WAAY 31 Television announces Taylor Kanost as the station’s Chief Meteorologist. Recognized by the AMS as a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, Kanost brings more than a decade of experience in severe weather coverage and forecasting of rapidly developing storm systems including tornado outbreaks to North Alabama. Kanost will lead the WAAY 31 weather team and their utilization of the station’s advanced weather tools, most notably, the StormTracker Early Warning Radar Network.