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1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:
Do you mean 2011?
Sandy was 2012. The big October snow was 2011.
He might mean November 2012. It snowed about 10 days after Sandy hit.
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Clown, congrats Brett and Bob.
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Looks good for ern areas. I'd like to see the northern stream dig more in subsequent runs to give us western folks a better shot at 8"+
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I know none of you guys care but, this panel of the deformation band proves this was run right out of my basement. I am pretty stoked for this one, hardly ever am I in the JP zone. I'd pay a lot of $ for this run to verify.
I know.
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When the NAM gave MRG like 30"?? Oops.
That was agonizing..I think February 10 was a worst forecast bust though..at least down here. I remember thinking 10-18 was a lock and then getting like 3" lol.
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That winter had some horrifying model teases...that storm...the Dec 19 storm (for interior where we got screwed)...Feb 10, 2010...and then December 1992 plus half a degree in mid March.
Which one of the three epic flooding producers that ran into the monster NAO block was that? The second one?
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Yes, very marginal setup on a coastal that was getting squashed a bit to the south:
Wow, definitely not textbook looks like we had high heights around here and not much ridging out west.
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That was the wettest snow of over 10" I had seen probably since April 1997...though January 2-3, 2006 was close. We were right around the 10" mark and that stuff was complete mashed potatoes. Maybe I'm missing one in there, but I don't think so.
Obviously December 1996 was a plaster bomb too.
That was a sneaky good storm Will, not talked about very often. What was the set-up for that one? Was it a Miller B with a marginally cold airmass?
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Even with a weaker la nina and a neg nao Will? I thought weak la ninas were supposed to be great for coastals.
You're thinking of weak El Ninos.
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Thats not true your math grades are extremely important, I only pult B+s - Cs in all my math classes but my math minor helped get me a job... not to mention if you ever want to get into grad school you better start caring about your math grades
For me, it's not that I don't care, it's just Math does not come easy for me. I really have to work hard just to earn my C-. I will try to work even harder so I can get maybe a C+ in Calc. 2 this semester but I heard it is the most challenging out of the 3 Calc. courses.
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Yes. A lot of atmospheric pollution stuff deals directly with chemistry. Fate and transport, the chemistry and makeup of the pollution, etc. Not to mention that to understand the atmosphere yu have to have an understanding of its constitutents. It may not be using the details from your Gen Chem class but you do deal with some chemistry stuff (though obviously moreso physics).
Very true..a lot of the climate/global warming matters have Chemistry involved. Chlorofluorocarbons, the ozone layer (O3).
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The atmosphere is a gas. We have to have a background in chemistry even if we don't use it much in meteorology. It is used quite often, however, in the fields atmospheric chemistry and climatological modeling, for instance.
Good point. I guess I was just thinking more about how the atmosphere works as opposed to what it is composed of. Atmospheric chemistry...that sounds like an interesting field. Would a dual degree in Chemistry and Meteorology be requisite to get in to that sort of thing?
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almost everyone in my graduating class (only like 8 or 9 albeit) averaged C and Ds in almost all of the 200+ level Calculus and Meteorology courses. Not that I did much better, but...lol
Quincy, what was your infamous score on your Calc. 3 exam? A 10? -
NC State requires us to get a C- in our Calculus courses. I had a B going into the final exam, but I think I did pretty poorly on it, so I'll probably end up with a C. I'm God awful in Chemistry, as well, but managed to do well on the final exam and got a B- in there. My other grades are B+s or As.
That brings up a question that's been in the back of my mind that maybe a Met could answer...does Chemistry ever come in handy in this field? I have a hard time thinking of a time where it would.
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and then there's Differential Equations, which was just insanity..
My friend took that last semester and he had to drop it because he got a 12 on the mid-term. -
Ds get degrees, at least that was the case at my university, some of the bigger ones like PSU, OU, Wisconsin that is not the case, notice to all....if you are weak in math I'd strongly advise going to one of the smaller schools, they tend not to have the C or C- requirement for core courses and generally are more forcast based....nobody is going to ask for your transcript the majority of the time outside the NWS and even if they do they could give a rat's booty about your Ds in math if your Met class grades were good.
Good news for me...
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I'm too lazy to look up who said it, but someone commented about TV shows like Storm-Chasers
While the popularity of those shows is something to be considered, it seems like most people who only get turned on to the idea by popular media are usually the ones who either don't finish or do finish with a B.S. and don't get a job. I've talked to girls people (didn't mean to be gender specific there, sorry) at schools where I'm applying whose goal in life is to be a "storm-chaser". Obviously, unless you're Reed Timmer or a researcher then there's no money in that!
I know it's a hard field, and being a senior in HS this stuff worries me, but:
I plan on going to a school with a good Met rep (i.e. WestConn, Kean Plymouth State University, California State of PA will get you nowhere)
I plan on getting a M.S.
I already have a good relationship with a few forecasters at my local WFO
I'm taking AP CompSci this year, and plan on minoring in CompSci
My grandfather own his own business (not at all related to Met though) and he always says he doesn't gire the applicants who tell him why he should hire them, he picks the ones who tell him why it would be a mistake not to hire them.
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I was told by a TV news director about 15 years ago that women have to be good looking to get on TV...men on the other hand either have to be good looking or butt ugly...in between will get you nowhere, as a male you need to stand out in one form or the other...in other words, generally its hard to break in if you consider yourself an average looking guy without much of a TV personality
Yeah, I definitely don't have the personality to be on TV..I'm not nearly outgoing enough.
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This seems to come up a lot, no?
My answer is "no". Nobody, I repeat, nobody, is entitled to any job, regardless of their credentials, experience, education, etc. Mississippi State is a legitimate degree program for broadcasting and some private sector work, but it isn't much more than that. However, the MSU program is not screwing over anyone (except maybe their own graduates, j/k). The result of current career climate is the result of free market forces and nothing more.
T.V. news is a declining medium, advertising revenue is down & consistent ratings are down. As much as those with meteorology/atmospheric science degrees have tried to control the broadcasting profession through seal and certificate programs it hasn't worked. If B.S. holders got paid a handsome entry level salary and T.V. stations instead chose cheap B.A. labor we could probably make the above argument legitimate, but that just isn't the case.
The fact is having a 4-year B.S. degree is not a requirement to be a good forecaster nor is it a requirement to make a T.V. presentation that attracts ratings. I believe success in forecasting is linked to attitude & aptitude and success in broadcasting is linked to ample cleavage.
From what I understand salary in the #1 market is down up to 40% since it's peak. That isn't the result of MSU, I think that is the result of technology.
TV is not meteorology, it is broadcasting. It should come as no surprise a full B.S. degree is not required for most openings in television. Even if you are considering on-air television, it is brutal. I had a number of friends who went that route and they hate it. Don't think you will start out in Chicago. A lot of on-air mets start in very small market locations such as Minot, ND for instance, where you will be working weekends to start and prolly making around 15-18000k a year. Moreover, from my friends in that part of the business, it is very stressful both because of the public demands on almost impossible perfection as well as inter-office competition and the fact everyone thinks the person coming in is looking to replace them.
Thanks for the insight guys, I appreciate it. Yeah I see what you are saying Chagrin, if the attractive blonde with the certificate from MSU is more appealing than the nerdy guy from MIT then she is going to be hired for ratings. And you still go through the basic forecasting classes to get that certificate. I've heard the broadcast field is difficult to get into with the lack of openings and low starting salaries. Add that to the fact that you would likely have to move somewhere far away and it becomes a less than attractive option in the field. Personally, I don't think I am fit to be a broadcast meteorologist anyway since I am not a good public speaker...seems like going into the energy field is the best thing to do right now though I am sure that's very, very difficult to get into as well.
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Do you think part of the problem is a lot of the on-air meteorologists don't have a B.S. in the field but rather they go to a university like Mississippi State that offers a "Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology" which, from what I understand, is basically the equivalent of getting a minor in meteorology. There are a lot of people out there who just want to be on TV and it seems like this program at MSU caters to that and screws over a number of people who have legitimate degrees.
bump..
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Do you think part of the problem is a lot of the on-air meteorologists don't have a B.S. in the field but rather they go to a university like Mississippi State that offers a "Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology" which, from what I understand, is basically the equivalent of getting a minor in meteorology. There are a lot of people out there who just want to be on TV and it seems like this program at MSU caters to that and screws over a number of people who have legitimate degrees.
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Sounds like I should get out now while I still have the chance...
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That was my best winter, 83" and that was measuring depth only. One of the coolest things about that winter is it snowed consistently from late November through early April. I guess January had a quiet stretch but other than that it was rockin' and rollin'.