Back on Halloween, FTVLive told you that WLNE (Providence) Meteorologist Chelsea Priest said she has made the “bittersweet decision to not renew my contract….”

Now, there is an announcement of another Meteorologist's departure at the station. WLNE Met Jeff Desnoyers announced on his social media on Friday that he was also leaving.

This leaves the WLNE with only 1 meteorologist, Kelly Bates, who was hired in June as the Weekend Meteorologist and Science reporter, after her viewer-contested departure from the Providence NBC affiliate WJAR in September 2021 which lead to a tearful, viral TikTok video of what she thought was her farewell to the industry.

Could Bates be getting the Chief gig almost by default?