Richard Knabb
{{Short description|American meteorologist}}
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|office = 11th Director of the National Hurricane Center
|term_start = June 4, 2012
|term_end = May 12, 2017
|predecessor = Bill Read
|successor = Edward Rappaport
|birth_date = 1979
|birth_place = Chicago, Illinois
|education = Purdue University
|occupation = Meteorologist
|residence = Atlanta
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|nationality = American
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Richard 'Rick' Knabb is an American meteorologist who served as the 11th Director of the National Hurricane Center from June 4, 2012 to May 12, 2017. On March 21, 2017, Knabb announced his return to The Weather Channel as the tropical weather expert which was the position he held from 2010 to 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2017/03/national_hurricane_center_dire.html|title=National Hurricane Center director jumps to Weather Channel|last=Schleifstein|first=Mark|date=March 21, 2017|website=NOLA.com|access-date=July 5, 2017}}
Early life and education
Knabb was born in Chicago, Illinois and was raised in suburban Fort Lauderdale, Florida and in the Houston, Texas suburb of Katy. He attended Purdue University earned a bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Science before earning a master's degree and Ph.D. in meteorology from Florida State University.{{cite web|title=Rick Knabb, Ph.D., selected to lead NOAA's National Hurricane Center|url=http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20120518_Rick_Knabb.html|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}
Meteorology career
Knabb started working for the NHC in 2001. He served as a Senior Hurricane Specialist from 2005 to 2008.{{cite news|last=Kay|first=Jennifer|title=Richard Knabb Named New Director For National Hurricane Center|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/richard-knabb-national-hurricane-center_n_1528525.html|publisher=Huffington Post|accessdate=19 May 2012|date=18 May 2012}} He left the NHC to become deputy director of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Hawaii where he stayed until joining The Weather Channel in May 2010 replacing Steve Lyons as tropical weather expert.{{cite web|title=Dr. Richard Knabb Joins The Weather Channel As Tropical Weather. Expert|url=http://press.weather.com/press_detail.asp?id=293|publisher=The Weather Channel|accessdate=19 May 2012}}
He was announced as Director of the National Hurricane Center starting June 4, 2012 replacing Bill Read. Knabb returned to the Weather Channel in 2017 and currently serves as their on-air hurricane expert and tropical programming manager. {{cite web |last1=The Weather Group |title=Rick Knabb |url=https://www.weathergroup.com/personalities/rick-knabb |website=www.weathergroup.com |access-date=9 October 2024}}
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Category:American meteorologists
Category:National Weather Service people
Category:Florida State University alumni