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With regards to AI - I guess one question I would have for those who work in the field - do you find that you're using AI some, and if so in what capacity? E.g. in software field I know sometimes an experienced person will ask ChatGPT "write me a program to do xxxx"; wondering if this kind of thing is being seen in meteorology; e.g. is AI doing some model analysis tasks that used to be done by a person?

Hi all, Posted this on the 101 forum, but figured I'd ask about it here since I'm sure there's more traffic here. I'm wondering about career prospects for meteorology, and in particular what people's thoughts are on the impacts of AI, and on the political churn going on right now. Any input is appreciated. (Son is looking into the program at VT)

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.

Are brining in Leesburg

I still have, and use, a link to the Wright Weather "radar forecast". Not sure where is the actual source but that's the only place I know of it existing. http://hp5-dev.wright-weather.com/nam-conus-radar-loop_1hour.gif

Herndon changed from mix to heavy snow now

Heavy mix in Herndon now - mostly rain

(Sigh) Here we go again. Hasn't rained for a couple of weeks now, and nothing in the forecast. Side note - why does NOAA keep moving the rainfall history map on their website? I bookmark it, and it's soon gone. Can't find it now. The bookmark I had: https://water.weather.gov/precip/ now brings up river gauges instead, even though the URL specifically contains "precip". You can add in some kind of precip info via checkbox, but it's pretty useless.

Very interesting. Would be curious to see the methodology behind it; what "societal conditions" means. Ideally it would account not only for inflation, but specifically inflation in housing and businesses (generally higher than headline inflation, which is just consumer goods), as well as not only the increasing crowded-ness of coastal areas but also the "luxury" factor of more luxury real estate construction on the coast. Overall the chart seems about right actually.

Blown WAY out of proportion. There were no militia "actively hunting" FEMA - it was one guy who made some verbal threats, and he's been arrested.

HIllsborough river NE of Tampa at record level:

Part of the problem is that all the buoys that were near they eye were all out of commission. :-( Closet one was Venice, which looked like this: Give that though - one would have thought that Venice would have registered a lot more than 62 mph sustained, given that it was pretty much at the eye wall. Only thing I can figure is that it's because these are so close to the water or land - the wind levels are lower due to surface friction.

Yeah I could see that. I noticed that the other gauges were still low, but just figured it was because the new surge hadn't reached them yet.

Fat lady hasn't sung yet on the surge in Tampa Bay.