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Efren Afante Biography

Efren Afante is an American Chief Meteorologist currently working at WLTX. He took over the reins from the retiring Jim Gandy. Afante specializes in forecasting impacting weather from tornadoes, hurricanes, and severe thunderstorms.

• Name: Efren Afante
• Age: Not known
• Birthday: Not Known
• Zodiac Sign: Not Known
• Height:  Average
• Nationality: South Africa
• Occupation: Zoologist and a Seventh-day Adventist author and speaker
• Marital Status: Married to Sonica Veith
• Salary: Under Review
• Net worth: Between $1 million and 10 million dollars

Efren Afante Age

Efren’s age, date of birth, and birthday are publicly not available. We will update this section once this information is available.

Efren Afante Height

Efren stands at an average height and has moderate weight. He appears to be quite tall in his photos, relative to his surroundings, which are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.

Early Life and Education

Efren received his degree from the University of Oklahoma’s College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, he worked with the National Severe Storms Laboratory’s mobile radars.

Rise to Fame

Afante started his career working with the mobile radars of the National Severe Storms Laboratory.  His research experience includes lightning detection with scientists from the University of Florida and a major research project on tornado-VORTEX2. He also helped the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma, analyze data collected from various tornadic storms, hurricane deployments, and other projects.

He switched from research to broadcasting in 2013, starting at WJTV, the CBS station in Jackson, Mississippi, where his knowledge was extremely important in covering the 2014 severe tornado outbreak and rare winter snow and ice storm.

Being a morning meteorologist, Afante joined WLTX in 2015, working side by side with Jim Gandy during the severe storms in South Carolina, including the 2015 devastating flood of Columbia, 2016 Hurricane Matthew, 2017 Hurricane Irma, and 2018 Hurricane Florence.

Efren Afante Family, Parents

Efren was born and raised by his parents in the United States. Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the identity of Efren’s parents is still unclear. It is also not known if he has any siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.

Efren Afante Wife

Efren has not gone public with his relationship, it is not publicly known whether he is married or in a relationship. His partner will be updated as soon as possible.

Efren Afante Salary

Afante’s annual salary is estimated to be between $24,292 and $72,507 or an hourly average wage of between $10.15 and $31.32. This is per our average wage estimates for a meteorologist in the United States.

Efren Afante Net Worth

Efren has an estimated net worth of between 1 million dollars and 5 million dollars. His primary source of income is his career as a meteorologist.

Through his various sources of income, we believe that Efren has been able to accumulate a good net worth but prefers to keep it private. We will update this section once this information is available.

Facts: Everything You Need to Know About Efren Afante

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Efren.

Efren Afante Bio

• Full Names: Efren Afante
• Popular As: Efren
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Meteorologist
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: To be Updated
• Religion: Christian
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Birthday

• Age / How Old?: Not Known
• Zodiac Sign: Not Known
• Date of Birth: Not Known
• Place of Birth: United States
• Birthday: Not Known

Body Measurements

• Height / How Tall?: Average
• Weight: Moderate
• Eye Color: Dark Brown
• Hair Color: Dark Brown
• Shoe Size: Not Available

Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Not Known
• Mother: Not Known
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Not Known
• Wife/Spouse: Not Known
• Dating / Girlfriend: Not Known
• Children: Not Known

Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: Between 1 million dollars and 5 million dollars
• Salary: $24,292 and $72,507
• Source of Income: Meteorologist

WLTX

Efren joined the May 2015 WLTX Weather team. He previously worked at Jackson, Mississippi’s CBS affiliate. Efren brings his forecasting expertise to some of the country’s most dynamic hot and winter climate.

This encompasses the two strongest tornadoes in Oklahoma in May 2013, the tornado outbreak in the central United States in April 2014, and the devastating flooding in South Carolina in October 2015, to name a few.

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