Robert S. Van Dillen (born October 6, 1972), occasionally known as Bobby Van Dillen, is an former American

meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather. Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while t ...

currently working on the ''

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'' show on HLN. He was born in

Montclair, New Jersey Montclair () is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a wealthy and diverse commuter town and suburb of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. ...

. He moved to the Shongum Lake section of

Randolph, New Jersey Randolph is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the township's population was 25,734, reflecting an increase of 887 (+3.6%) from the 24,847 counted in the 2000 census, which had in turn ...

in 1977 and graduated in 1991 from Randolph High School.Staff
"No storm clouds lie in Randolph's Robert Van Dillen's forecast"
''New Jersey Hills'', December 26, 2002. Accessed April 15, 2015. "Van Dillen moved to the Shongum Lake area of Randolph with his family in 1977 when he was 4. He progressed through the public school system and graduated from Randolph High School in 1991." Van Dillen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in

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from

Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Millersville University, The Ville, or MU) is a public university in Millersville, Pennsylvania. It is one of the fourteen schools that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher ...

. He began his career in Long Island, New York, as a forecaster for the Metro Weather Service. He subsequently worked for ABC affiliate

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Utica, New York Utica () is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most-populous city in New York State, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 U.S. Census. Located on the Mohawk River at the ...

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affiliate

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in Syracuse, New York, and

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affiliate

WCNC-TV WCNC-TV (channel 36) is a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. WCNC-TV's studios are located in the Wood Ridge Center office complex off Billy Graham Parkway ...

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

. He began working at CNN world headquarters in

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

in September 2002. Van Dillen was awarded the

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(AMS) Seal of Approval in March 1997 and is a full member of the AMS.

References

External links

Bob Van Dillen's CNN bio page.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Dillen, Bob American television journalists American television meteorologists 1972 births Living people CNN people Millersville University of Pennsylvania alumni People from Montclair, New Jersey People from Randolph, New Jersey Randolph High School (New Jersey) alumni American male journalists