ohleary

Did you find any evidence of medical waste? That would be amazing.

I wish I saw this then, I would have stayed dry!

Get a golf umbrella dummy.

How are you measuring?

Aww. I would have destroyed this year. Too bad you said I couldn't play.

what brand of weather station do you have?

Need proof please.

Why is that, just curious.

your power here is unimaginable. we all thank you for your mercy. lol

This was a lot of work. The current production suite doesn't fill half the system. We, the NWS and global model community are going to grow.

You can get into the NWS being other than a Meteorologist.

FORTRAN, varieties of C, shell scripting mainly Bash, Python for post processing, then the visualization softwares, NCL, GEMPAK, etc

Today!

This may help you out: https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-88emwin_serv_end.pdf

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/emwin/NWS_EMWIN_Stakeholder_Presentation_E.pdf

Not true. I "only" have a BS in Meteorology/Mathematics (toilet paper degree) and make 100K+ as a Met. Congrats on your windfall but your statement is patently false.

I work for NOAA/NWS/NCEP, am not a forecaster like most of the folks looking for work on this board seem to want to be. I used to apply to all the intern jobs like everyone else but no dice. I turned down a forecasting job in the private sector right out of school, then got hired as a Support Scientist at the University of Northern Iowa. I am fairly certain that my internship (UCAR/COMET) was 75% responsible for me getting the first job, in addition to my grades, and being active in SCAMS. Alot of what I did at UNI was computer-related, I came out of there being an adept administrator of Windows/UNIX/Linux, shell scripting, GEMPAK, WRF/Workstation Eta modeling, web stuff. I then took a job in NC as an air quality meteorologist after 4 years in Iowa, then saw the announcement at NCEP/NCO. My experience at my job in Iowa pretty much got me my current position, because of my experience with shell scripting, computer administration and experience running numerical weather models. Plus always have stellar references. For me it was hard work and alot of luck, one thing led to another, and the pieces all fit together. I couldn't get a forecasting job at a WFO now probably, but I think I'm past that now anyway. I don't know exactly what to tell you about getting a job with the NWS now, other get an internship in school and be amazing at it, so that you have sterling references from it. Don't overlook the private sector, right out of school, get experience doing anything at all, anything computer related, GIS, community outreach, etc. And when you are somewhere and have stopped building skills, move on to another position. Don't be afraid to move anywhere. At the beginning of your career you shouldn't stay anywhere long. Build a resume with varied experience, everyone and their brother has a Met degree. Looking back, I'm sure my Met degree didn't get me any jobs, it was all the extra stuff that did and learned along the way that tipped the scales.

Let me say this. Every successful meteorologist, meaning every meteorologist that was happy with his/her career, that I have ever met, has known since they were young that they wanted to be a meteorologist. If you're doing it because it's interesting, you probably don't love it enough to persist. I find it's a calling, if you think of it as a hobby, maybe keep it a hobby.

When looking for work after graduation I applied for a job way out in the middle of the Pacific, I think at the Kwajalein missile range. They called my references but I didn't get called. Would have taken it! I ended up in Iowa.

Outside of which country? The US of A? Are you in one of those SiberiaFO positions?

I think in alot of cases internships are key to getting a job after graduation. Partly because of on-the-job experience you can put on your resume, but partly because sometimes they turn into actual jobs. I and three of my classmates got internships at NCAR at about the same time, mine unfortunately didn't but two of theirs turned into full-time jobs after graduation. The other guy is now the Chief Met at Colorado Springs TV station. But, my internship directly got me my first job, after I had turned down one position in Houston. Of course this was in 2000 when the job market wasn't so depressed. But I think with great grades, strong computer skills (Unix, shell scripting, Perl, FORTRAN), and a strong internship and yes, luck, you will be a shoo-in for finding work after graduation. It helps too to not be picky and to be able to move anywhere.

Completely agree. Because doing that WILL get you your first job, and once you get that first job, you can grow from there. My grades/internship got me my first job, and the experience I got at my first job got me my current position. Luck helps too.