Why Jeff Renner? Why not? KIRO’s Rebecca Stevenson has the looks, KOMO’s

Why Jeff Renner? Why not? KIRO’s Rebecca Stevenson has the looks, KOMO’s Steve Pool has the charisma, and KING’s Renner has, well, a pretty good notion of the weather. They’re all meteorologists and they all know rain when they see it coming–which is always; they get their forecasting data from much the same charts, maps, and Dopplers. Renner, though, has a bachelor’s degree in atmospheric sciences and a pilot’s license. Cloudy skies are his life. He’s also avuncular and good-humored, which Seattle historically likes in its weather people, dating back to KING’s Cartooning Weatherman Bob Hale. It doesn’t hurt that a UW study rated Renner as the city’s most accurate TV weather forecaster. Alas, if only he could do something about our nine-month rain festival. RICK ANDERSON