Bernard was a meteorological officer (forecaster) at
Soesterberg Air Base from 1957 to 1962. Afterwards he worked at
Zestienhoven airfield as a
meteorologist, after which he was head of the department until 1973. He then started working with the
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in
De Bilt. Later he worked as a meteorology lecturer at the
Wageningen University & Research in
Wageningen for six years, where he mainly taught the practical part of the study programme. In 1984, he started working as a weather presenter with the
Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) and later with RTL 4. He retired in 2002. Bernard was an ambassador for the "Nationaal Fonds Ouderenhulp" (translated: National Fund for the Elderly). He received the MAX Award in 2007. Bernard died mid-November 2024, at the age of 87. ==References==