Rich Marriott Biography and Wiki
Rich Marriott is an American meteorologist, weather anchor, and forecaster currently serving as a meteorologist at KING 5 Mornings in Seattle, Washington. He also served for 15 years as a forest service meteorologist stationed in the National Weather Service Office at NWAC, in Seattle, Washington.
Rich Marriott Marriott Education
Rich attended and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a bachelor’s degree in Physics and a master’s degree in meteorology. He also attended and graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Atmospheric Sciences.
Rich Marriott Age | Date of Birth and Birthday
How old is Rich? Marriot is around 56-60 years old. He was born and raised in Long Beach, California, United States of America. However, his information about when he was born and celebrates his birthday is not yet available. ALSO READ: Joyce Taylor
Rich Marriott Family
Marriott grew up in Long Beach, California. He moved to the University of Washington leaving his parents in California. However, his information about his parents and other family members is not yet available.
Rich Marriott First Wife and Divorce
Rich was married to his first whose information is not yet in the limelight. The couple later divorced and the information as to why they divorced is not yet available. It will be updated once available.
Rich Marriott Second Wife
Is Marriot married? Marriott is currently a married man but he has not yet updated his wife’s information in the public eye. Unlike many journalists, Rich is somehow confidential when it comes to matters concerning his personal life.
Rich Marriott Children
Marriott is a proud father of three children, two adult children, and a young son. He also has two grandchildren.
Rich Marriott Height
How tall is Rich? Rich stands at an approximate height of 5’11 (1.8 m). However, his other body measurement is not yet available.
Rich Marriott Surgery
What happened to Rich King 5? In October 2021, Rich underwent a surgical procedure, though, details if he went for cosmetic surgery, hair plugs, or a root canal was not publicly posted.
Rich Marriott Retirement
Marriott’s information about his retirement is not yet available. He still works as the morning meteorologist at KING 5. He has not yet issued any statement about his retirement.
Rich Marriott Salary
Marriott as an experienced morning meteorologist at KING 5 earns an annual salary ranging from $108,545-$167,435.
Rich Marriott Net Worth
Marriott as an accomplished meteorologist at King 5 has an estimated net worth ranging from $1-$5 million.
Rich Marriott King 5 News and NWAC, Seattle
Rich is the KING 5 Mornings meteorologist. He has experience in forecasting weather for more than four decades. He has served the KING 5 station for more than 31 years as a meteorologist. Rich started his career at NWAC where he served for 15 years. Out of the 15 years, he served as a forest service meteorologist stationed in the National Weather Service Office in Seattle for 12 years. Rich and his team’s job was to provide detailed mountain weather and avalanche forecasts to government and private agencies, as well as the public. He also spends his time teaching avalanche courses and installing some of the first remotely telemetered mountain weather stations in the Northwest.
In 1980, Marriott while at NWAC, the job took him into the red zone at Mt. St. Helens where he and NWAC co-founder, Mark Moore, provided avalanche hazard information to the scientists working on the volcano. While at NWAC he had an opportunity to work with Harry Truman, the 33rd president of the United States.
Marriott also took part in working for the UW as a Station manager for the Blue Glacier Research Project in the Olympic Mountains. In this capacity, he maintained a research facility at the 6,800-foot level on Mt. Olympus and carried out research in glaciology, climatology, and meteorology. As part of this, he was occasionally involved in helping with search and rescue and educational programs for Olympic National Park.
Over the years Rich Marriott worked as a consultant in weather and avalanche planning. Marriott is still actively involved in the snow and avalanche community as General Secretary of the Steering Committee for the International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW) – one of the leading international conferences on these topics.
Through his work, Marriott met all of the local TV weathercasters, and for reasons that still escape him, Harry Wappler, longtime Seattle weathercaster- suggested he should try it. Somehow, he succeeded in getting him an interview with KING 5. And even more unlikely, they hired him to do their weekend evening newscasts. For 3 years he worked both for NWAC and for KING. Finally, they offered him a full-time job doing weekday mornings. Marriott earned an Emmy award after issuing his report on Climate Change.
Rich Marriott Membership
Rich Marriott is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, and the American Meteorological Society and holds a Broadcast seal. Marriott is also a professional member of the American Avalanche Association, and Board Member Emeritus of the Friends of NWAC. Marriott has also co-authored research papers in scientific journals, including Nature, Annals of Glaciology, Journal of Geoelecticity and Geomagnetism, Solar Physics, and others.
