About Sean

Sean was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and earned his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees at Penn State in the early 1990s.

After 19 years as a broadcast meteorologist in Roanoke and Lynchburg, he worked six years with scientists at Climate Central in Princeton, NJ, before coming home to Richmond in 2021 to work for the parent company of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

He earned the American Meteorological Society’s Certified Digital Meteorologist designation in 2024 and has served on multiple professional AMS committees. Each spring, he teaches remote courses in meteorology and climate science at the University of Lynchburg.

Find out more about his professional background at his LinkedIn page

February 1979 in South Richmond

January 2022 in Midlothian

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