Analog96

Yes, BUT does that specifically mean that all of these "employed' mets are currently working as meteorologists, or just working, in any job, period?

Maybe not pitch black. The tornado pulled out quickly. The sun probably came out, and the buidling was mostly gone, so sun was probably coming in through the roof.

Luck and willingness to work in strange places some times.

Right, but of all mets, how many get into the NWS?

Congrats, but how common is that?

That average is skewed by the few who work on large-market TV stations.

That was a hell of a first winter.

Eastern New England got hit hard, too.

LOL always OOOOKAYYYYYY. The year before you had him for thermo, I was in his class, and Aaron Burton blurted out OOOOKKKKKAAAYYYY right after Dr Yoh. Then later he said he didn't remember doing it! That was a moment I'll never forget!

That's because he IS a computer!

He told me that one time when I was pouring over the models doing Keancast. Basically said he would have no idea what to look at to make a good forecast.

I really don't know how he gets away with it. We see numerous times posts from the moderators on these boards telling everyone that they can only make posts that have any substance to them. Yet, time and time again, he makes posts with the facepalm, or simply "roflcopter" and he gets away with it. If I were 5-posted, I would make every one of my 5 posts a day in protest of that!

Did you do well in your reading classes? I didn't say it proves anything. And to the second point, what I'm saying is research majors are going to be more awake in OTHER classes that the operational mets have less interest in.

I think that most people who are interested in forecasting are more awake and ready to go in synoptic classes and classes that deal with day-to-day meteorology than those who want to do research. That could be part of the reasoning.