July Banter 2025

[WolfStock1]

Hi all,

Posted this on the 101 forum, but figured I'd ask about it here since I'm sure there's more traffic here.   I'm wondering about career prospects for meteorology, and in particular what people's thoughts are on the impacts of AI, and on the political churn going on right now.   Any input is appreciated.

(Son is looking into the program at VT)

 

 

 

[Rhino16]

29 minutes ago, WolfStock1 said:

Hi all,

Posted this on the 101 forum, but figured I'd ask about it here since I'm sure there's more traffic here.   I'm wondering about career prospects for meteorology, and in particular what people's thoughts are on the impacts of AI, and on the political churn going on right now.   Any input is appreciated.

(Son is looking into the program at VT)

 

 

 

I just graduated from the VT Program, and am considering returning for masters in an adjacent topic. Your ideas seem to be the profs current thinking at the moment with respect to AI. 

I’ve heard from numerous people that the field is shifting towards a model where meteorologists will be interacting with the public much more, instead of sitting at the forecast desk all day, at least in the public sector.

[WolfStock1]

With regards to AI -  I guess one question I would have for those who work in the field - do you find that you're using AI some, and if so in what capacity?

E.g. in software field I know sometimes an experienced person will ask ChatGPT "write me a program to do xxxx"; wondering if this kind of thing is being seen in meteorology; e.g. is AI doing some model analysis tasks that used to be done by a person?  

 

[Jebman]

Ok I change my tune.

The entire weather system is going to miss Buda.

No measurable rain at all.

I have been watching every Kerrville video on YouTube. I have been listing every last one of them on my new wiki.

I want lots of rain, now. I want Plum Creek to Kerrville Rt 1626 at 967. I want my very own YouTube vid of Kerrville Buda. I crave disaster declarations for northern Hays County where I live. 

Turns out that I adore Kerrville and Ruidoso with all my heart. 

I wanna watch those water levels rise! I want to get some live flood readings,  while I limp along on my bad knee.

I am no different from what I was in Dale City. I still enjoy this stuff with all my heart. I am a billion year flood weenie.

 

Well that is a 100 percent MISS for Buda. NWS cried wolf haha but I ain't laughing. I got one tenth of an inch. Kyle stole all our rain. Kyle has water everywhere.  Poor Buda, always a swing and a miss. The entire storm is speeding up, heading for DCA. This is probably itfor the summer and likely for years. I will never attain my dream, getting to climb a tree with fifty feet of water speeding by, while I get to scream myself HOARSE for a water based rescue.

 

NWS you need to go back to meteorology school. You forecast 9 to 12 inches of rain last night. We got .1 inch. NWS biggest FAIL ever! No wonder you get cut back. I am not so sure about this crazy administration sometimes,  but these alarmist forecasts have got to stop. You got my hopes way up for a decent Kerrvilling in Buda, and for what? Bitter disappointment and severe disillusionment for the rest of my short, miserable life!

I envy those flood areas so bad.

 

What I am about to say is purely speculative. There is no such thing. I am making all this dumb, speculative stuff up, all because I am so desperate for a 1500 year flood in Buda. I am probably the most desolate, desperate man in the entire world, all because I live in the wrong fucking place.

But speculatively speaking, if we could influence the weather ( and I do realize man cannot) I wish Buda could get hit. Our soils are saturated. I wish someone could augment a Cat 5 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, and make it hit Corpus Christi then move NWly to sw of Buda and drag a potent rainband with hyper efficient rain production, right over Buda for about 3 days. I would be out in that, getting my fill of water levels readings and whooping it up while blasting Peter Cetera tracks from a waterproof Bluetooth speaker!

[Rhino16]

On 7/12/2025 at 3:25 PM, wxdude64 said:

Happy Birthday! You're a day behind me (although I'm 1000% sure I've got you on the age thing)

Happy birthday!