John Toohey-Morales is a meteorologist born in Schenectady, New York

Schenectady, New York

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 and raised in Puerto Rico

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. He attended the meteorology program at Cornell University

Cornell University

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 and was then hired by the National Weather Service

National Weather Service

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 in 1984. In 1991, he was hired by the Spanish language

Spanish language

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 television network

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 Univision

Univision

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 and founed his company Climadata Corporation. He won an Emmy Award

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 in 1993 for "48 Horas Antes de la Tormenta" (English: "48 Hours Before the Storm").

Morales has the Seal of Approval from both the American Meteorological Society

American Meteorological Society

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 (AMS) and the National Weather Association

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 (NWA). He was given the prestigious distinction of Certified Consulting Meteorologist from the AMS. Since 2003 he has been the Chief Meteorologist at WSCV

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