This May, meteorologist Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz will deliver his final weather forecast for NBC10 as the Philadelphia weatherman is planning to retire from TV after his 42-year career, writes Pat Ralph for PhillyVoice.

“I’ve decided: If I’m gonna try some new things and pursue other things I’ve put off, there’s no time like the present!” Schwartz wrote in a message NBC10 posted to Twitter.

But Schwartz said doesn’t plan to stop his work as a meteorologist. He has a lot of plans for the future, including educating the public on the climate crisis.

“Yes, it is an emergency,” Schwartz wrote. “Twenty years ago, it was just ‘Climate Change,’ then 10 years ago became the ‘Climate Crisis.’ Now we’re at DEFCON1. As a professional forecaster for 50 years, I’ve seen changes that weren’t expected for decades to come — but now they’re here. Records aren’t just being broken (that’s happened forever); instead, they’re now being smashed.”

Schwartz is a native of Philadelphia and graduated from Central High School. He attended Penn State University in 1972 where he earned his bachelor’s degree in meteorology before starting his career at AccuWeather’s headquarters in State College.

Eventually, he gained employment at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. His TV career took him to news stations in Atlanta, New York City, and Florida.

He earned his nickname “Hurricane” during his tenure at WNYW-TV in New York when a colleague saw him blowing around in a storm. Not only that, but Schwartz was also one of the Weather Channel’s first “storm chasers.”

In 1995, Schwartz returned to Philly and joined NBC10’s weather team. Some of the most weather events he’s covered during his time there have included the massive blizzard of 1996, Hurricane Floyd in 1999, and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

His weather forecasts are well-known for his iconic bow-ties, which he says have become a part of his contract with the network. In 2010, Schwartz was inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.

“Working for NBC10 has been the crowning achievement of my professional life, and I’ll always be grateful beyond words to my work ‘family’ with whom I’ve shared so much,” Schwartz wrote. “And to have reached the professional heights I’ve reached in my own hometown is a blessing most people never get; I know very well how fortunate I’ve been.”

Read more about Schwartz’s upcoming retirement from NBC10 at PhillyVoice.