Alan Sealls

How many meteorologists have ever gone viral for doing something positive? Not many, but Alan Sealls did! He was proclaimed "Best Weatherman Ever" by 'the Internet' in 2017 for his concise, coherent, enlightening and informative forecasts of Hurricane Irma, viewed millions of times around the world. That was no surprise to people who watched him on TV over his long career, taking him to Milwaukee, Chicago, and then to Mobile as a chief meteorologist, with work along the way at WGN and at CNN...See more

How many meteorologists have ever gone viral for doing something positive? Not many, but Alan Sealls did! He was proclaimed "Best Weatherman Ever" by 'the Internet' in 2017 for his concise, coherent, enlightening and informative forecasts of Hurricane Irma, viewed millions of times around the world. That was no surprise to people who watched him on TV over his long career, taking him to Milwaukee, Chicago, and then to Mobile as a chief meteorologist, with work along the way at WGN and at CNN.Alan is also an adjunct college professor. Dozens of his students are weather broadcasters around the Unite States. Alan Sealls earned meteorology degrees from Cornell University and from Florida State University. He is a past president of the National Weather Association, and he is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. With more than a dozen Emmy awards, and more than two dozen national, state, and local awards, Alan has always aimed for excellence in science communication. Tens of thousands of children and adults have witnessed that in his public presentations. In addition to providing weather safety seminars to businesses, Alan is frequently invited to speak at national conferences, and he is often retained by attorneys as a consulting meteorologist or expert witness in legal cases where weather is a factor.Alan is also an accomplished weather photographer. His weather photos and video work have been used in textbooks, magazines, newspapers, science journals, documentaries, and on network TV programs. Find Alan Sealls on social media and at alansealls.com See less