[3] A sixteen-time regional Emmy Award-winner, Sealls is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and was elected 2025 president-elect of the organization (to serve as president in 2026).
[4] In 2017, his weather forecasting for Hurricane Irma went viral on social media, leading to national news coverage.
[5] In 2017, a segment of Sealls updating viewers on Hurricane Irma went viral on social media, topping the front page of Reddit and becoming the third most trending clip on YouTube.
A number of commenters praised Sealls' calm, patient demeanor, likening his delivery to Bob Ross or Mr. Rogers.
[12] Sealls is a sixteen-time[13] regional Emmy Award-winner, and won a national award from the AMS in 2009 for a series on climate change.
In 2017, he received a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. award for community service from People United to Advance the Dream.