from 1956 to 1962 where she prepared weather forecasting reports. She then left NMC to work as a consultant for the Sperry Rand Corporation at the Atomic Energy Commission, monitoring the effects of nuclear explosions in the atmosphere. In 1970 she began working for NBC in Buffalo, New York as a correspondent on scientific news. Bercey predicted that there would be a heat wave and when her prediction became true, she began working as a meteorologist at NBC, thus becoming the first black women meteorologist to be on television. For her achievement, Bercey became the first African American and the first women to earn the American Meteorological Society’s Seal of Approval for excellence in television weather casting. Only six women earned this award by 2002. She left NBC in 1975 and then worked for the National Weather Service in Washington, D.C. as a meteorologist and broadcaster. In 1979, she worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) as a public affairs specialist and an educator about environmental and meteorological issues and the retired in
from 1956 to 1962 where she prepared weather forecasting reports. She then left NMC to work as a consultant for the Sperry Rand Corporation at the Atomic Energy Commission, monitoring the effects of nuclear explosions in the atmosphere. In 1970 she began working for NBC in Buffalo, New York as a correspondent on scientific news. Bercey predicted that there would be a heat wave and when her prediction became true, she began working as a meteorologist at NBC, thus becoming the first black women meteorologist to be on television. For her achievement, Bercey became the first African American and the first women to earn the American Meteorological Society’s Seal of Approval for excellence in television weather casting. Only six women earned this award by 2002. She left NBC in 1975 and then worked for the National Weather Service in Washington, D.C. as a meteorologist and broadcaster. In 1979, she worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) as a public affairs specialist and an educator about environmental and meteorological issues and the retired in