John Bolaris

Who is John Bolaris?

John Bolaris is an American meteorologist. Bolaris has won four Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards—three for Best Weathercaster and one for Best Entertainment Host for Time Out, a television show he co-hosted for five years on WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He worked as a syndicated meteorologist from 1982 to 1987. After a short time at News 12 Long Island, he worked at WCBS in New York from 1987 to 1990. While at WCAU in Philadelphia from 1990 to 2003, he gained notoriety for predicting a 2001 "Storm of the Century" that was much less severe than his predictions. He returned to WCBS from 2003 to 2007. From 2008 to 2011, he was chief meteorologist for WTXF-TV in Philadelphia.