About Joe Sciacca

Joe has been called a "highly skilled forecaster" and has a proven record of accuracy in analyzing weather data and then providing clients with clear, accurate, and timely information.

"It’s not just enough to take a model at face value but to understand the inner workings of a model and know how a certain model performs in different situations,” he says.

Joe holds a degree in communication from Curry College and an Undergraduate Certificate in Weather Forecasting from Pennsylvania State University. 

He has been working in the private sector as a meteorologist for 5 years and most recently joined Precision Weather Service - National Weather Forecasting INC back in December of 2022.  

His dedication to weather observation starts right in his own front yard where his personal weather station a Davis Vantage Pro 2 has been recognized for its accuracy on MADIS (Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System), CWOP (Citizens Weather Observer Program) and Weather Underground which are websites that take in weather observations and do quality control checking before they are sent off to modeling centers. 

Joe also participates in forecast competitions like the Northeastern Storm Conference one held by Northern Vermont University and the WeatherBELL forecast competition where he was first place out of 89 participants for the month of February 2024!

He is a SkyWarn Weather Spotter for the National Weather Service in Norton, MA where he reports hazardous weather such as wind gusts over 40 mph, rainfall, snowfall, changes in precipitation types during a storm, road conditions, hail, funnel clouds, wall clouds or tornadoes. Besides his love and passion for meteorology, he is an avid gardener with a special interest in native and endangered New England plants. 

Joe is a member of the National Weather Association (NWA) and American Meteorological Society (AMS). He keeps up with the latest meteorological technology by regularly attending webinars hosted by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) based in Reading, England and Bologna, Italy.