This is an accepted version of this page John Raymond Hope (May 14, 1919 – June 13, 2002) was an American meteorologist who specialized in hurricane forecasting and was an on-air personality on The Weather Channel.

Born in Pennsylvania, Hope served as a flight navigator in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

One, that if a system is not a bona fide tropical storm before crossing the Windward Islands, or the Lesser Antilles, it will not survive the trek across the Eastern Caribbean Sea.

With his calm on-air demeanor, Hope became quickly recognized as The Weather Channel's in-house hurricane expert.

He would continue to appear on-air for the channel's Tropical Updates until his death, by which time full-time duties had passed to Steve Lyons.