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Phil Ferro is the Chief Meteorologist of the 7 News weather team. He anchors a 5 person staff responsible for providing the day to day weather forecasts for all South Florida, keeping you in tune to severe weather alerts, and helping you track storms during hurricane season.
Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Phil has covered South Florida weather and hurricanes for over a decade. He started back in 1995, when he was the lead forecaster at the local Telemundo affiliate, providing the latest storm information to South Florida's Spanish speaking community. He joined 7News in 2005, guiding us through the most active hurricane season on record.
Thirty-one systems were spawned in the tropics, two of them impacting us directly, Katrina and Wilma.
Phil, continuously keeps on top of the latest developments in the meteorological field by participating in seminars, attending the annual hurricane conference, or even flying on board with hurricane hunters. Back in 1999, he flew on board a history-making mission. Flying into a hurricane that traveled backwards across the Caribbean. This had never happened in the 113-year Atlantic tropical cyclone record. Hurricane Lenny was the first storm to have an extended west-to-east track across the Caribbean Sea.
This is opposite to the more common East to West route.
Education is Phil's passion. He cares about teaching weather to young minds and how to help teachers pass along the wonders of science and meteorology to their students.
Phil has received 2 Emmy nominations for previous Hurricane specials. He holds both National Weather Association and American Meteorological Society Seals of Approval. He was recently appointed to the AMS standing panel of Spanish-language evaluators of the Board of Broadcast meteorology by the AMS commission of Professional affairs. He is also on the NWA board and has been awarded professional development hours from the National Hurricane Center each year since 1995.
His work has been recognized by the Association for Women in Communications South Florida chapter, the Miami Dade County League of Cities, as well as an individual recognition by the City of Hialeah. He works closely with the American Red Cross helping get the message out to prepare in advance of Hurricane season.
You can catch Phil's weather forecasts weeknights during 7 NEWS at 4:00pm, 4:30pm, 5:00pm, 5:30pm, 6:00pm, 6:30pm, 10:00pm and 11:00pm.
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