Articles, Essays, etc.

For a list of Sean’s published works in Weatherwise magazine, click here.

Articles, Essays, Letters to the Editor

“Comments on ‘The Myth of Cleveland Abbe: A Review of a Manufactured History of the Creation of the National Weather Service’” (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 103: Issue 11, November 2022)

“The Unexpected Humor of Monthly Weather Review” (Monthly Weather Review, Volume 150: Issue 9, September 2022; coauthored with David M. Schultz)

“Monthly Weather Review at 150 Years: Its History, Impact, and Legacy” (Monthly Weather Review, Volume 150: Issue 1, January 2022; coauthored with David M. Schultz)

“New Documentary Details Life and Career of Ted Fujita, ‘Mr. Tornado’” (Weather Underground Category 6 blog, May 19, 2020)

“Even with Americans stuck at home, weather forecasts are an integral part of life” (The Washington Post, May 8, 2020)

“Weathering the Recovery of Apollo 11” (NASA.gov, Aug. 16, 2019)

“NASA Official Receives Ultimate ‘Stamp of Approval’” (NASA.gov, April 12, 2017)

“NOAA, Coast Guard honor seafaring WWII weathermen who gave the ultimate sacrifice” (NOAA.gov, Nov. 19, 2015)

“The Enhanced Fujita Scale” (Popular Mechanics Number Theory department, June 2006)

“Wind or fury?” (Science News letter to the editor, Nov. 5, 2005)

“Frances, Again and Again” (The New York Times letter to the editor, Sept. 11, 2004)

Reference Works

Forensic Sciences, edited by Cyril H. Wecht (Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., 2012)

Co-author of revised Chapter 35B, Forensic Meteorology

Research and Discovery: Landmarks and Pioneers in American Science (M.E. Sharpe, 2008)

Contributed entries on:

The Weather Notebook

Sean began his freelance writing career contributing stories for The Weather Notebook, a nationally syndicated radio program about weather and everyday life produced by the Mount Washington Observatory from 1997-2005. The links below are to archived web pages for the stories Sean wrote.