Mike hamernik obituary: Mike Hamernik, the WGN-TV weekend morning meteorologist, kicked the bucket Wednesday from cellular breakdown in the lungs.

His passing was reported on his Twitter account by Hamernik’s sister, Kathleen O’Grady, who said he kicked the bucket at home “encompassed by adoration and settled.”

A Chicago local, Hamernik, 60, started his profession as a Chicago TV meteorologist in 2002 at CLTV, the previous nearby link news channel. He joined co-claimed WGN-TV in 2005.

Hamernik’s WGN-TV roots and his energy for climate dated back a lot further, the station said in a news discharge.