Jennifer Lopez (meteorologist)

Jennifer Lopez is an American on-camera meteorologist for KXAS-TV and formerly for The Weather Channel.

Career
In September 1997, Lopez landed her first position as a weekend meteorologist for WTLV-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. She was also a weather producer and weekend meteorologist at WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida. In May 2000, Lopez joined The Weather Channel as on-camera meteorologist. On The Weather Channel, she provided live in-the-field coverage from New York City during the New Year’s Eve snowstorm of 2001. She became the co-host of the PM Edition, which was called Evening Edition at the time. In 2007, she and The Weather Channel received criticism when she referred to former United States Vice President Al Gore as "former President-elect Al Gore". She left the network in 2008. In June 2008, she became the weekday morning on-camera meteorologist for KXAS-TV in Dallas, Texas. In 2009, NBC 5 Today, the morning news program for KXAS, and for which Lopez was the meteorologist, won a Lone Star Emmy Award. She left KXAS in March 2012.

Personal life
Lopez graduated with a Bachelor of Science in telecommunications from the University of Florida. Lopez's second degree was a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Florida State University. Lopez is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), where she holds the seal of approval in television. She and her husband, a Southwest Airlines pilot, have two daughters.