Meteorologist Jason Smith has tracked severe storms and hurricanes at Fox Ten for the past ten years. Jason is a certified broadcast meteorologist, and completed a three year course study with Mississippi State University. Jason holds the National Weather Association's Television Seal of Approval. He is also a graduate of The University of Mississippi with a double major in English and Journalism. Jason specializes in on air forecasting, computer graphics, and web design for the weather department.

Jason Smith is the Evening Meteorologist for Fox 10 News and can be seen weekdays at 5pm and 9pm. He also provides weather updates on the CW, fox10tv.com, and Weather Now on Cox Cable.

Jason started at WALA Fox Ten in 1999 and served as Weekend Meteorologist until 2002. He was promoted to morning meteorologist, and held that role until the spring of 2009. Jason gained valuable experience as he tracked many tropical systems, including Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina, while working with Meteorologist John Edd Thompson.

Though he attended both Ole Miss and Mississippi State, he is an avid Ole Miss fan. Also, Jason enjoys fishing and hunting along the Gulf Coast. Part of being an outdoorsman is understanding and being aware of the weather. This is what sparked Jason's interest in Meteorology. His outdoor segments air on Fox Ten news on Thursday's at 6am and 7am, and again at 5:30pm. Jason is also the host of Outdoors with Jason Smith, which can be seen on the Gulf Coast CW on Saturday nights at 10pm. And on WALA Fox Ten on Sundays at 10am.

Jason is married to Emily Ryan Smith of St. Francisville, LA and the couple has one daughter, Emma Krouse, and two dogs - Doc (Yellow Lab) and Schmoopy (Terrier Mix).

E-mail Jason at Jksmith@fox10tv.com