John Morales

In the subheading, NOAA cut to the chase: “No one creates or steers hurricanes; the technology does not exist.”

Fears of a backloaded hurricane season materialized in an awful way in the past few weeks. Hurricanes Helene and Milton collectively claimed hundreds of lives. And each hurricane is estimated to have produced at least $50 billion in damage.

Jackie Nespral sits down with NBC6 hurricane specialist John Morales.

Humans can change some aspects of the weather. Science-based weather modification techniques are now employed in over 50 countries according to the World Meteorological Organization. But for every science-based weather-altering technique, there are dozens of pseudoscientific urban legends.

Milton had maximum sustained winds of around 150 mph and was located 130 miles northeast of Progreso, Mexico. The storm was moving east-northeast at 9 mph and was about 520 miles southwest of Tampa, the National Hurricane Center said in the 11 a.m. ET bulletin

NOAA shared video on social media of how they fly through hurricanes safely and gather data.

Just before his noontime segment on air, Hurricane Specialist John Morales realized that Milton had become a Category 5 monster storm.

Hurricane Specialist John Morales speaks about the potentially devastating effects of Hurricane Milton.

Mean Helene is on a mission to be yet another multibillion-dollar disaster.

NBC6 hurricane specialist John Morales discusses the latest on Hurricane Helene, now a Category 3 storm.

Hurricane specialist John Morales talks about which hurricanes were most pivotal to him. He says these 5 hurricanes were the most impactful in his 30 plus career.

Hurricane specialist John Morales talks about which hurricanes were most pivotal to him. He says these 5 hurricanes were the most impactful in his 30 plus career.

Since Hurricane Ernesto made landfall in Bermuda in August, there have been no tropical development.
Analysts have spent days trying to dissect what might be happening as we reach the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season on September 10.

We have a better idea of how a tropical system in the Atlantic will impact South Florida. Hurricane specialist John Morales has the details.

Hurricane expert John Morales explains the record-breaking intensity of Hurricane Beryl and the factors that are contributing to the rapid strengthening of storms.

Hurricane expert and meteorologist John Morales breaks down why hurricane season has started off quiet and what to expect later in the season.

Flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for portions of Miami-Dade and Broward Tuesday as a flood watch remained in effect for South Florida with expected total rainfall in the double digits in some areas by the end of the week.
NBC6 Hurricane Specialist John Morales explains the system causing all the horrible weather in South Florida.

NBC6 Hurricane Specialist John Morales was part of a discussion at the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference Wednesday. He talked about meteorologists becoming climate communicators and teaching climate change to the public.

NBC6 Hurricane expert John Morales was one of the first meteorologists to openly speak about climate change on TV news. Morales explains how he was able to talk about climate change when so many others were not and how climate coverage has changed in recent years....
For more in-depth coverage, watch NBC6’s Climate in Crisis special on streaming platforms, including Roku...

For years, John Morales has been the meteorologist many in South Florida trust to be the calm during the storm and on Wednesday, he was named an honorary member of the American Meteorological Association.