A Forecast of Bolaris from the Northeast for 2008

It looks like John Bolaris, most famous for predicting a massive blizzard in 2001 that never happened, may be back in the forecast for WCAU. The recent announcement that WCAU meteorologist Doug Kammerer will be moving to KYW in February means that CBS 3 will be up one forecaster and NBC 10 will be down one. KYW was one of the stations that Bolaris was rumored to have talked to. Given the reports that his contract at WCBS is up at the end of the year, the forecast model shows that Bolaris may be heading south.

In recent months the role of Bolaris at WCBS has been lessened with the addition of former soap opera star Lonnie Quinn to the station’s weather department who has usurped Bolaris at the station. Last month he was rumored to be talking with several stations in Philadelphia, mainly because he wants to be in a market close to his daughter and her mother, current WPIX anchor and former WCAU reporter Tiffany McElroy.