Frankie MacDonald

Frankie MacDonald is a Canadian amateur weatherman from Sydney, Nova Scotia. MacDonald, who has autism, is known for the boisterous video weather forecasts he creates after monitoring weather on his television and computer. He posts the videos to his YouTube channel (dogsandwolves), where they have received more than 3 million views. He also maintains a Twitter account and blog. Weather reports MacDonald has produced include warnings for his home province of Nova Scotia, a snowstorm in Winnipeg, heavy rainfall in Vancouver, a storm in Minnesota, New York, and Australia.

MacDonald's videos have turned him into a "internet weather-broadcasting sensation", with several thousands of views for some videos, his Minnesota forecast video reached over 150,000 views. The videos have received both positive (including people thanking him for weather warnings) and negative feedback on YouTube, and MacDonald tries to "ignore" the latter, insisting they are "rude and disrespectful". MacDonald was included in CBC News' "Top 10 newsmaking stories of 2013 in Nova Scotia".