Sam Kuffel, Meteorologist
Sam joined the CBS 58 weather team in December 2019 as a weekend meteorologist after spending three and a half years as the midday meteorologist at WAOW in Wausau. As a Kenosha native, she is ecstatic to be back home forecasting for southeast Wisconsin.
Like most meteorologists, Sam’s passion for weather began at a young age. As a child she spent countless hours watching The Weather Channel and repeatedly rented the same severe weather books and tornado videos from her local library. While she always knew she wanted to be a meteorologist, that desire was heightened when two tornadoes tore through her hometown on January 7th 2008. One of those tornadoes caused significant damage to her aunt and uncle’s house in Kenosha county, while another weaker tornado went just north of her house in the city. Her passion for winter weather grew just three years later after 23 inches of snow fell at her house during the infamous Groundhog’s Day blizzard of 2011.
Sam went on to study at UW-Milwaukee where she graduated with a degree in Atmospheric Science. While at UWM, she worked for a private forecasting company called Innovative Weather, where she had the opportunity to provide specific forecasts for clients like WE Energies, Summerfest, and the Milwaukee Brewers. Sam was also an intern under John Malan at TMJ4 for two years, which made her want to pursue a career in television.
Sam is a huge Wisconsin sports fanatic, so when she isn’t forecasting, you’ll likely find her at Miller Park or Fiserv Forum. When the weather is quiet, she also enjoys traveling around the country crossing baseball stadiums off of her bucket list.
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Articles by Sam Kuffel
- Another round of wet snow on the way Friday night into Saturday
- Next weather maker to bring mainly rain to southeast Wisconsin
- Rain and wet snow expected tonight
- Most snow stays south of southeast Wisconsin today
- Plenty of uncertainty with Friday's snow chance
- Heavy rain arrives early Thursday morning, mixing with and changing to heavy wet snow during the day
- Late Evening Update: Moderate to heavy snow winds down overnight
- Several inches of snow expected Saturday into Saturday Night
- Quiet conditions expected through the weekend
- Few flurries today into tonight before sunshine returns to end the week
- Sunshine returns to start the weekend
- Off and on light snow today followed by some sunshine to end the week
- Falling temps to end the year after breaking a couple of records
- Couple of light precip. chances to end the year while temps remain above normal
- Below zero wind chills continue through Christmas weekend
- Afternoon Update: Warning now replaced with Winter Weather Advisory for continued cold and blowing snow
- Late Evening Update: Patchy drizzle or freezing drizzle possible tonight
- Wet snow and some rain likely on Friday
- Sloppy weather returns to end the work week
- Warming up heading into the weekend
- Remaining blustery and cold throughout the weekend
- Noon Update: Quiet Wednesday, More Snow and Cold in the Days Ahead
- First accumulating snow of the season arrives Tuesday. Several inches likely away from the lakefront.
- More sun to end the weekend but remaining chilly
- Temps feeling more like November after a very warm start to the month
- One more day of warmth until colder air settles in for a while
- Unseasonably warm weather continues ahead of our next soaking rain
- Lingering clouds on Halloween before beautiful weather returns to start November
- More clouds roll in for the second half of the weekend
- Quiet weather expected throughout Halloween weekend
- Heaviest rainfall in six weeks will be our last for a while
- One more mild day before soggy and cooler weather return
- Couple more days in the 70s before a cold front arrives
- One more chilly day this week before temps go on a warming trend
- Early taste of winter arrives on Monday
- Frost Advisory issued for all of southeast Wisconsin tonight
- Strong cold front to bring windy and much cooler conditions for the second half of the week
- Mid Evening Update: Severe threat is over
- Cooler days and chilly nights arrive for the start of fall
- Few showers and storms late tonight and again late Sunday
- Couple of storm chances as we head through the weekend
- No abnormally dry or drought conditions in southeast WI for the first time in a year and a half
- Late Evening Update: Flash Flood Warning issued for Racine until 12:30 am
- 50/50 weekend on the way
- No chance of rain until the second half of the weekend
- Hot weather to start September
- Another round of strong storms possible Monday ahead of a refreshing cold front
- Evening Update: Line of storms continue to weaken
- Drying out to end the week, but it won't stay that way all weekend
- Additional spotty storms expected this afternoon
- Rain returns tonight into Thursday
- Rain chances return heading into the weekend
- Scattered showers and rumbles of thunder expected tonight into Saturday
- Another round of rain and storms overnight into Monday
- First weekend of August features lots of heat, humidity, & storms
- Heat and humidity increase heading into the weekend
- Beautiful weather returns to kick off State Fair
- Mid afternoon update: Severe storm potential lowering thanks to clouds and rain
- Another round of showers expected overnight
- Early Evening Update: Severe line of storms barreling down on southeast WI
- Rain and storm chances increase heading into the weekend
- Dog days of summer arrive this week
- Small shower chance to end the weekend before the heat arrives
- Heat and humidity return Monday along with a chance of storms
- Two rounds of storms possible on the 4th of July
- Mainly dry Sunday followed by storms for the 4th of July
- All or nothing rainfall across southeast Wisconsin over the last two weeks
- Pleasant weather continues into the start of the work week
- Lower humidity and more sunshine to end the weekend
- Spectacular weather to kick off Summerfest
- 90s return to start the work week
- Becoming more comfortable to end the week
- Cooler than normal to begin the week before heat and humidity return
- Dry and pleasant for Thursday before wet weather returns
- Showers return tonight leading to a soggy start to the work week
- Off and on showers and isolated storms continue through Monday
- Off and on showers return throughout the weekend
- Memorial Day poised to be one of the hottest days so far this year
- Warm and windy through the rest of the Memorial Day weekend
- Increasing temps and humidity through the Memorial Day weekend