Darren Sweeney

Updated 8:48 AM EDT, Sat, Dec 12, 2009

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NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Darren Sweeney delivers Connecticut's most accurate forecast every weekend morning on NBC Connecticut.

Darren joined the Weather Plus Team in October 2008 and has the recognition from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) with their seal of approval, as well as the National Weather Association (NWA) along with their seal of approval.

A Connecticut native, born and raised in West Hartford, Darren is happy to be forecasting for the station he grew up driving by and watching almost every day.

Darren's fascination with weather began at a young age through all of New England's wild weather extremes. His family knew he was captivated by storms because when everyone was going inside to take shelter, Darren would grab a video camera and go outdoors!

Darren has experience with forecasting New England weather. As a meteorologist for a Springfield TV station, Darren won two Associated Press awards for coverage of historic flooding in October 2005 and for Best Weathercast in 2006. He also reported live during severe weather events, most recently the massive flooding that took place along the Merrimack River in May 2006.

Before returning to New England, Darren gained experience forecasting severe weather and chasing hurricanes for WFTX-TV in Fort Myers, Fla., where in one instance, he reported live from New Orleans during Tropical Storm Isidore and Hurricane Lilly in 2002.

Darren earned his Bachelor's degree from Central Connecticut State University and went on to earn his Master's degree at Syracuse University's highly regarded Newhouse School of Communication. In 2003, he graduated from Mississippi State University's Broadcast Meteorology program.

During his spare time, you'll find Darren on one of his famous road trips exploring beautiful New England (especially during the summer). He also teaches Broadcasting classes at both Manchester Community College and Central Connecticut State University.

Feel free to email Darren your weather reports, weekend events, or just say hello! Darren.Sweeney@nbcuni.com. Darren is also slowly learning twitter. Tweet your weather reports to WWW.TWITTER.COM/DARRENSWEENEY, you may see them on the air!