Joel has had over 30 years experience as a meteorologist. He first served as a weather officer for the U.S. Air Force. Before coming to ABC7, where he is the weather anchor on the Morning News and the midday newscast, he was an on-air meteorologist at KPIX-TV for 13 years. He is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist, a recipient of the ‘Seal of Approval for Television Weathercasting’ and just recently won a 2002 Emmy award for Weathercasting.