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Thursday Morning Diversion: The Coolest Weatherman In The Midwest

By Samantha Abernethy in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 9, 2012 4:40PM

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Meet Tom Murphy, Michigan's coolest weatherman. Northeast Michigan probably isn't the best place to be a meteorologist, but this guy sure is having fun with it.

In this string of clips, Murphy references Patrick Ewing when it's 33 degrees and Foghorn Leghorn when the clouds descend. He even squeezes in a shout-out to Gargamel.

Our two favorites fall at the extremes: "Hot in herre'" and "Toros in the atmosphere."

Murphy has been at WBKB in Alpena, Mich., since September 2010, but with the way his newsreel is spreading, we'd bet he'll be picked up by a bigger market soon.

And hey ladies of Alpena, he's pretty good looking, too.