Nick Merianos is an award winning meteorologist for Bay News 9 in Tampa, FL.
Merianos holds the American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist distinction, which is the highest designation from the organization. He also holds a B.S. degree in Atmospheric Science from Lyndon State College, now known as Northern Vermont University. He also interned at various Boston TV stations such as NECN/ NBC Boston, WHDH and WFXT where he got a glimpse at what it was like to be in the broadcast industry.
He was born and raised in southeast Massachusetts where he developed a love for weather. What started off as a fear of storms soon became an obsession. Nick has a homework assignment from kindergarten that said “when I grow up I want to be a weatherman.”
To pursue his dream in meteorologist, Nick studied Atmospheric Science at Lyndon State College. Since then, Nick lived in various parts of America working as a broadcast meteorologist. Nick began his career at WBNG-TV in Binghamton, NY then moved to Denver, CO in 2016 to work at WeatherNation TV as a national on-camera meteorologist. In 2019, Nick decided it was time to swap out the mountains with palm trees and beaches. He now works for Bay News 9 in Tampa, FL as an on-camera and digital meteorologist.
Nick also holds a pilot license for small single-engine aircraft. He enjoys going up on occasion to soak in the scenic beach views Florida has to offer. He earned his pilot license during his time in Denver, CO.
Nick spent six years in the fire service, split between his time in Vermont and upstate New York. He graduated from the Vermont Fire Academy with his firefighting certifications while attending school for atmospheric science. He also earned his EMT license where he served on an ambulance at times. When Nick moved to Colorado, it was time for him to set that aside to focus on his main career as a broadcast meteorologist.
Education is very important, especially in the sciences. Nick enjoys teaching kids about weather. During the pandemic, Nick organized lesson plans that covered the entire Sunshine Standards Curriculum geared toward 5th graders. These plans were used by various teachers and parents across the state during the time. Each topic consisted of a reading portion, quiz, teachers answer sheet, science experiment and a video demonstrating each step of the experiment. It was part of a larger program with Spectrum News known as Project Weather.