John Bolaris was born on June 27,1957 and is an American television meteorologist and Realtor.
19 Facts About John Bolaris
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John Bolaris has worked as the Chief Meteorologist for Weekend Today, NBC 10, WCBS and Fox 29.
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John Bolaris was born on Long Island and was avid about meteorology from a young age.
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John Bolaris's father was a truck driver who immigrated from Greece and his mother was a housewife.
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John Bolaris went on to graduate from Connetquot High School in 1975 and Suffolk County Community College in 1980.
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John Bolaris attended their Weather Technical School and served three years in the Air National Guard where he advised pilots on weather conditions.
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John Bolaris started his career as a meteorologist at Metro Weather Service in 1982.
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John Bolaris served as a reporter on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather during Hurricane Hugo.
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In 1990, John Bolaris was relocated to Philadelphia by CBS executives, who wanted to revitalize then-CBS-affiliated WCAU-TV.
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In 2001, John Bolaris drew major criticism after predicting a major blizzard, which he dubbed the "storm of the century" would hit Philadelphia.
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John Bolaris urged viewers to stay home from work and Philadelphia area schools were closed.
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In 2009, John Bolaris returned to Philadelphia as the Chief Meteorologist at Fox 29.
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However, John Bolaris ran into trouble with Fox 29's management after they refused to conduct an interview with John Bolaris' friend and former Phillies star, Lenny Dykstra.
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In December 2011, John Bolaris was suspended after he took part in a profile in Playboy magazine, which presented him in a negative light and he was fired a month later.
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In 2016, John Bolaris retired from meteorology and co-founded BlackLabel Luxury Real Estate.
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John Bolaris served as the listing agent for an estate on Long Island where F Scott Fitzgerald reportedly wrote The Great Gatsby.
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John Bolaris has one daughter, Reina, whom he had with Tiffany McElroy, a former reporter.
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In 2010, while in Miami, John Bolaris was drugged and charged for $43,000 on his American Express card.
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John Bolaris contacted the FBI, who connected John Bolaris' story to a crime ring run by a bar owner.