Howard Winfield Morgan Jr. (May 1, 1930 – July 22, 2021) was a weather

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for Albuquerque, New Mexico television station KOAT-TV,

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, Nebraska station KHOL-TV, and other stations in Kansas and Utah. He was known as "Uncle Howdy" during children's programming in all four states. Morgan was born in Baumstown, Pennsylvania. Morgan started his career as a graphic artist at KHOL-TV, and in 1953, became a weather forecaster there. Morgan first drew "Thermo," his trademark drawing of the Sun with eyes and a smile, on his second day of weather forecasts at KHOL. He used Thermo for most of his weather forecasts until greenscreens and computer graphics became the norm for weather broadcasts. In the mid 1950s, he moved to

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to work at

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. He briefly took a job in Utah in the late 1960s, but returned to KOAT in 1971. While at KOAT, Morgan did a regular series of reports called "Gardenlore." He retired from KOAT in November 1999 after a 46-year career. He can still be seen in commercials as a spokesperson for an Albuquerque window manufacturer. He also appears in an ad for hearing aids. Howard Morgan died on July 22, 2021, at the age of 91.

Books

Howard Morgan, based on Gardenlore, wrote three books: *Howard Morgan's Gardenlore (1979), Library of Congress number ( LCCN) 79083491 *Howard Morgan's More from Gardenlore (1981) *Howard Morgan's Even More from Gardenlore (1981), LCCN 80085145 All three were published by KOAT.

References

*Reed Jr., Ollie. ''So long, Uncle Howdy'', Albuquerque Tribune, 29 November 1999 *''Weather Forecaster Focuses on Art'',

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, 12 December 2001 1930 births 2021 deaths American television journalists People from Albuquerque, New Mexico People from Berks County, Pennsylvania American male journalists Journalists from Pennsylvania {{US-tv-bio-stub