Alan Sealls is an Emmy award-winning broadcast meteorologist, known for going viral and being proclaimed ""Best Weatherman Ever"" in 2017 for Hurricane Irma coverage. Alan has been a photographer since his teen years, when he served as photo editor of his high school newspaper, in Mount Vernon, New York. In his first professional job in Albany, Georgia, Alan used his photography skills as a videographer, when he was not acting as a meteorologist. Having worked on television in Milwaukee, Chicago, and Mobile, you may have watched him years ago on WGN and on CNN. Kids around the world have seen him and his weather photography and videography in more than 100 educational weather videos that he produced, distributed to schools via Discovery Education and by Boclips. His weather photos and video work have been used in textbooks, magazines, newspapers, science journals, documentaries, and on network TV programs. Alan is also an adjunct college professor. He 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. 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. Find Alan Sealls on social media and at alansealls.com
Given the myriad of on-line entertainment options available these days, we sometimes ignore the amazing theater of the sky above that streams 24/7, presenting a stunning panoply of colors, shapes and textures - and all with no monthly fee. This book is the ideal ""user's manual"" for sky watchers and introduces the reader to a wealth of phenomena, some familiar and some perhaps perplexing, which can be observed for your viewing pleasure. These sky ""program notes"" and photographs by Alan Sealls, one of the nation's preeminent broadcast meteorologists, reveals the names of these heavenly actors, making their performances all the more satisfying when they take their turns on the stage. Walter A. Lyons, Ph.D., Past President, American Meteorological Society Weather Things in Photos is an amazing collection of the beauty of Mother Nature. This book easily illustrates and explains weather phenomena for enjoyment and learning. Vivid illustrations will enlighten students' understanding of weather and meteorological conditions, making this book an absolute much-have. I'm thrilled to recommend it as a necessary tool for students, teachers, school libraries, parents and weather enthusiasts! Yolanda Amadeo, Chief Meteorologist, WALB-TV I will now be looking upwards a lot more. I really enjoyed the book. It was so informative. I felt like I attended two weeks of weather school. The clarity of the images is amazing. Attention to detail is mind blowing. This book will always have a place on my coffee table for everyone to see. Timothy Jones, President, Eastern Shore Camera Club