ohleary

On 9/16/2024 at 3:23 PM, mappy said:

Down in OC next weekend for Oceans Calling, I was glad the PTC was happening this week but then you know more medical waste then usual is closing down beaches… yay. 

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

On 9/18/2024 at 5:59 AM, mappy said:

A little rain moving in from the south this morning. 

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

On 9/18/2024 at 7:20 AM, mappy said:

Raining just enough for me to pull the car to the end of the driveway so mini map and I didn’t stand in the rain waiting for the bus lol

Get a golf umbrella dummy.

On 9/18/2024 at 1:39 PM, mappy said:

.13 so far

How are you measuring?

On 9/6/2024 at 10:02 AM, mappy said:

No. I’m not on here as often to keep up with it 

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

13 hours ago, mappy said:

.96 from the storms 1-3am. Was a lot of thunder too

what brand of weather station do you have?

10 hours ago, mappy said:

Reports of damage outside York. 

Need proof please.

On 9/6/2024 at 10:02 AM, mappy said:

No. I’m not on here as often to keep up with it 

Why is that, just curious.

1 hour ago, mappy said:

We won’t delete his account. 

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!

On 11/26/2019 at 8:57 PM, tmagan said:

Apparently, I am seeing the unfortunate fact that EMWIN internet feed is being discontinued on 2 December.

This may help you out:

https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/scn19-88emwin_serv_end.pdf

I am seeing on discussion groups that the EMWIN Internet feed will be discontinued at the end of the year. Since some weather alert software programs use that feed, what will be around to replace it?

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

well you can't live off of 35K a year and support a family.

Engineering... Engineering... Engineering...

Everything else is pretty much toilet paper degree unless you get a masters.

Graduated last year in engineering making 60K a year straight outta the gate

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.

Interesting thread. This thread will probably be responsible for me getting my M.S. in meteorology.

Question for NWS/NOAA employees, what route did you take to get your job? I know it's incredibly difficult to get a government job. But what things can you do increase your odds or to make your resume better?

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.

There is something there, but hobbies generally don't pay the bills.

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.

Yes, outside of the USA but no, not Siberia.

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.

Yeah. You definately have to turn over some rocks to find the good jobs and be open to moving. I did that and the job I have now is ouside of the country.

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

We all know this is a difficult field to get into. I have been very fortunate though as I graduated last year and didn't get one, but two jobs!

What helped me get started was my internship at a television station. I wasn't sure I wanted to do tv, but I knew I did not want to do research because I was not good at the math. So I interned at a station in DC and then after searching for a tv jobs for 5 months after graduating, they offered me a job as a weather producer. I think much of it is luck, but I also worked very hard as an intern.

At the same time, I was offered a job as a weekend meteorologist in Salisbury where I work now so I work 6 days a week and sometimes 7 days a week. Yes, it is hard and a lot of traveling, but I enjoy doing both jobs most of the time. I just keep telling myself that this isn't going to be like this forever and it is temporary.

If you like it enough, you will find ways to make it work and again I think a lot of it has to do with being at the right place at the right time and having connections as well.

Don't give up if you have your heart set on it. Most of my friends that didn't decide to go to grad school have jobs now so there are jobs out there.

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.

FWIW to those who are looking... I got a full-time entry level position last in Feb. 2010. I graduated with a B.S. in Atmospheric Science and minors in Math and Comp. Sci. in May 2009, and I spent one semester of graduate school in Fall 2009. I had the summer internship with the NWS, a summer research job in meteorology amongst a few other things. Having good communication skills is also very important in this industry. Before I got this job, I had had interviews with 4 other companies and could have had one with a 6th interview with another company, and all of those took place between October and January.

Get good grades, diversify yourself, and get as much experience as you can.

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.