Terpeast

Was 1979-1992 really that bad? Not sure if you’re talking NYC north, but in the mid-atlantic we had PD1, 83 and 87. Grew up with those and had plenty of fun as a kid. Sure, we had lots of duds in between those winters but that’s par for the course around here.

And the pacific doesn’t look good to me either. Pretty grim if the canadian is correct.

Decent rain here in Vienna/Fairfax.

Interesting. I also read somewhere that western pacific typhoon ACE has a more significant but inverse correlation with US winter temps than the atlantic. Can't find the link though.

Yeah, it seems this region had a tough stretch lately and a blockbuster is probably too much to ask for during a nina (which appears likely this winter). Hopefully my weenieism brings some luck back though!

Terpeast is back! Don’t know if anyone remembers (probably not) but I was active here between 2002 and 2010 till I moved away and then lived overseas for a while. I’ve still lurked here from time to time, and am familiar with mappy, stormtracker, Matt, psuhoffman, Chuck, and of course, Ji and Jebman (plus many others - too many to name). Now I just recently moved back, offered on a house and will be closing on it next week. Will be living in Ashburn off the greenway towards Leesburg. Hoping to cash in on some decent snows so my kid and I can enjoy them together! Happy to be back!

If the Euro and NAM are in agreement, as a met, you don't want to go against them.

Blossoming slug of moisture in WV loop in the last 6 hours taking aim at sne http://www.weather.gov/satellite#wv(time sensitive)

And take time lapse vids, please

If not for my obligations this week, I would have probably flown up and stayed in the same hotel as you

That's an excellent way to go. Good luck.

No need to apologize Don, you didn't create that impression to me, so no worries. Things are going well on my end, and I'm grateful to be where I am now. I do remember my struggles a few years back quite vividly, however... so the tone of some of my posts on here may have been a bit of sour grapes on my part. Anyway, thanks Don, and I hope you're also doing well.

Of course they don't NEED an IT degree along with a met degree, but they DO need marketable skills outside of what they learned in the met program. Could be engineering, risk management, finance, etc. However, I would say that IT should be pretty high on that list.

Read through this thread some more. I'm sorry, but here's the bitter truth: even if you get the perfect grades, graduate from a great met school, do internships, make connections, and do all the right things - it's STILL no guarantee that you'll get the job you want. The ONLY reason I have the job I have today is that IT degree (bachelors) listed on my resume. Plus dumb luck. If a met degree was all I had, I'd still be living with my parents. Guaranteed.

Those are good sites to look for met jobs. I found mine through the Penn State jobs site (forgot the link).

That doesn't surprise me. I actually started my PhD program before landing the job I have now. I did apply to intern NWS positions while I was a "PhD" student.

You were one of the few lucky ones. From what I gather, it only took you 5 months to get a job, and that's during the worst recession since 1930s. It took me 2 whole years to find a private sector job that pays well, and that was with a masters degree in met and a bachelors in IT... before the recession started. It's BRUTAL out there. Good grades and experience are not going to be enough. You're right on diversifying yourself - that will get you through the door if you have good computer skills, engineering skills, finance skills, or ______ skills that the company in question is looking for.

I can empathize with the poster because I've had two years of frustrating underemployment while looking for a NWS job through USAJOBS (horrible horrible system) and other weather related jobs throughout the country. I finally landed a job in the wind energy industry in Texas, so I'm happy and extremely grateful. If you want to work in the renewable energy industry, that could be a good way to go. Might want to consider environmental science if not meteorology, and take some engineering or computer programming classes as well.

One of the greatest storms I've experienced, the other being the blizzard of 1996. I changed my flight plans in the last minute and made it just in time for the storm.