And, as many of our visitors suspected, the new early morning forecaster looks younger and thinner.

Miller’s replacement, reports UncleBarky.com, is Jennifer Lopez, currently of the Weather Channel. She is scheduled to start June 16.

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Given that this was a typical comment to our original post (which keeps getting comments), I wouldn’t want to be in Lopez’s place:

Channel 5 has let the best weather person on the air go. What the hell are they thinking??  And this "buzz" about weight? Rebecca is not fat! Just because she is not a size 2? She is absolutely beautiful, classy, intelligent and funny.