Wiltgen’s education and career 
 
 Wiltgen received a bachelor’s degree in meteorology in 1998 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, according to the university. 
 
 He then worked as an agriculture/ energy commodities forecaster at Planalytics business and weather consulting from 1998 to 2001. 
 
 Wiltgen joined The Weather Company as a senior radio broadcast meteorologist in October 2001, and he stayed for almost 11 years, delivering on-air forecasts for radio affiliates, said Cameron Clayton, president of product and technology at the Atlanta-based media company. 
 
 He then moved to the digital side in May 2012, producing and delivering a wide range of weather and nature content for The Weather Company’s digital platforms. 
 
 He was promoted to senior digital meteorologist in December 2014, where he led and supervised the digital meteorology team. He was also a familiar face on air, appearing on The Weather Channel from time to time to discuss featured digital stories. 
 
 “No one took the mission of keeping people safe from big storms more to heart than Nick,” Clayton said. “At all hours of the night and day, he would track weather in as many as eight languages.” 
 
 Clayton said the longtime meteorologist would work around the clock to make sure viewers had the latest and most accurate information. 
 
 “And he would fight tooth and nail to make sure we did everything we could to explain the dangers of bad weather to our viewers,” Clayton said. 

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– "Millions read his work every week and were better for it." That's what the Weather Channel had to say after the death of a senior meteorologist in Atlanta. Nicholas Wiltgen, who worked at the company for 15 years, died Sunday when his vehicle drove through a wall of a shopping center parking garage and ended up 20 feet inside the adjacent W Atlanta-Midtown hotel, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Police initially suspected Wiltgen suffered a heart attack but have since said he died from brain trauma. On Tuesday, the medical examiner's office ruled the death a suicide, per the Journal-Constitution. A witness said the 39-year-old's vehicle was traveling "at a very high rate of speed" prior to the crash. Witnesses attempted CPR on Wiltgen but he was pronounced dead at the scene, per WXIA. One other person suffered non-life-threatening injuries. "His smile, expertise, and camaraderie will be missed," Al Roker tweeted Monday. "He was a dedicated, passionate member of our family and we will miss him deeply," the Weather Channel team adds. "Our heartfelt sympathy is with his family and friends."