Close
KTAR.com
News
Shows
Blogs
KTAR News on 92.3FM

After decades in eye of storms, weather service head retires

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 9, 2019 file photo, National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini addresses a meeting of the National Weather Association in Huntsville, Ala. Uccellini defended forecasters who contradicted President Donald Trump's claim that Hurricane Dorian posed a threat to Alabama as it approached the United States. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) This March 1956 photo provided by Louis Uccellini shows him as a child standing in the snow in the Bethpage neighborhood of Long Island, N.Y. Uccellini, who has been the director of the National Weather Service for more than eight years, says he will retire at the end of 2021. (Courtesy Louis Uccellini via AP) FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 file photo, National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini speaks to the National Governors Association Winter Meeting Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee, in Washington. Uccellini, who has been the director of the National Weather Service for more than eight years, says he will retire at the end of 2021. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)