John Patrick

John Patrick I'm the guy you see on TV with Southwest Florida's Most Accurate Forecast, certified by WeatheRate.

After leading SWFL through Hurricanes Wilma, Irma, Ian, Helene and Milton, I have retired from TV and now own a company called JetStream Media, which currently owns and operates WJST-FM in Albany - Tifton, GA.

01/31/2025

Who wants me in their axe league? 🪓

01/28/2025
Chicken Marsala 😋
01/26/2025

Chicken Marsala 😋

It was so cold, windy and drizzly today that I made chicken soup. I used a rotisserie chicken from Publix. I highly reco...
01/23/2025

It was so cold, windy and drizzly today that I made chicken soup. I used a rotisserie chicken from Publix. I highly recommend that hack! That and a grilled smoked Gouda cheese sandwich was dinner tonight. 🥶

It's coming down! The difference between 5:15pm and 7:15pm at my radio station's broadcast tower in Sylvester, GA. ☃️
01/22/2025

It's coming down! The difference between 5:15pm and 7:15pm at my radio station's broadcast tower in Sylvester, GA. ☃️

Just got back from GA. I went up Thursday and stopped at a Circle K in Tifton, right off of I-75. I stop there pretty of...
01/21/2025

Just got back from GA. I went up Thursday and stopped at a Circle K in Tifton, right off of I-75. I stop there pretty often either coming or going from GA.

This guy is always there opening the door for people. When I pulled in Thursday I was in the station truck. If you've seen it, you know it's an eye-catcher. The Doorman came over and said that he listened to the station and asked if I had any window or bumper stickers. I didn't but I had backpacks and can koozies in the back so I gave him one of each of those.

On my way back out of town today, I stopped at the station building and grabbed a hat from the box, just in case Steve The Doorman was there again. I usually come back to FL on Sunday, not Monday, so I didn't know if he'd be there today. But he was! He was super excited to have a new hat.

This is the busiest Circle K in SWGA, at the corner of I-75 and Hwy 82 in Tifton. I was here Thursday and met "Steve the Doorman." He said he listened so today I stopped over here again to bring him a hat.

Next time you're gassing up here, say hello to Steve!

01/19/2025

Know who's not missing TikTok? Me.

Up in Georgia for a few days for the radio station. Last year, we started getting some ad agency business, which was a b...
01/16/2025

Up in Georgia for a few days for the radio station. Last year, we started getting some ad agency business, which was a big deal considering the station had 0 ratings and 0 salespeople when I took it over in 2021.

Yesterday, I got an email from Morgan & Morgan (THAT Morgan & Morgan) and they want to place ads on Retro FM. That's such a a huge deal!

This is my first station & sometimes I question myself on if I'm doing things right. America's Biggest Lawfirm is seeking out my station, so I must be doing something right. 🤷

Ok...'fess up 😂
01/14/2025

Ok...'fess up 😂

Rami says goodnight 😴
01/13/2025

Rami says goodnight 😴

Riccia & I forget what this is called, but it's a baked sweet potato stuffed with a shredded chicken mixture and topped ...
01/13/2025

Riccia & I forget what this is called, but it's a baked sweet potato stuffed with a shredded chicken mixture and topped with Monterey Jack. Found the recipe on the internet, but cropped the name of it out when I took screenshots of the recipe. 🤷

"Daddy, what are we making for dinner?"
01/12/2025

"Daddy, what are we making for dinner?"

This was from Tuesday, but got to chow down some tacos with my partner in crime... AND we didn't have to wait until 7:30...
01/09/2025

This was from Tuesday, but got to chow down some tacos with my partner in crime... AND we didn't have to wait until 7:30 to do it.

Who else is taking down the Christmas lights today?
01/05/2025

Who else is taking down the Christmas lights today?

Today for , we are having 😋
01/05/2025

Today for , we are having 😋

At about 11:00 tonight, I got the craving for cookies. Publix & Walmart were closed and I wasn't getting cookies from CV...
01/03/2025

At about 11:00 tonight, I got the craving for cookies. Publix & Walmart were closed and I wasn't getting cookies from CVS or Walmart, the only two things open this time of the night.

So, here we are. Sugar(less) cookies, the name of the actual recipe, actually made a very nice dough and they baked well. Problem was as I got the vanilla extract out of the cupboard, I saw lemon extract and thought, "Lemon cookies will be good."

The lemon extract must have been bad, because they taste like 💩. I should have used the actual lemon I had in the fridge but I was afraid the dough would have gotten too wet. It's taken 2 hard seltzers to get the taste out of my mouth.

Gone but not forgotten: It's been a month already since I've retired from TV, but I'm still in a promo currently airing ...
01/02/2025

Gone but not forgotten: It's been a month already since I've retired from TV, but I'm still in a promo currently airing on ABC7. It's the year-end recap and of course, weather was a big part of the past year.

My final promo of 2024: As the Gulf Coast enters a new year, take a look back at the moments in 2024 that shaped SWFL, defined a nation, and how ABC7 was with…

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Storm surge is going on right now from Collier to Lee to Charlotte Counties. This is Fort Myers Beach at Margaritaville, where we just went through this two weeks ago. This is so hard to see...again.

Not much different at 2:00 AM Wednesday. Pressure came down 1 millibar. So pretty much holding steady, which was in the forecast. We hopefully should see gradual weakening during the day tomorrow. New cone comes at 5 AM. I'm going home and getting some sleep now. Morning crew will take over here in a few.

This is our in-house model that y'all know is the one I favor. It's in line with the other major models still, but didn't make a jog to the south. It's been a little south of Tampa Bay for several runs. It's shows landfall between Tampa Bay and Sarasota. The eyewall may be pretty large though, so I would not be surprised to see hurricane winds in DeSoto, western & northern Charlotte, and coastal Lee County. This will push storm surge in from the Gulf of Mexico. It is still valid for the 10-15 feet of surge in Sarasota & northern Charlotte Counties, 8-12 feet in southern Charlotte (Cape Haze Peninsula, also Charlotte Harbor & Peace River) down to Vanderbilt Beach. 5-8 feet is possible south of Vanderbilt Beach over to Chokoloskee & Everglades City. New Advisory is out at 11.

It's pretty rare to have an October storm form in the Bay of Campeche, then track to Southwest Florida. Our last October hurricane, Wilma in 2005, came out of the Caribbean. In fact, this is so rare that we have to go back to the 1800's to find anything that had a path somewhat close to Milton. You can compare the tracks of these two storms to the forecast cone of Milton. These storms are "unnamed" because they didn't start naming storms until 1950.

Our area of interest in the Gulf is now up to a high chance (70%) of development as we head into next week. Also, notice the Hurricane Center moved where the "x" is, compared to earlier. I'll update you at 11, but we don't have anything coming as far as heavy rain until at least Sunday evening. Get More with Your Most Accurate Forecast on ABC7 News at 6, 7 & 11 on WZVN-TV.

Eh, go fly a kite... 🪁 It's actually a great day for that! Don't go too far in the water, kid. The onshore wind has waves on the Gulf of Mexico a bit choppy and there's a risk of rip currents. At least the tide isn't high. Get More with Your Most Accurate Forecast on ABC7 News at 6, 7 & 11 on WZVN-TV.

This 15 seconds will fix everything that went wrong today.... Get More with Your Most Accurate Forecast on ABC7 News at 6, 7 & 11 on WZVN-TV.

This is going to be my last Debby post, since we are pretty much done with the storm, except for lingering scattered rain and a whole bunch of humidity. Debby is between Valdosta, GA and Jacksonville, FL. Jacksonville up to Brunswick, GA will get the heaviest of the rain bands tonight. The storm gets out over the Atlantic but for not long enough to become a hurricane again, as it looks right now. We aren't dropping out of the 80s tonight. 🥵 We are still in that, as Jim Reif used to say, "sultry backwash" and that's why we'll be a good 7º-8º above average tonight. I'll see you on ABC7 News tonight at 6, 7 & 11 on WZVN-TV.

The NHC is monitoring a tropical wave that may SLOW-ly develop as we head through next week. It will still be battling Saharan dust, so it's unsure just how fast (or if) this tropical wave will be able to develop. (Friday 7/26 11PM) Get More on ABC7 News at 6, 7 & 11 on WZVN-TV.

Bubbling storm near KFC

Well, look at the bright side. That brown lawn is getting some much needed water. I'm tracking these seebreeze showers on ABC7 News tonight at 6 & 7 on WZVN-TV.

Nothing says Valentine's Day like a romantic sunset boat cruise Get More on ABC7 with Your Most Accurate Forecast at 6, 7 & 11 PM on WZVN-TV.

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