About Our Meteorologists

Tony Schumacher - Owner and Chief Meteorologist

Tony Schumacher grew up in north central Wisconsin on a dairy farm near Dorchester. Tony received his B.S. Degree in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He began his career in 1993 as a staff meteorologist for Great Lakes Weather Service and WSAW-TV in Wausau, Wisconsin. Besides the TV duties at the station, Tony provided forecasts for dozens of radio stations along with writing daily weather columns for the Wausau Daily Herald and the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune. Tony has obtained the official certification for Doppler Radar interpretation and earned the distinguished American Meteorology Society Seal of Approval for TV weather in 1995. Moving on to the Green Bay area, Tony worked for WFRV-TV from 1997 to 1999, handling the weekend weather duties and forecasting for four radio stations in Green Bay, the Fox Valley and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In March 1999, Tony returned to Wausau to be Chief Meteorologist at WAOW-TV and pursue a purchase of Great Lakes Weather Service. He worked as Chief Meteorologist in WAOW-TV until 2007. Tony has also written over 60 weather columns for the regional magazine, Silent Sports. Tony was awarded the Wausau Area's favorite meteorologist award 8 years in a row by the City Pages Newspaper reader's survey. Tony continues to enhance his skills and knowledge by attending as many weather related seminars and training sessions as possible on a wide variety of topics. Tony enjoys spending time with his wife, children, and pets, along with playing sports, playing trumpet, gardening, cooking, and being active in his church. He also helps run his family's small scale chicken and egg business.

Casey Neuville

Casey became a staff meteorologist for Great Lakes Weather in October, 2007. Casey is from the central Wisconsin area of Amherst Junction. He enjoys the wide variety of weather conditions the Midwest offers. Casey obtained a B.S. degree in Meteorology from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Casey gained valuable forecasting and broadcast experience with the College Emmy Award winning station, UTVS at St. Cloud State. He sharpened his radio weathercasting skills there as well. He also had an important internship with WAOW-TV in Wausau, WI to enhance is strong weather education. Casey plans on attending graduate school in meterology at The University of Illinois as well. Besides being well versed in Midwest storms and weather patterns he has special expertise in agricultural weather. Casey is a giant pumpkin grower. His largest pumpkin was just under 1190 pounds! Casey looks forward to helping the clients of Great Lakes Weather.

Rebecca Rosenstiel

Rebecca joined the Great Lakes Weather team in May 2009 as Staff Meteorologist. She is a native of far southern Wisconsin near the Illinois border, yet she earned her B.S. in Meteorology from Northland College of Ashland, in far northern Wisconsin. She has first hand experience of the wide variety of weather conditions across the Upper Midwest, including the difficult to forecast lake effect snow. While she looks forward to forecasting any type of weather, her favorite weather is actually fog! She was an active participant in the College Forecast Contest for 3 years at Northland, gaining much practical insight. Rebecca is very organized and friendly and she looks forward to talking to and helping our clients in her term at Great Lakes Weather Service.

Jeff Nelson

Jeff joined Great Lakes Weather Service as a staff meteorologist in June of 2009. Jeff originates from the southwestern Wisconsin area of De Soto (south of La Crosse). He received his B.S. degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in the spring of 2008 and an Associate Degree from the University of Wisconsin - Richland in the spring of 2006. Jeff also gained a valuable forecasting and broadcasting education as a meteorological intern at WXOW-TV in La Crescent, MN during the summer of 2007. While Jeff has a strong grasp of all types of weather, he particularly enjoys severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. When he's not staring at computer models or the sky, Jeff actively participates on his parent's dairy farm and also helps manage their growing ceramic business. He is also actively involved with his local church where he participates in councils and even plays his trumpet from time to time. Jeff looks forward to preparing accurate and dependable forecasts for all of our clients.