Al Roker is trying to break a Guinness World Record today to raise money for the USO.

The record for an uninterrupted weather forecast is 24 hours.  Roker started broadcasting last night at 10:05...and is still going...but I'm not sure you can qualify what is going on as uninterrupted weather.  He's wandering around the set...talking to people off camera...and pointing at a weather map every once in a while.  It's all for a great cause, but I wonder if Guinness is going to recognize this as a record breaker.

Roker's non weather related rants were so frequent...we felt confident enough to put a thousand dollars on the line.  Never mind 34 hours...we wanted to see if Roker could go a full minute without stopping the weather?  Take a listen.  

Roker is attempting to continue this "weather forecast" (dubbed #Rokerthon) until 8am on Friday.  

According to Today.com, a Norwegian weather broadcaster has an unofficial record right now of 33-hours, so Roker is attempting 34-hours.

He has to talk about weather the whole time outside of allowed breaks, but it can be weather from 7 days in the past or future. For every 60 minutes he reports weather, he can take a five-minute break, and he can skip a break and roll the minutes over for longer breaks. Roker also has to have at least two people at all times to witness the record.

As I write this, he's at hour 9, and not looking so hot. When we first checked in on Roker, he was drinking out of a few different cups and talking to random people walking near the set.

Apparently he was on his break at the time, but he still isn't staying on weather. Maybe us at the FUN Morning Show are being too hard on him, but right now I'm watching him eat and drink on camera, and fidgeting, a lot.

At hour 9 out of 34, Al Roker is losing his mind. If Guinness gives him the record, we've got the evidence to prove it's a complete farce.

Selfies and ordering food is not weather.

 

 

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