It was with those data he confirmed in a 1981 article that the hook echo is an excellent clue on a weather radar for the development of tornadoes.
[3] Forbes served as field manager for the Project NIMROD, the first measurement program to study damaging thunderstorm winds from downbursts and microbursts.
Forbes and TWC subsequently released a PSA urging people to have regular checkups and, when necessary, cancer screenings.
[7] On January 12, 2017, The Weather Channel announced on its Facebook page that Forbes has decided to go from full-time to part-time status, due in part to his "colon cancer scare" three years earlier.
"[8] On July 6, 2018, Dr. Greg Forbes announced his retirement from The Weather Channel; he would return the following spring in limited capacity before formally stepping down later in 2019.