Name David Bernard | ||
Occupation MeteorologistJournalistWeather Consultant Similar Keenan Smith, Amy Freeze, Margaret Orr | ||
David Lawrence Bernard (born April 13, 1969) has been a meteorologist with WVUE-TV FOX 8 in New Orleans, Louisiana since November 2015. In 2005, Bernard was named Chief Meteorologist for WFOR-TV, the CBS affiliate in Miami, Florida, USA. Bernard is a Certified Broadcast Meteorologist with the American Meteorological Society and holds the Seal Of Approval of the National Weather Association. In 2008, CBS named David Bernard the Hurricane Consultant for the CBS Network. Bernard is seen regularly on the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley, CBS This Morning with Charlie Rose, Norah O'Donnell and Gayle King, Face The Nation with Bob Schieffer and other CBS television affiliates around the world.
David Bernard grew up in Houston, Texas. Bernard has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in Climatology and Broadcast Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. Bernard also has a Certificate in Broadcast meteorology from Mississippi State University.
Prior to being named the Chief Meteorologist at WFOR-TV in Miami, David Bernard worked as a Meteorologist at WWL-TV in New Orleans, KJRH in Tulsa, Oklahoma, KVII, Amarillo, Texas, and KZTV, Corpus Christi, Texas.
On the November 22, 2013 11 pm newscast on WFOR-TV, David Bernard announced that this was his final day at that station. He said that he planned to remain in South Florida, but did not mention either his reasons for departure or future plans.