Local 10 names Betty Davis Chief Certified Meteorologist

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – WPLG-TV, the ABC affiliate in Miami-Fort Lauderdale announced today that Betty Davis has been named Chief Certified Meteorologist for the station.

Davis, who joined the Local 10 weather team in 2011, holds the highest credentials available for a broadcast meteorologist. She holds the CBM seal from the American Meteorological Society and a seal of approval from the National Weather Association.

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Davis earned a B.S. in Geosciences, with an emphasis in Broadcast Meteorology, from Mississippi State University. She graduated magna cum laude, with a degree in English, from Atlanta's Spelman College.

Davis previously worked for the Weather Channel, CNN and in the local television markets of Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham, Charleston, SC and Macon, GA.

Betty Davis can be seen weeknights on WPLG Local 10 at 4pm, 5pm, 6pm and 11pm. She leads the WPLG-TV Weather Authority Team with Max Mayfield, former director of the National Hurricane Center who is WPLG's hurricane specialist, along with meteorologists Julie Durda, Trent Aric and Jennifer Correa.