He considers himself truly fortunate to be one of those people who is doing what they wanted to do since they were a child.īrian’s interest in meteorology took him to Penn State University, where he earned both a bachelors and master’s degree. to watch the news - so it was only natural that he would combine two of his interests and make it a career! He also had an interest in television growing up - he was the rare 10-year-old kid who wanted to get up at 6 a.m. It’s a true passion of his and, whether at work or not, he finds himself always following it. on Channel 2 Action News This Morning!īrian grew up in southern New Jersey, near Philadelphia, and has been interested in weather all of his life. You can watch Brian (and Fred Blankenship, Linda Stouffer and Mark Arum) every week day from 4:30 to 7 a.m. “He’s going to do a great job of taking care of metro Atlanta and north Georgia,” Minton said. 27, 2019, Monahan officially took the baton from Minton as the meteorologist on Channel 2 Action News This Morning. In 2019, Monahan saw another major event firsthand: the retirement of Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Karen Minton. In 2018, he again saw the impact a stalled tropical system can have as he covered Hurricane Florence in North Carolina. In 2017, he spent a week in Houston reporting on the historic flooding there as Harvey’s rains inundated that area. In 2016, it was the devastating tornado outbreak in late January that ripped across southwest Georgia and, in October, Hurricane Matthews' razor thin pass off the central Florida coast as a major hurricane. In 2015, Brian covered the historic winter storms in the Boston area that dropped several feet of snow in a couple of weeks crippling that region and having ripple effects all the way to metro Atlanta. His work with Channel 2 Action News has also taken him across the country reporting on storms that have left indelible marks on our memories. Over the last several years, he's been a part of Severe Weather Team 2's coverage of the biggest weather events to hit north Georgia. Having lived in the southeast for most of his career, he was excited to return to a region with some of the most dynamic and challenging weather to forecast in the country - ranging from severe weather outbreaks to winter storms to droughts.
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