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John(Jack) E.Hales Jr

Early Life

Jack was born on June 11,1942 in Long Beach Ca. He was the oldest of 3 boys, Ron and Dick. His parents were John E. Hales and Eloise A. Ray. He experienced a life changing event on January 10, 1949 when several inches of snow fell in Claremont, Ca. The greatest amount reported in the area before or since. He graduated in the mid 1960's from the University of Utah with a BS and MS in meteorology.

Jack joined the Weather Bureau in 1967 and his first job was at the Seattle-Tacoma airport as a weather observer at WSO Seattle. The notable event for the two years at this job was the Winter of 1969 when a total of 67 inches of snow fell in the months of December and January. Observations taken by Jack during one of January 1969 snow events.

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