Richard 'Rick' Knabb is an American meteorologist who served as the 11th Director of the National Hurricane Center from June 4, 2012 to May 12, 2017.

[1] Knabb was born in Chicago, Illinois and was raised in suburban Fort Lauderdale, Florida and in the Houston, Texas suburb of Katy.

[3] He left the NHC to become deputy director of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Hawaii where he stayed until joining The Weather Channel in May 2010 replacing Steve Lyons as tropical weather expert.

[2][4] He was announced as Director of the National Hurricane Center starting June 4, 2012 replacing Bill Read.

[2] Knabb returned to the Weather Channel in 2017 and currently serves as their on-air hurricane expert and tropical programming manager.