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'''Audrey Puente''' (born March 3, 1970) is an Emmy Award winning{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} American [[meteorologist]]. She brings the weather for the weekend news at 6 and 10 p.m. on [[WNYW]] in [[New York City]]. She also fills in on [[Good Day New York]].
'''Audrey Puente''' (born March 3, 1970) is an American [[meteorologist]]. She brings the weather for the weekend news at 6 and 10 p.m. on [[WNYW]] in [[New York City]]. She also fills in on ''[[Good Day New York]]''.


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
She is the daughter of musician, songwriter and record producer [[Tito Puente]], and the sister of musician Tito Puente, Jr..<ref name=":0">Flamm, M. (2007). Audrey puente: Weather bellwether. ''Crain's New York Business, 23''(9), 29. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/audrey-puente-weather-bellwether/docview/219184129/se-2</nowiki></ref>
Was born to mother Margie<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|390152067}} |last1=Browne |first1=J. Zamgba |title=Harlem launches National Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame |newspaper=New York Amsterdam News |date=27 September 2001 |page=19 }}</ref> and father [[Tito Puente]], a musician, songwriter and record producer.<ref name=":0" /> She is the sister of musician Tito Puente, Jr.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|219184129}} |last1=Flamm |first1=Matthew |title=Audrey Puente: Weather bellwether |journal=Crain's New York Business |volume=23 |issue=9 |date=26 February 2007 |pages=29 }}</ref>


She studied speech communication at [[Syracuse University]] and served an apprenticeship at [[Hunter College]].<ref name=":0" /> She received her [[M.S.|Masters of Science]] in [[Geosciences]] with an emphasis on [[meteorology]] from [[Mississippi State University]].
She studied speech communication at [[Syracuse University]] and served an apprenticeship at [[Hunter College]].<ref name=":0" /> She received her [[M.S.|Masters of Science]] in [[Geosciences]] with an emphasis on [[meteorology]] from [[Mississippi State University]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
Puente is a news celebrity, who works from New York City.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=14 Sep 2000 |title=First Latin Grammys awarded |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/09/14/first-latin-grammys-awarded/ |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref>
Puente is a news celebrity, meteorologist, and emcee, who works from New York City.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Estefan, Miguel, Win Latin Awards |url=https://apnews.com/article/13f460b84063c3eb7e436e80e697ba5b |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1792393548}} |last1=Mitchell |first1=Yvonne Delaney |title=The Cosmopolitan Review |newspaper=New York Amsterdam News |date=12 May 2016 |page=8 }}</ref>


Puente succeeded [[WWOR-TV]] veteran meteorologist [[Storm Field]] in January 2007 as the station's main meteorologist<ref name=":0" />, and served in that capacity until WWOR cancelled the evening newscast in July 2013. She has been the weekend meteorologist at [[WNYW]] since late 2012, and the main fill-in meteorologist for the channel.
Puente succeeded [[WWOR-TV]] veteran meteorologist [[Storm Field]] in January 2007 as the station's main meteorologist,<ref name=":0" /> and served in that capacity until WWOR cancelled the evening newscast in July 2013. She has been the weekend meteorologist at [[WNYW]] since late 2012, and the main fill-in meteorologist for the channel.


In 2016 she and news anchor Dari Alexander co-hosted a short-lived lifestyle show on WNYW called ''The D&A Show''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2016/06/14/new-york-fox-launches-lifestyle-show/ |title=New York Fox launches lifestyle show |date=June 14, 2016 |newspaper=Newscast Studio}}</ref>
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She previously provided weather forecasts for [[WCBS-TV]]'s ''Channel 2 News This Morning'' and ''CBS 2 News at Noon''.<ref name=":0" /> On January 1, 2007 WCBS hired John Elliott to take her position. Before WCBS she worked as the weekend morning meteorologist for [[WNBC]] since 1999.<ref>RICHARD HUFF, D. P. (2003, Sep 12). INNER TUBE: [SPORTS FINAL EDITION]. ''[[New York Daily News]]'' Retrieved from <nowiki>https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/inner-tube/docview/305827091/se-2</nowiki></ref> In the mid-1990s, she was a meteorologist at [[WJCL (TV)|WJCL]] and [[WTGS]] television in [[Savannah, Georgia]], and [[WAPT]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. She also periodically filled in for [[Dave Price]] on CBS's [[The Early Show]].

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She previously provided weather forecasts for [[WCBS-TV]]'s ''Channel 2 News This Morning'' and ''CBS 2 News at Noon''.<ref name=":0" /> On January 1, 2007 WCBS hired John Elliott to take her position. Before WCBS she worked as the weekend morning meteorologist for [[WNBC]] starting in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|305827091}} |last1=Huff |first1=Richard |last2=Petrozello |first2=Donna |title=Inner tube |newspaper=New York Daily News |date=12 September 2003 |page=130 }}</ref> In the mid-1990s, she was a meteorologist at [[WJCL (TV)|WJCL]] and [[WTGS]] television in [[Savannah, Georgia]], and [[WAPT]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. She also periodically filled in for [[Dave Price]] on CBS's ''[[The Early Show]]''.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
In September 2000, Puente accepted a [[Latin Grammy Awards|Latin Grammy Award]] on behalf of her father, who had died in June the same year.<ref name=":1" />
In September 2000, Puente accepted an award at the inaugural [[Latin Grammy Awards]] ceremony in Los Angeles on behalf of her father, who had died in June of that year.<ref name=":1" />


Puente has been married to Jay Thompson since September 18, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/shopping/guides/weddings/album/2005/audreyjay.htm |title=New York Wedding Guide - The Wedding Album Spring 2005 - Real New York Weddings |publisher=Nymag.com |date=2004-09-18 |accessdate=2012-10-06}}</ref> She has three children.<ref name="celebrityparentsmag1">[http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/2010/08/my-9-meterologist-audrey-puente-welcomes-daughter-lola-jaye.html ''My 9 Meterologist Audrey Puente Welcomes Daughter Lola Jaye''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213131009/http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/2010/08/my-9-meterologist-audrey-puente-welcomes-daughter-lola-jaye.html |date=February 13, 2011 }} from ''Celebrityparentsmag.com'' August 2010</ref>
Puente has been married to Jay Thompson since September 18, 2004.<ref>{{cite web |date=2004-09-18 |title=New York Wedding Guide - The Wedding Album Spring 2005 - Real New York Weddings |url=http://nymag.com/shopping/guides/weddings/album/2005/audreyjay.htm |accessdate=2012-10-06 |publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]}}</ref> She has three children.<ref name="celebrityparentsmag1">[http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/2010/08/my-9-meterologist-audrey-puente-welcomes-daughter-lola-jaye.html ''My 9 Meterologist Audrey Puente Welcomes Daughter Lola Jaye''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213131009/http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/2010/08/my-9-meterologist-audrey-puente-welcomes-daughter-lola-jaye.html |date=February 13, 2011 }} from ''Celebrityparentsmag.com'' August 2010</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |last1=Starr |first1=Michael |title=This NYC weather gal loves breakfast in bed with her kids |url=https://nypost.com/2017/04/07/this-nyc-weather-gal-loves-breakfast-in-bed-with-her-kids/ |work=New York Post |date=7 April 2017 }}
* {{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Josephine |title=Tito Puente: When the Drums Are Dreaming |date=2010 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=978-1-4520-7274-6 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Thw6fpM-u6AC&pg=PA3 }}
* {{cite journal |title=About Our Members |journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |date=1 December 1999 |volume=80 |issue=12 |pages=2758–2761 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477-80.12.2758 |bibcode=1999BAMS...80.2758. |doi-access=free }}
* {{cite news |last1=Ettus |first1=Samantha |title=The Morning Routines of 12 Women Leaders |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthaettus/2014/11/17/morning-routines/ |work=Forbes |date=17 November 2014 }}
* {{cite web |title=Audrey Puente Issue |url=https://celebrityparentsmag.com/magazine/celebrity-parents-magazine-audrey-puente-issue/ |work=Celebrity Parents Magazine |date=29 July 2010 }}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150123093755/http://www.my9nj.com/story/18585916/audrey-puente Official biography] from [[WWOR-TV]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150123093755/http://www.my9nj.com/story/18585916/audrey-puente Official biography] from [[WWOR-TV]]
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Latest revision as of 20:51, 28 July 2024

Audrey Puente
Born (1970-03-03) March 3, 1970 (age 54)
New York City, United States
Alma materSyracuse University
Occupationtelevision meteorologist
Spouse
Jay Thompson
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(m. 2004)​
Children3
FamilyTito Puente (father)
Tito Puente Jr. (brother)

Audrey Puente (born March 3, 1970) is an American meteorologist. She brings the weather for the weekend news at 6 and 10 p.m. on WNYW in New York City. She also fills in on Good Day New York.

Early life and education

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Was born to mother Margie[1] and father Tito Puente, a musician, songwriter and record producer.[2] She is the sister of musician Tito Puente, Jr.[2]

She studied speech communication at Syracuse University and served an apprenticeship at Hunter College.[2] She received her Masters of Science in Geosciences with an emphasis on meteorology from Mississippi State University.

Career

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Puente is a news celebrity, meteorologist, and emcee, who works from New York City.[3][4]

Puente succeeded WWOR-TV veteran meteorologist Storm Field in January 2007 as the station's main meteorologist,[2] and served in that capacity until WWOR cancelled the evening newscast in July 2013. She has been the weekend meteorologist at WNYW since late 2012, and the main fill-in meteorologist for the channel.

In 2016 she and news anchor Dari Alexander co-hosted a short-lived lifestyle show on WNYW called The D&A Show.[5]

She previously provided weather forecasts for WCBS-TV's Channel 2 News This Morning and CBS 2 News at Noon.[2] On January 1, 2007 WCBS hired John Elliott to take her position. Before WCBS she worked as the weekend morning meteorologist for WNBC starting in 1999.[6] In the mid-1990s, she was a meteorologist at WJCL and WTGS television in Savannah, Georgia, and WAPT in Jackson, Mississippi. She also periodically filled in for Dave Price on CBS's The Early Show.

Personal life

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In September 2000, Puente accepted an award at the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on behalf of her father, who had died in June of that year.[3]

Puente has been married to Jay Thompson since September 18, 2004.[7] She has three children.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Browne, J. Zamgba (27 September 2001). "Harlem launches National Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame". New York Amsterdam News. p. 19. ProQuest 390152067.
  2. ^ a b c d e Flamm, Matthew (26 February 2007). "Audrey Puente: Weather bellwether". Crain's New York Business. 23 (9): 29. ProQuest 219184129.
  3. ^ a b "Estefan, Miguel, Win Latin Awards". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Yvonne Delaney (12 May 2016). "The Cosmopolitan Review". New York Amsterdam News. p. 8. ProQuest 1792393548.
  5. ^ "New York Fox launches lifestyle show". Newscast Studio. June 14, 2016.
  6. ^ Huff, Richard; Petrozello, Donna (12 September 2003). "Inner tube". New York Daily News. p. 130. ProQuest 305827091.
  7. ^ "New York Wedding Guide - The Wedding Album Spring 2005 - Real New York Weddings". New York. 2004-09-18. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
  8. ^ My 9 Meterologist Audrey Puente Welcomes Daughter Lola Jaye Archived February 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from Celebrityparentsmag.com August 2010

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