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John Bolaris

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John Bolaris Claims a Return to TV While Trashing Ex-Girlfriend

Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly […]

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People Whining About Snow School Closings Need to Shut the Hell Up

It happens every time. Philly announces school closings due to a snow or “wintry weather” forecast, and there’s an uproar from small-minded, privileged, or Eisenhower-era […]

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John Bolaris Says He’s Blown His Last Forecast

John Bolaris blew the forecast. No, we’re not talking about his infamous and career-altering “Storm of the Century” blown forecast from 2001. We’re talking about […]

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Why Do You People Hate Meteorologists So Much?

As Stella makes its way out of the Philadelphia area, a lot of people are pissed. Pissed that they’re stuck in the house with their […]

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John Bolaris Just Can’t Help Himself When a Big Snowstorm Is on the Way

If you live in Philly, you can count on three things happening during a snowstorm. First, a fight will break out over saved parking spots. […]

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17 Things You Might Not Know (or Were Trying to Forget) About John Bolaris

Tonight at 10 p.m. CNBC is airing the episode of its true-crime documentary series American Greed based on the adventures of Philly weather swain John Bolaris. […]

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AccuWeather Claims It Can Predict What the Weather Will Be 90 Days from Now

Each year, as winter approaches, we have a bit of fun when the local weather folks deliver their long-range winter outlooks, attempting to tell us that […]

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John Bolaris Will Buy You A Beer Down the Shore This Summer

We here at Philadelphia magazine are always interested in the trappings of John Bolaris, the Weather Savior. Whether he’s offering a weather concierge service, feuding […]

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You Can Now Pay John Bolaris $500 a Month for Personal Weather Forecasts

Would you like to be in contact with John Bolaris all the time? You are in luck. The Philadelphia weatherman is now offering a “weather […]

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Here’s What to Expect When You Wake Up Tuesday Morning

Yet again, Philadelphia is bracing for a snowstorm that might or might not happen. Everyone seems to agree that snow is coming. But how much […]

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John Bolaris Attacks “Classless” Angelo Cataldi on Twitter

On Tuesday morning, in the wake of the Great 2015 Blizzard of Philadelphia That Didn’t Happen, there was a lot of blame going around, including […]

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Guy John Bolaris “Fired” After Ice Storm Says Not So Fast

On Tuesday, we interviewed meteorologist John Bolaris of WeatherSavior.com in the wake of Sunday’s deadly flash freeze, which every forecaster, including Bolaris, missed. In the […]

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John Bolaris Fired Someone Over Sunday’s Ice Storm

[UPDATE, 9 p.m., 1/21] Harry Holmes, who says he’s the man John Bolaris claims to have “fired,” has responded. [ORIGINAL] John Bolaris always gives good conversation. […]

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John Bolaris and Stu Bykofsky on Gossip

The Story That Won’t Go Away VICTOR: Stu, what were your first gossip items about John? JOHN: I lied about my age. But I had […]

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John Bolaris: I Was Attacked With a Stun Gun In the Hamptons

Meteorologist John Bolaris splits his time these days between Philadelphia and Montauk, New York, running his new company, WeatherSavior.com. And it is this latter city […]