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Jacqui Jeras

Jacqui Jeras is a meteorologist and weather anchor for CNN Worldwide. She is based at CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta.

Since 1999, Jeras has covered blizzards, floods, fires, tornado outbreaks and the record breaking 2005 hurricane season for the network. During Hurricane Katrina, she put in 84 hours on the air to keep viewers informed. Jeras also covers weather and science news.

Before arriving at CNN, Jeras served as the morning and noon meteorologist for WHO-TV in Des Moines, Iowa. From 1994-1996, she was the weekend weather anchor at ABC affiliate WEHT-TV in Evansville, Ind. She also served as a weather anchor and senior reporter for KCAU-TV in Sioux City, Iowa, and was an associate producer for WOI-TV in Des Moines.

Jeras holds seals of approval from both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association (NWA). A member of the Broadcast Seal Evaluation Committee, she will serve as the Recertification Chair from 2011 to 2014. She was part of the CNN team awarded the Mark Trail Award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for her on-going promotion of weather radios in households. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications from Iowa State University and received a Certificate of Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University.