WolfStock1 Posted yesterday at 08:10 AM Share Posted yesterday at 08:10 AM 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted yesterday at 08:46 AM Share Posted yesterday at 08:46 AM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfStock1 Posted yesterday at 09:38 AM Share Posted yesterday at 09:38 AM 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted yesterday at 01:33 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:33 PM 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 it for 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted yesterday at 04:05 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:05 PM 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted yesterday at 10:44 PM Share Posted yesterday at 10:44 PM The 1st Rule of Inevitable Desertification is: Rain Delayed, is RAIN DENIED. And, Never forget Lucy, especially in the low sun period when jonesing for snow. This almost never fails. Today's Application: We waited excitedly all night for all that rain. It was DELAYED. It weakened, fell apart then sped up like an F-35 fighter. The rain was delayed then was DENIED to Buda. I stayed up all night waiting for it. DAMN! NEXT UP is a strong subtropical ridge building over Texas. Now comes one of the hottest summers ever! The record books will have to be rewritten because of hundreds of temperature records falling right through Thanksgiving, accompanied by almost no rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Pretty significant storms are forming and moving toward Kerrville. I do not want them to get that. Rescuers have operations ongoing there. I want that heavy rain in BUDA, now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Well full summer is building in. All rain missed us today. Now comes the Monster Ridge of Doom. No more rain for us until the El Nino of 2109. Til then drought and steady desertification. 2025 will not go down as the wettest year. 2025 will go down as an exemplar of evidence of the most severe Global Warming so far in Man's History. This will be the hottest year all over the globe, and in the USA, many places by Thanksgiving will be in severe, desperate drought. The rain is going to shut off and stay off and it will get extremely HOT, especially in the South. Texas will be the Epicenter of one of the absolute WORST summers of all-time! A catastrophic Gulf of Mexico anticyclone will develop and will prolong summer heat and extreme humidity right into Christmas! Other weather systems will bounce right off this fiery, ultra-humid puppy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Was in San Diego in 2022 for the same conference. Had found a wonderful whiskey bar then. Came back tonight. Smoked old fashioned. Yum. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago On 7/12/2025 at 8:02 AM, Scarlet Pimpernel said: Happy Belated, @WxWatcher007!!! I would ask how old you are, but we all know the Reaper is AGELESS!! And come Nov 27, I know The Reaper WILL BE BACK for bisnass! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted 41 minutes ago Share Posted 41 minutes ago Cal Raleigh was damn impressive in the HR derby tonight. Neat that his dad was his pitcher and his younger bro was the catcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted 14 minutes ago Share Posted 14 minutes ago 26 minutes ago, nj2va said: Cal Raleigh was damn impressive in the HR derby tonight. Neat that his dad was his pitcher and his younger bro was the catcher. you kinda knew he was gonna get it after getting into the final 4 by a fraction of a foot. pretty impressive all around. Dude that hit the ball 500+ ft is insane (i think it was Cruz). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted 11 minutes ago Share Posted 11 minutes ago 30 minutes ago, nj2va said: Cal Raleigh was damn impressive in the HR derby tonight. Neat that his dad was his pitcher and his younger bro was the catcher. also if I remember Bryce won it (when it was in DC) when his dad was pitching to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted 9 minutes ago Share Posted 9 minutes ago Just now, pazzo83 said: also if I remember Bryce won it (when it was in DC) when his dad was pitching to him. Yep, I think you’re right…I still kick myself for not getting tickets to the derby when it was here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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