Weather Balloons

Holy warm front! Check out KCAL-TV's new weathercaster Jackie Johnson:

Johnson previously was a weathercaster and reporter for WSVN-TV in Miami since September 2001. Prior to that, she worked as a reporter and weekend weather anchor for WCTV-TV in Tallahassee, Florida. A native of Plymouth, Michigan, Johnson attended the University of Southern Alabama, concentrating on meteorology, and then went on to Middle Tennessee State University to get her degree in broadcast journalism.

For her more obvious qualifications, check out the videos at the link.

UPDATE: There are more pictures of weather forecaster and weathergal Jackie Johnson in this post.

WackyHumor · Thu, 11/04/2004 - 19:34 · · Importance: 1

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L.A. Observed had a recent post about Ms. Johnson:

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Math-challenged weather babe

This is so lame it hurts to even hear about it. Ron Fineman.com reports that Jackie Johnson, the new weather reader (bio) on KCAL-9, gave the rain totals tonight as "a 20th of an inch" (for areas receiving 0.26 inches), "a 30th of an inch" for 0.33, and "a 40th of an inch" for 0.46. Thinking she had, perhaps, simply misspoken, Fineman watched her on the next newscast and heard Johnson describe 0.39 inches as "almost a 40th."...

Posted by: Ontario Emperor at Nov 5, 2004 1:13 PM

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