Lindsey Slater joined the WISN 12 Weather Team in June of 2016.
She graduated from Carroll College (now Carroll University) in Waukesha, Wisconsin earning a B.S. in Environmental Science. She also earned her B.S. in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University while working at her first job in Jackson, Mississippi.
Slater has always been fascinated by the weather, in all its forms. She first became interested in weather while living at home in Milwaukee. When bad storms were brewing, Slater hurriedly ran outside, taking snapshots of storms with her camera.
She began her weather career in 2006, interning with none other than Chief Meteorologist Mark Baden right here at WISN 12. She also interned with WKOW in Madison along with the National Weather Service in Sullivan.
In 2009, she and her husband moved to Mississippi working mornings at Fox affiliate WDBD-TV. While there, she covered the historic tornado outbreak of April 27, 2011, major flooding along the Mississippi River and even a snowstorm (for Jackson, that's about 4 inches).
In 2012, they were off to Springfield, Missouri, one year after an EF-5 tornado struck Joplin. She covered everything from severe storms to snow and ice.
Finally, in 2016, she returned home Milwaukee, and coincidentally to WISN 12 News.
Slater is a member of the American Meteorological Society and has the National Weather Association TV Weathercaster Seal of Approval #1604075.
When she's not tracking weather, Slater enjoys kicking back with her husband Mark watching movies and exploring new dining venues. She spends a lot of her time at the gym lifting weights with her trainers, bake sweets with her mother, and fostering cats/kittens for the Wisconsin Humane Society. That's how she got 2 of her 3 cats - foster fails as they are called. Maverick is from the Mississippi Animal Rescue League, while Ripley and Flynn are WHS alums.
You can see Slater on WISN 12 News on 12 News this Morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. & on 12 News at 11, Monday through Friday.