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Meteorology career prospects (AI impact? NOAA cuts?)

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:07:39 +0000

Hi all,

I wanted to ask about this general subject, since my son is looking into going into meteorology. What are your general thoughts on the prospect of the future of meteorology, in terms of demand for meteorologists vs the supply of people coming out of school?

One thing I'm wondering about is the impact of AI. It seems to be hitting some careers hard right now, in particular software and in general engineering - lots of articles about people having a hard time finding work coming out of college, as a lot of junior-level tasks are shifting to AI.

Also I know there's a lot of churn right now due to the political climate - NOAA/NWS cuts; though I imagine that will all be in the past 5 years from now when he's starting out; if anything that might be a good time to start as there may be a lot of holes being filled; at least that's my conjecture.

In general seems like a great field and a great way to serve the public, so I'm encouraging him in that regard. Would hate it though if he ended up struggling if the field is going to be having a hard time career-wise though.

Thoughts appreciated.

YouTube Weather Suggestions

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 20:04:52 +0000

I was curious who everyone's favorite weather YouTuber is?

I am in the South East (SC), and I watch a lot of WxRisk with DT. I was wondering if anybody else gives a big picture to the nation's weather, and or the South East.

weather data, JSON, APIs...reccomendations

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:43:52 +0000

I'm taking soem classes in coding and we design. One of the things I want to get better at is retrieving data from the web and using it in web pages I create.
For example I'd like to create a calendar with graphics showing the frequency of rainy weekends here in Southern Vermont this year.

Can you point me to APIs and documentation to use the NOAA/NWS data? Perhaps just starting with precipitation, max/min temps, and that sort of data for a given location.

RONI?

Wed, 22 May 2024 15:28:21 +0000

I understand what ONI in, and SOI, but what is RONI? I tried searching for but to no avail. Can somebody explain this please?

As an example, how do I interpret the favorability of a month based on an SST map?

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 17:27:52 +0000

Using this map, and assuming a NEUTRAL state.

DRAWING

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 23:27:04 +0000

I know in RADAR SCOPE APP it lets me to draw on the map, does the GRLVL3 have a way to let me draw on the map?

Question about college meteorology programs

Mon, 29 May 2023 17:31:41 +0000

I am currently a high school senior interested in meteorology and hoping to get a bachelor's in it and enter into the industry. not many schools have a meteorology/atmospheric sciences degree, and I've been looking at a couple schools but there's very little information on if they have a good/High quality program or not. university of northern colorado in greeley has an earth sciences program with a meteorology track, and I like that school because of the location out west near the rockies, but I don't know how good their program is. I'm also looking at ohio university, they have a meteorology track with their geography program. ohio university would be good because it's in-state so much cheaper.

but I know that there's lots of other schools that I haven't looked at, so I was wondering if anyone had any advice about the programs I mentioned or other colleges.

Thanks!

Total Precipitable Water Using Midpoint Riemann Sums In MATLAB

Wed, 10 May 2023 06:29:50 +0000

I'm in a programming course that is...average...for an online course. The instructor wants us to use two 96X144X11 matrices (one of pressure and one specific humidity) to approximate the TPW equation using the midpoint method. I've heavily browsed the text and the couple pages of lecture that basically amounts to what Riemann Sums are (I have no issue with this) but neglect how to translate this into MATLAB language.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What is an EWR. It is not a good 3 letter combination to Google.

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 02:27:04 +0000

There is an airport in New Jersey...

Much of my weather knowledge is based on internet searches.

Storm Chasing Guide

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:47:59 +0000

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Is there a temperature cold enough ice isn't super slippery.

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:09:59 +0000

High school chemistry, or maybe physics, how ice skates work, the pressure of the weight of a human on very small surface area skates melts the ice, and the thin coating of water, what the skater glides on. We had test questions, with serious math, about ice skating. (Jesuit high school)

The weight to surface area of a car is a lot lower. Is ice slippery to drive on in Fairbanks or Siberia?

Please Delete

Sat, 13 Aug 2022 03:47:26 +0000

Second thought, I don't want a problem with a troll pro-met

OT- was DT a degreed met? He seems gone, although I see quotes off his Facebook on Twitter.

Not sure where to put this, but I'm considering going back to school to become a meteorologist. I'm almost 30.

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:14:16 +0000

Mods feel free to move if this isn't in the right place but I'm just looking for some advice. Right now I'm in a pretty comfy job that is unfortunately very unfulfilling even though I have amazing benefits. I was a met major originally back in college but switched to environmental geography after about 40 credits because I admittedly was smoking too much pot/ doing other things and found that geography was easier and I didn't want to put in the work for meteorology. The only job I could find out of college was in a field completely unrelated to the environment or mapping. I'm actually in accounting now and it's just because it was the easiest/first job available. This has been the theme of my 20's and honestly I'm ready for a change. I was plagued by addiction until I was 25 and have been living sober for almost 5 years now. I just feel like I'm mature enough now to follow my passion this time and complete the major. My worries are how realistic would it be for a school to even take me now? And what would job prospects look like for someone just graduating with a met degree in their mid 30's? Can anyone here offer any guidance or other advice? I'm open to all suggestion even if it's against my goal.

Standard Intro to Meteorology textbook?

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:23:03 +0000

What are the standard Intro to Meteorology textbooks being used in college courses these days?

I'm a physicist by training and taught at the University level. In physics there are standard texts that most everyone uses (eg Halliday and Resnick) and similarly in Astronomy (Abell or about a dozen others). Are there similar texts in Meteorology? (And are they available used? Heh.)

Thanks for any advice.

GWHDD?

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:19:58 +0000

Can someone define what GSHDDs is/are? Google is failing me. TIA!

Programming Languages used in Meteorology

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 21:49:09 +0000

What programming language do most meteorologists use if they are dealing/working with weather models and climate models?

Thunderstorm Intensity in the NYC Metro Area

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:37:59 +0000

I think I grasp the concept that T-Storms, when they approach the coast, often encounter marine air and lose their intensity. We also know that T-Storms normally lose their intensity later in the evening when daytime heating is lost.

But these concepts don't always hold true. Sometimes, T-Storms do not lose their intensity as they move from west to east closer to the Atlantic or Long Island Sound. And sometimes (albeit rarely), they do not lose their intensity diurnally. Can someone explain in both cases, why? What are the dynamics responsible for situations where T-Storms don't lose their intensity as they approach the coast or during the night?

Thanks in advance.

Weather 101 / Types of Weather

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 22:14:49 +0000

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Relative humidity to absolute humidity formula

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 02:03:49 +0000

Hello, I have a home automation device that knows atmospheric pressure (hPa), outside temperature(C)/humidity(%) and inside temp/humidity. I am looking for a formula that uses those inputs to Absolute humidity in kg/m3, but I'm struggling because I'm a programmer, I don't have a background in science and mathematics, I get lost combining formulas. My goal is to estimate the relative humidity of fresh air pulled in from outside and heated to inside temperature (to avoid increasing the relative humidity inside when pulling cold air). I hope that was clear, thank you for your help, I'm sure is easier than it looks, but I have been looking for a while without finding a clear answer.

Weather Phenomenon

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 22:45:01 +0000

What are some of the strangest weather phenomenon you know of? My favorite natural formation would be the roll cloud, and the strangest weather event would be ball lightning. How about everyone else? Comment below your answers!

Also has anyone else heard of the world-wide mysterious sounds? Like the world-wide hum and the mysterious trumpet sounds? Comment below if you have a theory on what it is!

GFSv16

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 23:23:36 +0000

When is the GFSv16 supposed to take over for the main GFS? Originally it was 'early winter 2021'.

GIS Degree and Meteorology

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 23:02:27 +0000

I'm considering returning to school for a GIS degree. I grew up loving meteorology and loving maps (of course!) I changed my mind at the last minute after being accepted to school for meteorology, mainly due to a boyfriend and not wanting to leave town....ah 18 year olds! In any case, I don't feel like my brain does math the same at age 40 and don't think heading into meteorology would be wise. I've been pondering GIS and wondering if that degree ever overlaps or has relevance in meteorology at all. Thanks!

Tornado Safety

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 23:49:40 +0000

Here, you can learn what tornadoes are, what destruction they can cause, how to prepare for a tornado, how to properly execute tornado safety, what warnings and watches are, what to do during a tornado, where to be during a tornado, and what to do after a tornado!

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Model Snowfall Output

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 19:25:04 +0000

While all model snowfall output has to be taken with a grain of salt, which platform do you all think uses the Kuchera snowfall method most properly? It seems WeatherBell is always cranking out higher totals than Pivotal - despite using the "same" method (Kuchera). Thanks!

difference between different meteorological models

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:01:20 +0000

I need to work with historical weather data (temperature and precipitation), we use meteoblue.com.

There (https://docs.meteoblue.com/en/meteo/data-sources/data-sources#data-sources) they write about three different types of models:

weather reanalysis models
weather simulation models
satellite (observation) data

Comparing ERA5 (reanalysis) vs NEMS (simulation):

daily mean temperature is almost the same in both models
ERA often gives 2-4 times higher amounts for total monthly precipitation, which is just too big difference (it's for Europe, I'm interested in past 20 years)

I tried to read about the models, but couldn't find any comparison. Also don't really understand how such big differences might occur and which model shall I use.