Gulf Coast: WPMI Snags Alan Sealls as Chief Meteorologist

Alan Sealls has been officially named the new Chief Meteorologist for WPMI, NBC 15, WeatherNation and MYNBC15.com in the Mobile-Pensacola-Ft Walton Beach DMA.

News Director, Bob Noonan says “Alan is a game-changer. No meteorologist in our market has more credibility and is more trusted than Alan Sealls. With 10 Emmys in his trophy case, he makes NBC 15 better just by walking in the door. He was voted ‘Best Weatherman Ever’ by Reddit. How do you top that? With the addition of Alan, NBC 15 will have the most experienced, evening-news team in the market! We’re beyond excited about this new chapter for NBC 15.”

“Over the past 5 months, I’ve heard from hundreds of people who’ve asked where I was going. The interest and support has been overwhelming! I’m very happy to give the answer and get back to serving the Gulf Coast on NBC15. I look forward to working with old friends and colleagues, and new ones too, to deliver the best weather coverage and forecasts around. On that, you can bet your barometer!” says The Gulf Coast’s Chief Meteorologist, Alan Sealls.

Alan Sealls

Sealls is a ten-time Emmy award winner. He has won "Best Weather Anchor" from the Alabama Associated Press Broadcasters Association four times. He has also won a national award from the American Meteorological Society in 2009 for a series on climate change. Since then, he has won the “Best Weathercaster in the State” twice from the Alabama Broadcaster's Association, and he has won a “Best-In-State” award for his retrospective on Hurricane Ivan.

Alan has three decades of experience in television. His career started in Albany, Georgia, at WALB-TV, and from 1988-1992, Alan was a meteorologist at WTMJ-TV & Radio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Before arriving in Mobile in 1999, Alan was a meteorologist at the NBC TV station in Chicago. Prior to that Alan was a meteorologist for five years at Chicago super-station WGN-TV. While there, he was a meteorology professor at Columbia College in Chicago.

He continues to teach weather broadcasting at the University of South Alabama.

Alan not only holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in meteorology from Cornell and Florida State, but has professional certifications from the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. Alan is a Fellow of the AMS - a distinction held by a small fraction of meteorologists.

Beginning in January 2020, Alan will deliver the evening forecast, weeknights on NBC15 News at 5pm, 6pm and 10pm and NBC15 News on UTV44 weeknights at 7pm.

"Alan is by far the leading meteorologist in the market.  His aggressive, highly accurate and concise weather and severe storm coverage is second to none.  No other meteorologist in the market comes close.  This guy is awesome," writes a Media Confidential reader who watched Bealls when he was at WGN-TV..