Comeaux’s career at the National Weather Service began with an internship at the Atlantic City, New Jersey, Weather Office when he was still a senior in high school. He continued to work for the Atlantic City office each summer throughout college, and after receiving his bachelor’s degree in earth science from Kean University in 1979, he was given a permanent position at the Pittsburgh Forecast Office. Over the next several years, Comeaux moved up through the ranks, eventually becoming a senior forecaster. He then transferred to the Washington, DC office, where he spent five years as the deputy meteorologist in charge.

In 1993, Comeaux became the Meteorologist-in-Charge at the Cleveland Weather Forecast Office. In this role, Comeaux oversees a staff of 31 employees. His office is responsible for issuing forecast predictions, advisories, and warnings for several counties in northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Comeaux is the first African American ever to hold that leadership position in the history of the National Weather Service. For Comeaux, the achievement is the most significant of his career.

Comeaux has worked for the National Weather Service, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for 30 years. Comeaux has wanted to be a meteorologist for as long as he can remember, and becoming a manager with the National Weather Service was a dream come true. “I feel blessed to have reached this level,” Comeaux says. “Even though I do more [administrative] things as a manager—like progress reviews, budgets, decisions on parts for the radar, meeting with customers, and so on—I can always walk out of my office onto the operations floor and talk weather. Most of the people that I work with are people that love weather” (2006).