John Morales
@johnmoralestv.bsky.social
ClimaData® Certified Broadcast and Consulting Meteorologist
Hurricane Specialist for NBC Miami & Noticias SIN (DR)
Climate Change Columnist for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
BSc & Member of the Board of Trustees at Cornell | MSc at Johns Hopkins
Hurricane Specialist for NBC Miami & Noticias SIN (DR)
Climate Change Columnist for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
BSc & Member of the Board of Trustees at Cornell | MSc at Johns Hopkins
“global reinsurance companies have had what the researchers call a ‘climate epiphany’ and have roughly doubled the rates.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much. (Gift Article)
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“global reinsurance companies have had what the researchers call a ‘climate epiphany’ and have roughly doubled the rates.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
ICYMI, the @edfaction.bsky.social Extreme Weather & the Climate Crisis event which included Rep. @ericsorensen.bsky.social and me. Response was 98% positive including this: "Really liked the factual info and viewpoints. Good to know weathermen are representing..." www.youtube.com/live/_g_yu06...
Extreme Weather and the Climate Crisis: A Perfect Storm
YouTube video by EDF Action
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November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
ICYMI, the @edfaction.bsky.social Extreme Weather & the Climate Crisis event which included Rep. @ericsorensen.bsky.social and me. Response was 98% positive including this: "Really liked the factual info and viewpoints. Good to know weathermen are representing..." www.youtube.com/live/_g_yu06...
It's #GiveMiamiDay ❗️
Collectively we are moving the needle for a more climate resilient future!
As of 11 am ET, @cleoinstitute.bsky.social is 92% of the way to a goal of raising $50K. Every person you connect with brings us closer to closing that gap. Fired up! www.givemiamiday.org/organization...
Collectively we are moving the needle for a more climate resilient future!
As of 11 am ET, @cleoinstitute.bsky.social is 92% of the way to a goal of raising $50K. Every person you connect with brings us closer to closing that gap. Fired up! www.givemiamiday.org/organization...
Support The CLEO Institute on Give Miami Day
Give Boldly. Act Now.
Fifteen years ago, The CLEO Institute was born from a simple truth: people protect what they love.
What began as a spark of climate education in Miami has grown into a fearless m...
www.givemiamiday.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's #GiveMiamiDay ❗️
Collectively we are moving the needle for a more climate resilient future!
As of 11 am ET, @cleoinstitute.bsky.social is 92% of the way to a goal of raising $50K. Every person you connect with brings us closer to closing that gap. Fired up! www.givemiamiday.org/organization...
Collectively we are moving the needle for a more climate resilient future!
As of 11 am ET, @cleoinstitute.bsky.social is 92% of the way to a goal of raising $50K. Every person you connect with brings us closer to closing that gap. Fired up! www.givemiamiday.org/organization...
Today at 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT. Free registration: www.mobilize.us/edfaction/ev...
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Today at 5 pm ET / 2 pm PT. Free registration: www.mobilize.us/edfaction/ev...
"What America does is part of the story—it's not the main part of the story—it's a cute side character. #China is now the main character in the story of fighting #climatechange." — @jeremywallace.bsky.social
Heard on @npr.org. Link to the report: www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Heard on @npr.org. Link to the report: www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"What America does is part of the story—it's not the main part of the story—it's a cute side character. #China is now the main character in the story of fighting #climatechange." — @jeremywallace.bsky.social
Heard on @npr.org. Link to the report: www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Heard on @npr.org. Link to the report: www.npr.org/2025/11/18/n...
Surprised that The American Revolution isn’t preempted in #Florida. This is no longer the way American history is allowed to be taught in this state, including in its public universities. Congrats to PBS and Ken Burns for providing proper context. #AmericanRevolution
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Surprised that The American Revolution isn’t preempted in #Florida. This is no longer the way American history is allowed to be taught in this state, including in its public universities. Congrats to PBS and Ken Burns for providing proper context. #AmericanRevolution
“Ms. Evans, like Mr. Richardson, lacks experience in emergency management, which is a legal requirement to lead FEMA.”
The United States was very lucky to not have seen major disasters this year beyond Texas Hill Country and Alaska. Very very lucky 🍀
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
The United States was very lucky to not have seen major disasters this year beyond Texas Hill Country and Alaska. Very very lucky 🍀
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
Acting FEMA Administrator Is Out, Injecting Uncertainty at Agency in Limbo
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“Ms. Evans, like Mr. Richardson, lacks experience in emergency management, which is a legal requirement to lead FEMA.”
The United States was very lucky to not have seen major disasters this year beyond Texas Hill Country and Alaska. Very very lucky 🍀
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
The United States was very lucky to not have seen major disasters this year beyond Texas Hill Country and Alaska. Very very lucky 🍀
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
“problems began in early 2022, when a mass of sea ice detached from the … glacier’s front and its floating ice tongue disintegrated. The removal of this stabilising ice exposed the glacier to new stresses, causing its flow and thinning rates to accelerate”
Coming everywhere 🔜 x.com/newscientist...
Coming everywhere 🔜 x.com/newscientist...
New Scientist on X: "Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise https://t.co/DWIX9aHH3j" / X
Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise https://t.co/DWIX9aHH3j
x.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“problems began in early 2022, when a mass of sea ice detached from the … glacier’s front and its floating ice tongue disintegrated. The removal of this stabilising ice exposed the glacier to new stresses, causing its flow and thinning rates to accelerate”
Coming everywhere 🔜 x.com/newscientist...
Coming everywhere 🔜 x.com/newscientist...
“It's to a point of unsustainability.” www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Why home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes
Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“It's to a point of unsustainability.” www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
“The diminished ability to study, monitor, forecast, warn for, and recover from more intense hurricanes and other hazards like flooding, heat waves and wildfires was—and continues to be—a source of unease.” www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
John Morales: As hurricane season nears end, U.S. forecasting concerns persist
The diminished ability to study, monitor, forecast, warn for, and recover from more intense hurricanes and other hazards like flooding, heat waves and wildfires was—and continues to be—a source of une...
www.nbcmiami.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“The diminished ability to study, monitor, forecast, warn for, and recover from more intense hurricanes and other hazards like flooding, heat waves and wildfires was—and continues to be—a source of unease.” www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
“Sadly for Jamaica, I have every reason to believe that when accounting for direct and indirect fatalities as well as long-lasting morbidity and mental health impacts, the human toll reported so far from Hurricane Melissa is only the tip of the iceberg.” www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
Morales: Human toll from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica so far just the tip of the iceberg
Direct or indirect, one excess death brought on by a storm is one too many. But it’s important to flesh this out further because I fully expect Jamaica’s death toll to surge because of the indirect an...
www.nbcmiami.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“Sadly for Jamaica, I have every reason to believe that when accounting for direct and indirect fatalities as well as long-lasting morbidity and mental health impacts, the human toll reported so far from Hurricane Melissa is only the tip of the iceberg.” www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
“Extreme weather events are coming for you. They’re coming for ya!” — part of this interview
Extreme weather events like Hurricane Melissa “take lives and ruin lives.”
Meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social joined me for a sobering conversation about climate change & how Mother Nature is coming for all of us.
youtu.be/02y9VhXnVmU?...
Meteorologist @johnmoralestv.bsky.social joined me for a sobering conversation about climate change & how Mother Nature is coming for all of us.
youtu.be/02y9VhXnVmU?...
Expert SOUNDS ALARM as DEADLY STORMS SPIRAL Out Of CONTROL
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
“Extreme weather events are coming for you. They’re coming for ya!” — part of this interview
This week's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be a #supermoon. It will reach full phase a few hours before perigee (its closest approach to Earth). As the closest super moon of 2025 it will be the brightest as well. (via @rtphokie.bsky.social)
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This week's full moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will be a #supermoon. It will reach full phase a few hours before perigee (its closest approach to Earth). As the closest super moon of 2025 it will be the brightest as well. (via @rtphokie.bsky.social)
"Personal experiences cut through abstract statistics and political debates. When someone has lived through a devastating flood or heat wave, the risks of climate change become much more tangible and harder to dismiss." phys.org/news/2025-10...
Extreme weather shapes climate change perceptions worldwide
People who have lived through floods, heat waves, or other climate-related disasters are significantly more likely to view climate change as a very serious threat, according to new research from the U...
phys.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Personal experiences cut through abstract statistics and political debates. When someone has lived through a devastating flood or heat wave, the risks of climate change become much more tangible and harder to dismiss." phys.org/news/2025-10...
The first earlier standard time #sunrise over Biscayne Bay was nice. (end of #daylightsavingtime)
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The first earlier standard time #sunrise over Biscayne Bay was nice. (end of #daylightsavingtime)
Thank you @cleoinstitute.bsky.social for the Circle of Change Award: “At a time when climate coverage faces unprecedented political pressure and censorship, John and the…team of @nbcmiami.com & Telemundo 51 continue to lead with science-driven facts and courage.” www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/j...
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Thank you @cleoinstitute.bsky.social for the Circle of Change Award: “At a time when climate coverage faces unprecedented political pressure and censorship, John and the…team of @nbcmiami.com & Telemundo 51 continue to lead with science-driven facts and courage.” www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/j...
"When you think of #Melissa, think Andrew in South Florida, Maria in Puerto Rico, Ivan in Grenada, or Dorian in the Bahamas. It's a humanitarian event." — Marlon A. Hill on @wlrn.org
You want to help #Jamaica and the Caribbean directly? See www.sflcaribbeanstrong.org
You want to help #Jamaica and the Caribbean directly? See www.sflcaribbeanstrong.org
South Florida Caribbean Strong - Disaster Relief
www.sflcaribbeanstrong.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"When you think of #Melissa, think Andrew in South Florida, Maria in Puerto Rico, Ivan in Grenada, or Dorian in the Bahamas. It's a humanitarian event." — Marlon A. Hill on @wlrn.org
You want to help #Jamaica and the Caribbean directly? See www.sflcaribbeanstrong.org
You want to help #Jamaica and the Caribbean directly? See www.sflcaribbeanstrong.org
"I don’t need to tell you that I am quite distressed about this new era of abnormally hot Atlantic waters and the catastrophic hurricanes that come as a result. Like it or not, you should be concerned too." My reflections on Hurricane #Melissa for @nbcmiami.com. www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
John Morales on ‘infamous' Hurricane Melissa's destructive path and worrying trends
Melissa, now an infamous hurricane, will see its name retired by the World Meteorological Organization. It’s the third strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, the strongest observed s...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"I don’t need to tell you that I am quite distressed about this new era of abnormally hot Atlantic waters and the catastrophic hurricanes that come as a result. Like it or not, you should be concerned too." My reflections on Hurricane #Melissa for @nbcmiami.com. www.nbcmiami.com/weather/hurr...
Same, same.
“Forty years later, when I look at satellite imagery and other data on hurricanes and extreme weather, I often cannot believe my eyes. Most of these mind-boggling events have a potential link to climate change.” 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
“Forty years later, when I look at satellite imagery and other data on hurricanes and extreme weather, I often cannot believe my eyes. Most of these mind-boggling events have a potential link to climate change.” 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | Hurricane Melissa Maxed Out What Scientists Thought Was Possible
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Same, same.
“Forty years later, when I look at satellite imagery and other data on hurricanes and extreme weather, I often cannot believe my eyes. Most of these mind-boggling events have a potential link to climate change.” 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
“Forty years later, when I look at satellite imagery and other data on hurricanes and extreme weather, I often cannot believe my eyes. Most of these mind-boggling events have a potential link to climate change.” 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
"Extreme weather events fueled by climate change are increasing and making me change. I’ve always been authentic [...] but I can no longer be non-alarmist. People need to realize that this is not going to stop until we cut down on greenhouse gas [emissions]." @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
Meteorologist becomes emotional reporting on strength of Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa is slamming into Cuba and taking aim at the Bahamas after devastating Jamaica. MSNBC Climate Reporter Moses Small has our latest forecast and WTVJ Meteorologist Hurricane Specialist ...
www.msnbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Extreme weather events fueled by climate change are increasing and making me change. I’ve always been authentic [...] but I can no longer be non-alarmist. People need to realize that this is not going to stop until we cut down on greenhouse gas [emissions]." @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com
"This is going to be the worst disaster in the history of #Jamaica. And what I’m worried about is the long term, the lasting effects of the hurricane upon their region." As seen earlier on @camanpour.bsky.social @cnnipr.bsky.social
and today on @pbs.org 📺 www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/t...
and today on @pbs.org 📺 www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/t...
‘Hurricanes don’t just take lives, they ruin lives’: Meteorologist reacts to Melissa | CNN
John Morales, meteorologist for ClimData, speaks with Bianna Golodryga about Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm ever to hit Jamaica.
www.cnn.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"This is going to be the worst disaster in the history of #Jamaica. And what I’m worried about is the long term, the lasting effects of the hurricane upon their region." As seen earlier on @camanpour.bsky.social @cnnipr.bsky.social
and today on @pbs.org 📺 www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/t...
and today on @pbs.org 📺 www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/t...
At NBC 6 since 4 am and until Melissa’s landfall this morning. Impacts in Jamaica are increasing as their strongest hurricane on record approaches. Winds 175 mph (280 km/hr) with gust factor of 1.5x➕ speeded up by hills & mountains. 13 ft (4 m) storm surge. 30-40 inches (1000 mm) storm total precip
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
At NBC 6 since 4 am and until Melissa’s landfall this morning. Impacts in Jamaica are increasing as their strongest hurricane on record approaches. Winds 175 mph (280 km/hr) with gust factor of 1.5x➕ speeded up by hills & mountains. 13 ft (4 m) storm surge. 30-40 inches (1000 mm) storm total precip
At 901 millibars minimum central barometric pressure, #Melissa is the strongest hurricane ever recorded so late in a season in the Atlantic. It is also the 8th strongest Atlantic #hurricane during any part of the season. It is now sadly moving north-northeast towards #Jamaica.
October 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
At 901 millibars minimum central barometric pressure, #Melissa is the strongest hurricane ever recorded so late in a season in the Atlantic. It is also the 8th strongest Atlantic #hurricane during any part of the season. It is now sadly moving north-northeast towards #Jamaica.
During Melissa’s rapid intensification the storm drifted slowly over exceptionally warm ocean waters that were 1.4°C (2.5°F) warmer than average — these conditions were made up to 700 times more likely because of human-caused climate change. (via @climatecentral.org) 1/2
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
During Melissa’s rapid intensification the storm drifted slowly over exceptionally warm ocean waters that were 1.4°C (2.5°F) warmer than average — these conditions were made up to 700 times more likely because of human-caused climate change. (via @climatecentral.org) 1/2