Years active 2002–present Spouse Jake Wood (m. 2013) Height 1.85 m | Role Meteorologist Name Indra Petersons | |
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Full Name Indra Valija Petersons Known for Television meteorologist Profiles | ||
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Indra Valija Petersons (born June 22, 1980) is an American meteorologist of Latvian descent. She formerly worked as the weather anchor for CNN's early morning program "New Day". She is also formerly a meteorologist for KABC-TV in Los Angeles, where she was born and raised. She is currently a meteorologist at NBC News.
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- Meteorologist indra petersons new day 11 25 2014
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- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- References
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Early life and education
Petersons was born Indra Valija Petersons on June 22, 1980 in Los Angeles, California,. Her father is Dr. Viesturs T. Petersons, a neurosurgeon, and mother Silvija Petersons (née Ducis). She has two older sisters, Astra and Brita. She is of Latvian descent. Her first language is Latvian, and, of course, she is fluent in English.
Petersons is a 1998 graduate of La Cañada High School in La Cañada Flintridge, California. She then went on to graduate from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Physics in 2002, also minoring in business, math and physics.
Career
In 2002, Petersons got her start as a meteorologist for KVIA in El Paso, Texas. The same year she went on to KEYT in Santa Barbara, California. In 2003, she became a meteorologist and weather producer and she did reporting on environmental and general assignment issues at KABC in Los Angeles, California. She held the position until she left for CNN's New Day show in 2013, where she did weather segments for CNN Newsroom. She holds an American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist certificate. Currently she works for NBC News.
Personal life
Petersons married Jake Wood of Bettendorf, Iowa, a former United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper, on August 10, 2013.
