Scott Withers has field-anchored breaking weather from Boston to Hawaii — tornado outbreaks, hurricane landfalls, blizzards, wildfires — with the science to back every call. Broadcast meteorologist and environmental geoscientist. One standard: get it right.
Live severe-weather coverage, field reporting, and on-set forecasting — the clearest measure of what I bring to your air.
Scott Withers is a Four-Time National Emmy Award Winner, Atlanta-based broadcast meteorologist and environmental geoscientist. He has anchored extended severe-weather coverage from both the studio and the field for CBS News Miami and Scripps News — backed by network field producing at ABC News and studio weather producing at CNN.
He has field-anchored breaking weather from Boston to Hawaii — tornado outbreaks, hurricane landfalls, blizzards, ice storms, wildfires, and flooding — translating fast-moving science into clear, calm, on-air direction when audiences need it most.
He holds a B.S. in Meteorology and an M.S. in Environmental Geosciences from Mississippi State University, and a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University. He is also an FAA-licensed drone pilot and the best-selling author of Ian's Surge.
Studio- and field-anchored breaking weather for national audiences.
Founder of SWL Holdings LLC — a publishing, education, and digital-media company extending the same mission: making weather and science understandable.
Surviving a Cat 4 Hurricane (2026) — a Kirkus-reviewed Amazon best seller, told by the meteorologist who lived it.
Learn more →Multi-award-winning book series, YouTube channel, and online weather school teaching kids severe-weather safety.
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