Jeff Berardelli
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Staten Island native Jeffrey R. Berardelli, better known as Jeff Berardelli, AKA The Weather Professor, is an American television meteorologist for WFOR-TV in Miami.
Before accepting a job at WFOR-TV in March 2007, he was the morning meteorologist for WCBS-TV in New York City and fill-in weather presenter on The Early Show for three years. Before that, he served as a meteorologist on the Tampa, Florida CBS affiliate WTSP-TV, where he worked for three years. Prior to his employment there, he worked for the Florida equvilant of NY1, Bay News 9, for three years.
While attending Cornell University, he served a meteorologist at WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, New York and WETM-TV in Elmira, New York. Also during his time at Cornell, Jeff was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi (Rockledge) Fraternity and his pledge name was "Babs".
Berardelli holds an American Meteorological Society seal of approval #1064. In addition to his television work, the native Staten Islander served as a professor of weather, climate and climate change at the College of Staten Island.
On December 17, 2007, Berardelli made an appearance on WCBS-TV News at 5. It is not known whether he will return to WCBS, presumably to replace John Bolaris.
On June 5, 2008, Berardelli visited Regis and Kelley for a short time.
