how do i become a meteorologist

A forum for DofE recommended kit, blog posts, competitions, gear reviews and much, much more!As many of you know I've been doing weather here at Fox for almost 6 years, and several of those years I was also studying and taking classes to become a broadcast meteorologist. As of yesterday, I found out that I now can now put an ...With the axis of high pressure drifting overhead Thursday night, skies will become partly cloudy, and a nearly calm wind will allow valley and coastal fog to develop by early Friday morning. Abundant sunshine will burn any fog and ...Regularly watches Stormchasers, and is certain she's going to become a meteorologist and stormchaser herself when she grows up. The only thing which gives tornadoes a run for their money in her mind are volcanoes. ...I have witnessed several significant weather events over the years that solidified my ambition to become a meteorologist. This includes the Ice Storm of 1997 and Hurricane Rita in September 2005. Both of these weather events were unlike ...Since my diagnosis, I've taken classes to become a meteorologist, I've gotten married and hopefully we'll be able to start a family soon too.” Since you have gone public with your MS, how have things changed for you? “Not much actually. ...I want to either be on a news station giving forecasts, the one flying in a storm plane over the hurricane to get the pressure and all the other good stuff, work in the National Weather Center, or report from areas in the pathway of ...“I am getting good at this” stated Andrew this morning, “I should become a meteorologist”. I replied by stating that he had never actually forecasted the weather, just based his decision whether or not to fly on that particular day… ...She goes on to explain that in the next four years, JoJo plans to graduate and become a meteorologist or a sports broadcaster. With basketball and classes taking most of the day, the full-time student takes advantage of free time by ...Right now, Aidan has his mind made up that he's going to Texas A&M to become a Meteorologist when he grows up! Course, I think he might be a bit biased because that's where THIS Meteorologist went. ...
I want nothing more then to become a pro storm chaser, and to paint in my spare time. Anyway, My question is: Do you have to get a college degree to become a storm chaser? What is that officially called? Isn't it extreme meteorologist? Are there any colleges that you know of that I'd need a degree in to become a storm chaser? And finally, how do I 'sign up' to become a storm chaser? Thank you so much for answers!!


I am a junior in high school looking for a meteorology internship because I want to become a meteorologist!!!


Title says it all really?

Just wanted to know, as I'm curious, what steps I could take, if it is possible.





My boyfriend and I are celebrating our two-year dating anniversary at the end of the month. I'm looking for some gift ideas.

His desire is to become a storm chaser/meteorologist, and I really would like his gift to reflect that. Previously, I have bought him some photo books, posters, a toy "weather kit", and we received a tour at the Fox 4 Weather Station in Dallas, Texas.

I'd love any other ideas you can give. Video games, gadgets, magazine subscription, books, movies, etc. Something to reflect his passion in the weather (such a nerd, haha). ;)

Thank you so much!


I am a senior working on a liberal arts BS... with that major I pretty much can pick and choose my concentrations and classes within those concentrations.. I love that about my major.. I have a lot of interests and came in as a freshman undeclared.. well.. My concentrations involve Psy,pre law, and Geo-sciences and a minor in photography..
I am thinking about law school... but i have always had a strange fascination with weather and storms...I went to a national weather service class and became a certified spotter and loved it.. in my geoscience class now we are going over weather and climate and for some reason I am really interested and actually pay attention and remember things..lol...I am now considering being a meteorologist.. but have no idea what I would have to do now.. since I am about to graduate but Dec 2010..?
any suggestions would be wonderful... thank you


I am a junior in high school and I'd like to become a meteorologist but I'm concerned about the math involved. I'm in trigonometry right now, next semester I'm taking pre-calculus and next year I'm taking calculus and statistics. I'm not bad at math nor am I excellent at it. It's usually one of my favorite subjects. How good at these classes do I need to be to pursue a career in meteorology?


I'm currently a senior in high school. I want to go to college next year and major in meteorology. I also want to get my pilots license because so I can become a hurricane hunter and fly directly in hurricanes. Also, in case I don't get a job as meteorologists, I can be a pilot as my backup plan. My question is, how good of a condition must your health be to be a pilot? I have neurological problems and I'm taking a few prescriptions and over the counter medications. Would that disqualify me from being a pilot for an airport? How about a hurricane hunter for the National Weather Service? Sources?


I plan on becoming a meteorologist. I also plan on earning my pilot's license so I can become a hurricane hunter and fly in hurricanes and collect data. I was told that the air force would be best. What are the requirements? What's on the ASVAB test? How do I pass the physical? Is there a certain number of push ups, sit ups, etc, that I need to do? Compared to the other branches in the military, how often do people get deployed? If I sign up to join the air force to work in the meteorology department, could I be forced to go in the front line and fight What are the chances? Sources?


i am only in grade 8 and i have a interest in weather, so i have decided that i want to be a meteorologist when i ggrow up. what subject should i study most and like what do need to know to become a meteorologist


I would love to go to a meteorology school like Oklahoma University and become a meteorologist, but to be frank i don't have the money to send myself to school for this. So I am thinking of enlisting in the Air Force as a weathermen, and then use the GI bill along with the money I save up while i am in and try to get into a school like OU's meteorology program. So is this possible is it a good plan. thanks for any input


I love clouds, stars, the sun, bad storms and anything to do with the sky. I've thought about becoming a meteorologist but I'm looking for something with out schooling... which I know is going to be hard. But, just wondering if anyone had any ideas. Thanks.


300 years into the future, humanity is faced with a bigger issue than its declining intelligence, which had dropped a total of perhaps 15 IQ points. As global warming continued for hundreds of years, and technology overrode environmental concerns, the polar ice caps were little but thin, translucent sheets. The water level had risen significantly, and the people compensated by building artificial platforms made from a new kind of metal, called Gyroplex, for major-sea level cities.

People in smaller cities simply moved, leaving entire towns and cities dormant. Hence, future generations could no longer enjoy beaches. Instead, indoor beaches were made that simulated the experience of an outdoor beach, allowing UVA/UVB free light to pass through the glass ceiling, which did not require any frames because it was carefully fused to the floor. Estimates by scientists say that the global temperature may have risen some 8-10 degrees celsius, and thus the ice caps and glaciers melted away gradually during the summer months.

Large tropical and subtropical cities became unbearably hot, and so indoor glass tunnels were constructed, allowing citizens to go, walk inside the air-conditioned corridors without the sun damage or extreme heat. The sun was at its most intense since prehistoric times. Regular sunscreen gradually became ineffective, to the point where effective sunscreens have side effects and are controversial.

Food shortages became evident as climates were less suitable for growth and cultivated lands gradually turned into deserts, leaving millions starving. Obviously the former trend of obesity had all but disappeared.

Sal, a meteorologist, looked on at his monitor. Storms were near constant, with worst affected areas bombarded with severe storms at least once a week or more.

"Marta! We've got another storm coming!"
"Where's it headed?"
"Somewhere around Florida!"

Sal sighed. Sometimes he wished people back then were more careful about the environment.

That's my first chapter for a story. Please tell me what you think.
if you didn't bother to read it, why'd you bother to answer?


It takes to do so, if you will, please suggest what to take up in college to become a meteorologist?


Hey everyone, I have pretty high expectations of studying in meteorology. I live in South Australia. Here comes the difficult part, I am only 16 years old and dropped out of school at the end of year 9 as i was bullied allot etc...The main topic of meteorology i would like to study is "natural disasters" but would like to pursue my career in meteorology in general such as atmospheric changes to weather or weather forecasting etc. Is there any way and if so the best way to get into this line of jobs and studying? I relies my Age and the fact that i dropped out of school will be a big issue! but am wondering if theres any way around this?

Thanks
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I've always wanted to become a broadcast meteorologist, and still do, but my family and I recently moved to the UK for my fathers job. I couldn't be more happy about living here because I'm incredibly intrigued by foreign countries/cultures. The only thing is that I enjoy it completely - as in I want to stay here for college and make a life here.

I haven't seen any American personalities on BBC or television shows like there are in America. I'm worried that as an American I wouldn't be able to get a job in the broadcasting field due to my accent - or lack there of.

Should I move back to America for my career when I'm older or should I just find something else, because I do have other interests, just not as strong as becoming a weather presenter.
Actually yes. The UK has an large amount of British personalities.


i recently got in trouble for drinking, so i can't do anything my senior year ! i can't go to football games, homecoming, prom..nothing ! my parents brought up the decision of quitting school and going to get my GED at waubonsee community college. i'm just scared that it'll affect my dreams of becoming a meteorologist and i don't want it to mess up my life. everyone that i ask for advice..they say they don't know, i'm just confused cause i have soo many questions and nobody has any answers for me ! HELPPPP !


I'm in NJ and the storm hit at 1pm and now its 3 and its getting dark out again, its not raining,windy,lightning, nor thunder and my power flickered...... why?


Prompt; Is perfection something to be admired and sought after?

My response:

Perfection is definitely worth being admired and sought after. Even though we may not become perfect, we will improve in the process of striving to become a perfectionist. In at least two occasions in literature prove this to be true.
One of my close friends, Bonju, was definitely a perfectionist. She was one of those girls who worked really hard to achieve her goals. Her perfection was motivated by her natural desire of becoming a lawyer, a dream she had ever since she was a young girl. Although she knew that she couldn’t become inerrant, she studied all day to meet up to her demands and to go to a prestigious law school. Eventually, she was accepted to the school she so long desired to go, which didn’t surprise me at all. Her studious and perfectionist attitude along with her dream of becoming a lawyer brought her such a tremendous result.
Another example is from a book called “Isaac’s storm” written by Erik Larson. The protagonist, Isaac Cline, is a perfectionist. He believes that he is the best meteorologist in the nation who can easily forecast the weather. He is very meticulous and his perfectionism compels him to look out through his window every day at the same time. In the morning, Isaac would look out his window and examine the weather for any abnormalities. Thanks to his everyday looking out the window, Isaac manages to predict a hurricane that strikes Galveston in 1900. In the morning of September 8, Isaac goes to the gulf and warns people that a deadly storm was to come. As a result, he saves more than 6000 lives. It is apparent that pursuit of perfectionism is not only worthy but also life saving.
While being consummately perfect is something no man can achieve, pursuing to become perfect will definitely bring positive results. One’s natural desire of achieving his goal along with perfectionism will no doubt turn out positive.
Ignore the literature part


I am becoming a sophomore and I am terribly worried about my lack of writing skills. I literally suck at writing lol
How should I improve my writing skills?

Here is an example of a response to a SAT Writing prompt I'd written earlier. I wrote this in 25 minutes and its just terrible..

Prompt: Is perfection sth to be admired or sought after??

My response: Perfection is a quality mankind has yet to obtain. However, a pursuit of perfection is what develops and escalates humanity into a better condition or state. At least two occasions prove this statement to be true.
First off, in the book "Isaac's storm" by Erik Larson, the protagonist, Isaac, a meteorologist, is eager of becoming the best man of his job. Isaac has pride for himself, and believes he is the best weather forecaster in the nation. However, he still strives to become "perfect." When a deadly hurrican strikes Galveston in 1900, Isaac saves more than 6000 people thanks to his perfectionism. Because Isaac wants to become "perfect," he always examines the sky in the morning and seeks for any abnormalities.
Another example is when my friend Bonju, achieved her goal because of her perfectionism. Bonju had always dreamt of becoming a lawyer, and it could be achieved only if her grades were perfect. Going to law school in Korea is very competetive, so she had to study every second she had. Her ideal of perfectionism was becoming the smartes kid in our school, and she was highly motivated by her natural desire of becoming a lawyer. She was an over-achiever and met up to her goals. Eventually, she graduated as the valedictorian in school and went to the school she wanted to go. It is apparent that pursuit of perfection will bring you positive outcomes.
In conclusion, perfection is definitely worth being admired and sought after. Like Isaac Cline or my close friend Bonju, pursuit of perfecton will bring positive results.


What classes would I need to take in college? What all would I just need to do in general? And how long could it take to become one? I'm 15 currently and will be a sophomore in high school this year coming (August 2009)


Ever since I was in 2nd grade, remember the day and all, I've had my mind set on becoming a Meteorologist(broadcast). Of course it changed over the years, but it always fell back to meteorology.

Well now that I'm going into my senior year of high school and application deadlines are going to be popping up, I really can't bring myself to see if it's what I really want to do. I mean, I think it is, but I'm not sure if it's just part of the norm to me and I'm just used to the idea of wanting to becoming one. Despite my interest in weather, sometimes I think that it's just for the T.V. aspect of it because I don't have much interest working for the NWS.

I'm also interested in oncology and possibly becoming a History professor.
How can I figure out if I'm just used to the idea or if it REALLY is my dream.

Thanks a lot y'all. :)

Any help on figuring out


Hey, I am entering sophomore year at a state college. I have come to figure out what I really want in life, and that is to become an Air Force Pilot. If that fails, I will work as a meteorologist in the Air Force. Anyways, I hope to transfer to Embry Riddle in Florida in Spring of 2010 (2nd semester sophomore year). And major in either aeronautical science or meteorology.

Can I join the AFROTC there junior year? (will I catch up the summer before?)

What do you think my chances are of getting a pilot slot if i follow through on this path? And also what factors will be looked at?

BTW I am very physically fit, 20/20 vision, and have been around avation my whole life. Current GPA is 3.4


How is the weather apprentice/meteorologist job? How are the aviation jobs (UAV Pilot vs Fighter Pilot)

I plan to be a weather apprentice at first, if not then something to with aviation. Where will i be taking college courses (after tech school) to eventually get my Bachelors degree if I am always on the move?

When having the actual career in the air force (and minus the traveling to where they tell you to go) is life simple like a civilian. I mean do you work (not counting shifts) a typical day job then afterwards and weekends go out and do stuff like camping, vacations, boating, hiking, road trips?

Also, after years of moving around and serving...can you choose a base to settle down at and be there until you retire? If so when can that happen by.

How does this pay scale work? I examined it but say I was enlisted 4 and then got my bachelors. Would I become O-1 and work my way up or just get pushed to a higher rank of officer. I'm confused about how the ranking up works. Also, are you guaranteed to rank up each year (how long does it take to rank up?)

Is pay good enough considering food is payed for, housing is payed for, and so forth? Could i be able to afford stuff like nice electronics and a car?

Speaking of car...I don't want to have no car every new place I get deployed to. Whats the best option? Leasing out a car for a few years and then doing the same when you deploy to a new location?

Overall everyone, I come from an upper class family but I am a really simple person and don't ask for much. I want to build my character, eventually find love, and meet great people and make great friends and see new places and enjoy the world. I don't care about money...I do care about family though, so is family life good in the air force? What do you say should i go for it if i love weather/aviation?


I know I am thinking way to far in life at the moment but I would really like to study to become a meteorologist when I am older. I am now only realizing that you must be good at alot of math and science? Those are my worst subjects. But can you please define what particular things in those subjects you have to study?

Thx :D


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p.s.s. please correct my grammar, puncuation, spelling and everything so I can learn and pass the 7th grade!!!

I'm not exactly sure what I want to be when I grow up, but I have a few ideas. The first idea I have of what I want to be when I grow up is a Registered Nurse (RN Nurse). RN nurses have a wide variety of different tasks to do each day. For instance, some highly-qualified RN nurses help doctors while in the operating room, some teach new nurses what to do, and others take care of patients in general. I think I would like this job very much because I have always been interested in health and helping people. Another reason this would be a good job for me when I grow up is because it provides a good amount of income (around $50,000 - $85,000 a year) and I need to have a good-paying job so I can help support the family I want to have in the future.
The second idea of what I want to be when I grow up is a meteorologist. Meteorologists study the atmosphere and try to predict the weather. This would be a great job for me because weather intrests me, especially tornadoes and hurricanes. Although I think this might be an intresting job, it doesn't pay very much ($25,000 - $29,000 per year) and wouldn't be worth going to college.
The third idea of what I want to be when i grow up is an interpreter. Interpreters translate languages for people, businesses, tourists, and other people. I would be very good at this job because I am very skilled in learning languages, I've been teaching myself spanish for about 2 years. I already know around 1500 words and I can put sentences together to form a conversation. However, most interpreters need to know more than two languages in order to get a good job, and to get paid well you need to learn a language that not very many people in your country speak. This would be hard for me because most people where I live already speak fluent english and spanish. That means I would need to learn a language like chinese one day, but that would be way to hard.
Even though all these ideas of what I want to be when I grow up are definite possibilities, my dream job is to become a diagnostician. A diagnostician is a doctor that diagnoses diseases. This job would be great for me because, as I mentioned earlier, I've always been intrested in health. Even though I would have to spend around 4-6 years at college, and about 4 years at medical school, I feel it would be worth it because diagnosticians get to help people alot, the job is interesting, and the money you spend on college and medical school would be paid off in no time because diagnosticans earn around $100,000+ per year.
being a diagnostican would make me very happy, but as great a job as it seems, I can't let myself get carried away. I might not have good enough grades or enough money to get into medical school and should have a back up plan to fall back on. That's why I think being a RN nurse would be a good job, even though it's not as exciting as being a diagnostican, it's still in the medical field and I can still help alot of people.
please also check if I used paragraphs correctly!! thanks :)


* "The [global warming] scaremongering has its justification in the fact that it is something that generates funds." -- Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata.

* "I am a skeptic ... . Global warming has become a new religion." -- Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Ivar Giaever.

* "Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly ... . As a scientist I remain skeptical." -- Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Joanne Simpson, the first woman in the world to receive a Ph.D. in meteorology and formerly of NASA who has authored more than 190 studies and has been called "among the most pre-eminent scientists of the last 100 years."

* Warming fears are the "worst scientific scandal in the history ... . When people come to know what the truth is, they will feel deceived by science and scientists." -- U.N. IPCC Japanese Scientist Dr. Kiminori Itoh, an award-winning Ph.D. environmental physical chemist.

* "The models and forecasts of the U.N. IPCC "are incorrect because they only are based on mathematical models and presented results at scenarios that do not include, for example, solar activity." -- Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera, a researcher at the Institute of Geophysics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

* "It is a blatant lie put forth in the media that makes it seem there is only a fringe of scientists who don't buy into anthropogenic global warming." -- U.S. Government Atmospheric Scientist Stanley B. Goldenberg of the Hurricane Research Division of NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

* "For how many years must the planet cool before we begin to understand that the planet is not warming? For how many years must cooling go on?" -- Geologist Dr. David Gee, the chairman of the science committee of the 2008 International Geological Congress who has authored 130 plus peer-reviewed papers, and is currently at Uppsala University in Sweden.

* "Gore prompted me to start delving into the science again and I quickly found myself solidly in the skeptic camp ... . Climate models can at best be useful for explaining climate changes after the fact." -- Meteorologist Hajo Smit of Holland, who reversed his belief in man-made warming to become a skeptic, is a former member of the Dutch U.N. IPCC committee.

* "Many [scientists] are now searching for a way to back out quietly (from promoting warming fears), without having their professional careers ruined." -- Atmospheric physicist James A. Peden, formerly of the Space Research and Coordination Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.

* "Creating an ideology pegged to carbon dioxide is a dangerous nonsense ... . The present alarm on climate change is an instrument of social control, a pretext for major businesses and political battle. It became an ideology, which is concerning." -- Environmental Scientist Professor Delgado Domingos of Portugal, the founder of the Numerical Weather Forecast group, has more than 150 published articles.

* "CO2 emissions make absolutely no difference one way or another ... . Every scientist knows this, but it doesn't pay to say so ... . Global warming, as a political vehicle, keeps Europeans in the driver's seat and developing nations walking barefoot." -- Dr. Takeda Kunihiko, vice-chancellor of the Institute of Science and Technology Research at Chubu University in Japan.


This is for any military people....
I am about to go to college for meteorology this fall and i have always wanted to join the air force in aviation too....

I was wondering if there was any possible way to get a BS in meteorology and still join the air force and become a fighter pilot or any pilot for that matter cause i know only 2% are fighter pilots???

Thank You Much!!!


do you need Calculus type math to be a meteorologist?
what type of courses can I take if I want to study about hurricanes and other natural disasters?
Is being a meteorologist mostly consist of doing math equations or is it mostly consists of finding weather patterns?
How is math related in this career?
Is being a meteorologist stressful?
Does being a meteorologist get easier later on or does it just get harder?


I am 21 years old and interested in meteorology. My question is why calculus is required for a 4 year degree. And do meteorologists use calculus on a daily basis. Please help me out. Thanks...


One day Billy Bob was living a normal life in his home in New York City, New York. It was a white house in urban New York City. He had just come home from work and was looking forward to a quiet evening. His work was being a construction worker building houses for people. He was watching Sports Center when suddenly he felt the ground shake. He didn’t think it was anything because earthquakes did not happen in New York City. He knew that there were no fault lines to cause earthquakes in New York City. Then the shaking became more violent. Then things were falling over in his house. He went outside and looked at everything outside falling down. He quickly went into his crawlspace and waited until the earthquake was over. The earthquake went on for three hours. When he went outside to check on what happened he found everything to be toppled over, except for his house. His house was just recently all by himself built so that was probably why his house was the only building standing because he was a good construction builder..
He watched the channel 5 news and found out that approximately 292 buildings had been destroyed. The earthquake was a 4.5 magnitude on the Richter scale. It was not a big earthquake. He then began helping rebuild the city because he was a construction worker who built houses. He knew that it would take about a half a year to rebuild all of the damage that was caused by the earthquake. Something that nobody could figure out was why the earthquake happened. There were no fault lines near New York to cause the earthquake. The place earthquakes would make sense would be California because the San Andreas Fault is there. How could an earthquake occur without any fault lines for the earthquake to occur? That’s what all of the meteorologist were wondering after the earthquake happened. The city was rebuilt in about 66 months.
About 2 weeks after the city was rebuilt Billy Bob was outside building a house in Junee. He was building a very large house in a very large neighborhood. He saw on the weather that it was about 83 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature with the humidity was unbearable. After he was done he went home. When he was about to go inside he noticed that it felt a lot colder. Then the temperature was rapidly dropping. He looked at the barometer in his house and it said it was 21 degrees Fahrenheit. He quickly shut all of the doors and windows so no cold air would come into the house. On the news it said that everywhere in the US the weather was rapidly dropping. None of the meteorologists could figure out why the weather was dropping so rapidly or why it was dropping at all. He went to bed a few hours later. The next day when he looked what the temperature was, he found out that it was negative 150 degrees Fahrenheit. He made sure to stay inside and keep the heat up as high as possible so he would not freeze to death inside his home. Nobody could figure out why the weather was so cold. But then about a week later the weather was back in the 80’s. All of the meteorologists were wondering why the weather was so messed up.
The weather stayed the same for the next 5 months. Everyone in New York and the US was getting back to their normal lives. But then the meteorologists were predicting bad storms. They were predicting an extremely bad thunderstorm. Everyone started to rush into stores and get supplies for when they were going to leave New York City before worse storms happen. A lot of things get broken and stolen in stores. People also fight to get supplies and a lot of people get injured in the stores. It was like the store had been destroyed because of all of the damage to everything inside the stores. Fortunately Billy Bob gotets out of New York and into Chicago. But other people weren’t so lucky. About half of the people in New York City escaped New York. The streets were empty because of the people that left. About 5 days after some people left he got into Chicago he heard on the news it said that a much larger earthquake had just happened in New York. It was estimated that 3,500 buildings were destroyed in the massive earthquake. The magnitude of this earthquake was 10.0. It was the biggest earthquake ever recorded. They showed pictures of how New York City looked like. It was just destroyedin ruins because of how big the earthquake that happened was. There is also a fire still going on in New York City that doesn’t look like it will stop soon. Then as the meteorologists predicted an extremely bad thunderstorm started and there was even more damage to everything. New York City was in ruins. And if that wasn’t enough there are tidal waves crashing into New York City from the side of New York City adding to all of the damage that had already happened..it.
Billy Bob decided that he would stay in Chicago until he is absolutely sure the storms have ended. But he wasn’t sure that the storms would end. The fire and the tidal waves and the thunderstorm lasted for about 3 days
The fault was a normal fault formed by the crust being pulled apart, due to the pull of a divergent plate boundary. The cold weather happened when global warming causes large areas of the Greenland and Iceland ice shelves to break off and melt, diluting the Atlantic Ocean with large amounts of fresh water. This slows the Gulf Stream causing a rapid cooling of the Northern Hemisphere. Since plates are always moving they rub against each other in some places sink beneath each other in others, or spread apart from each other (like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge).
After all of that New York City looked like a warzone from all of the damage. Billy Bob hopeds that the storms have ended for good because he is tired of all of the stress of the storms. Billy Bob knows that he will probably not move into New York again because New York City is dilapidated. After about a year of staying in Chicago he was convinced that the storms had caused too much damagestopped for good and went back to New York Citydecided he would never go back to New York City. None of the buildings were still standing
The city was in ruins. It would probably take years and years to rebuild back to what it used to be before the storms. Billy Bob found a job as a construction worker who built houses in Chicago.. He decided to just go back to Chicago and live there for the rest of his life because it would be impossible to live with everything in ruins. In the end meteorologists figured out that the earthquakes happened because of a fault line they found running through New York. The reason nobody knew about the fault was because that it just formed about 5 years ago and just now started to have an earthquake there.
At such places the motion isn't smooth--the plates are stuck together at the edges but the rest of each plate is continuing to move, so the rocks along the edges are distorted. As the motion continues, the strain builds up to the point where the rock cannot withstand any more bending. With a lurch, the rock breaks and the two sides move. An earthquake is the shaking that radiates out from the breaking rock. Billy Bob went on to live the rest of his life in peaceiece in Chicago where he lived for the rest of this life.


Explorers of the arctic have a very unique type of job. The arctic is the area in the world, which is above 60º latitude. On Earth, we have two regions known as the arctic. In the northern hemisphere we have the Arctic Circle, which includes the North Pole, Canada, Greenland, Russia, Alaska, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Arctic Ocean. In the southern hemisphere, we have the Antarctic Circle, which can also be referred to as just Antarctica. Although there are many risks of traveling to the arctic, and some bulky equipment to carry, studying the arctic will result in benefiting us all.

Traveling to the arctic can be very risky. It is located at very high latitudes, where the ice will never vanish. It is usually very sunny, but a storm, along with snow flurries, can occur at any time. You must be prepared for rapid weather changes. The very violent storms are known as falling winds; these are very violent storms that come from the Inland Ice. The water actually becomes whipped into the air. Being in the arctic, snowstorms can result in mild to severe frostbite, snowblindness or hypothermia. If traveling by boat, being in the icy water with high-speed winds can push your boat into an iceberg, resulting in a crash.

Traveling to the arctic will require much equipment because being in the arctic, temperatures are usually –30 to –50º Fahrenheit. The wind speeds often range from 30 to 50 mph. The wind chills will usually cause the temperature to be -100º. Being this cold, you will need to have breathable under layers, heavily insulated middle layers, and waterproof outer layers for clothing. Being outside, expedition tents need to be able to withstand blowing wind and snow, and sleeping bags need to be waterproof, breathable and insulated. Explorers need to have enough essential food and water to fuel energy, warmth and survival.

You may wonder what the purpose is of traveling to the arctic. The arctic is the perfect place for biologists, glaciologists, geologists, oceanographers, atmospheric physicists, chemists and meteorologists to do their research. They study endangered species, look for cures for diseases, and examine global warming. Global warming is one of the most recent issues of today. The ice in the arctic is melting; this is caused by the air pollutants that have made a hole is the ozone layer. The ozone layer protects the earth from radiation. Since there is a hole in it, radiation is seeping through and melting the ice in the arctic; this radiation is warming up our atmosphere, which is melting the ice and also affecting our climate.

As you can see, arctic explorers have an important role on our earth. While studying the arctic, scientists can fully understand what is happening to the ice and how we can solve our current problems. In the long run our world will be safer and better, due to the exhausting work these explorers have gone through.


On the news and on any weather website you'll be shown a nice little animated map of the weather, if say a storm front is moving through, but it's usually only a half-hour long with little 7-10 min increments. I want to see back over the past few days so I can look at the weather trends and make an "informed" decision based on what I see. Is this the great secret the news agencies don't want you to know? That if we put together the tiny fragments of info they ration to us we can become better than they? I wish I was a meteorologist.


Ok, here are the characteristics of my characters. I just need names.

Ok the girl:
She is beautiful. Red hair, thick lips, green eyes, and she is very petite. She is very much into nature (the seasons, the temperature, etc.) and hopes to become a meteorologist.

The boy:
This boy has long brown hair (not like rockstar long, like skater long) with orange-ish blonde-ish highlights. He loves to skate and is very sweet. He is very popular and kind of unapproachable. Other than that this boy is GORGEOUS and hopes to become a magician. He has blue eyes and hot lips (lol)

Any ideas for these peoples names? I don't really have any good ideas.

Oh, and can you also try to think of names for their parents based on the child's characteristics.

THANKS A BUNCH!
Just letting you know, if I pick a name from your list of names without giving you credit, that would be stealing. So remember to leave your name or nickname at the bottom of every answer so if I choose you then you can get credit in my story! Thanks!





How much does a meterologist make yearly??
& What would the starting price be?
What kind of education do you need to become a meteorologist? & what all does a meteorologist do?


I would love to become a vet or doctor...and i don't mind a little blood here and there..but a lot of blood i cannot stand...im not scared of blood...but i think its gross when i see it...but im only 14...and i might get over blood being gross to me....will i ??? Also i would love to study weather like be a meteorologist ..how much do they get paid? thanks so much!!!


I have an own personal website for myself. I created it for my future life. I would like to eventually become an actor, singer, tennis player, or meteorologist. No one knows my dreams of becoming a tennis player or actor. And only a few know of me wanting to become a singer.

The main point is what should I put on my website? I'm a guy and will have just a section for guys on there as well.


ok so i was thinking of becoming a meteorologist but i know that there is a limited amount of jobs available for this field
i read that the average salary is 70K but i was reading comments from meteorologists and they said they get paid around 25K

do you think this is a good field to go into?
if not.. do u have nay suggestions?


I am currently in college, but have no set major. I basically have taken all of the core classes. I have thought about becoming a doctor, but decided against it. I am currently thinking about becoming a meteorologist for the government. I would like to know what would be a good safe career for me? I would like to make around 100K. My forte is in math. I would enjoy traveling and being outdoors, but open to any suggestions. Also I would like a career that requires only a bachelors degree, but would go to grad. school for the perfect career. Thanks in advance.


I am in the 8th grade, and we are scheduling classes now for high school. i know i have plenty of time before collage, but i really want to get an idea of what i want to be, so i know what classes to take in high school. i'm a straight a student, and have been in the honors programs since they became available. i have some ideas of what i want to do, but i just want to know how much each pays, how to become one, what EXACTLY each does, and what classes to take to prepare. my options are as follows
Meteorologist-
Middle School teacher-
Midwife-
Criminal Lawyer-
FBI/CIA agent-
Law Enforcement-

i know i should pick the one i'm most passionate about, but idk what that is yet. so the answer with the most information gets the points. thanks in advance!


I want to become a meteorologist, but i have some questions for you guys. Whats the hours? Whats the annual salary? What classes to take in high school? What to major in college? Does Purdue have it if so is it good and what gpa do you need to get into it? What degree do you need? Where is the best city or state to become a meteorologist? I will appreciate all the info you give me...please answer all of my questions and if you need to give me a website...Thanks for all of your info!!!!


According to the scientists today:

"Water vaporizes from the oceans and rivers forming tiny clouds. The small clouds join together and the updrafts within the larger cloud increase. The updrafts closer to the center are stronger, because they are protected from the cooling effects by the outer portion of the cloud. These updrafts cause the cloud body to grow vertically, so the cloud is stacked up. This vertical growth causes the cloud body to stretch into cooler regions of the atmosphere where drops of water and hail formulate and begin to grow larger and larger. When these drops of water and hail become too heavy for the updrafts to support them, they begin to fall from the cloud as rain, hail, etc."
[From "The Atmosphere" p. 269 and "Elements of Meteorology" pp. 141-142]


- Now just for the sake of argument, let us see what the "Muslim scientists" used to formulate their understandings centuries ago based on the revelation of the Quran (revealed 1400 years ago):

Have you not seen how God makes the clouds move gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a stack, and then you see the rain come out of it...

[Noble Quran 24:43]


Meteorologists have only recently come to know these details of cloud formation, structure, and function by using advanced equipment like planes, satellites, computers, balloons, and other equipment to study wind and its direction, to measure humidity and its variations, and to determine the levels and variations of atmospheric pressure.

The preceding verse, after mentioning clouds and rain, Quran speaks about hail and lightning:

... And He sends down hail from mountains (clouds) in the sky, and He strikes with it whomever He wills, and turns it from whomever He wills. The vivid flash of its lightning nearly blinds the sight.
[Noble Quran 24:43]


Meteorologists have found that these cumulonimbus clouds, that shower hail, reach a height of 25,000 to 30,000 ft. (4.7 to 5.7 miles) like mountains, as the Quran says;

...And He sends down hail from mountains (clouds) in the sky...
[Noble Quran 24:43]


Now this verse may raise the question: "Why does the verse say "its lightning" while referring to hail? This seems to indicate that hail is a major factor in producing lightning. Looking to a book on the subject (Meteorology Today) we find that it says:

"Clouds become electrified as hail falls through a region in the cloud of super cooled droplets and ice crystals. As liquid droplets collide with the hail they freeze on contact and release latent heat. This keeps the surface of the hail warmer than that of the surrounding ice crystals. When the hail comes in contact with an ice crystal, an important phenomenon occurs: electrons flow from the colder object toward the warmer object. So, the hail becomes negatively charged. The same effect occurs when super cooled droplets come in contact with a piece of hail and tiny splinters of positively charged ice break off. These lighter, positively charged particles are then carried to the upper part of the cloud by updrafts. The hail, left with a negative charge, falls toward the bottom of the cloud, so the lower part of the cloud becomes negatively charged. These negative charges are then discharged to the ground as lightning.
[Meteorology Today p. 437]


This information on lightning was discovered recently. Until 1,600 A.D., Aristotle's ideas on meteorology were dominant in the non-Muslim countries. For example, he said that the atmosphere contains two kinds of exhalation, moist and dry. He also said that thunder is the sound of the collision of the dry exhalation with the neighboring clouds, and lightning is the inflaming and burning of the dry exhalation with a thin and faint fire.
[Works of Aristotle Translated into English pp. 369 a&b]


These are some of the ideas on meteorology that were dominant at the time of the Quran's revelation, fourteen hundred years ago.


ive took the test 5 times and still failed!!!!!! im starting to have thoughts of suicide or leaving this F**king damn country I Dont Know!!!! what to do i want to become a meteorologist like my great great etc grandfather Fujita the person who founded the Fujita scale for tornados...............................HELP!!!!!!


Ok, so i have science fair in about 3 - 4 weeks, and i would like to become a meteorologist. and i would like to do an tornado experiment, i have my posterboard all figured out, but i need an example of some type. and i really do not want to get a 2-liter bottle and do that because thats kind of a little kid thing and i need some REASONABLE answers=]. im 14 years young, and in 8th grade. please help! =]thanx for your time!


What courses should I take in high school to better prepare me to become a meteorologist? I'm a Freshmen now and next year we have more choices on what to take and such.


Hey everyone. I'm a sophomore in high school now, and have been becoming really interested in two things: the weather and local TV news. I've been thinking of maybe shooting for a career in broadcast meteorology. I love to give presentations, love watching (and kind of studying!) our local newscasts, love studying about the atmospheric conditions, and most equation-type and graphing-type math is fairly easy for me. However, I'm not so great at chemistry, but really only because my teacher isn't so great.

Btw, I'm in Algebra II this year, and am taking Chemistry and Biology for my sciences. Anyways, I'm probably going full IB (International Bacculaureate, kind of like AP and Honors stuff) next year. I'm planning on taking the 2-year Physics IB course for my junior & senior years.

What classes should I try to take while I'm in high school, do during summers and for extra-curriculars, and once I get to college, what kinds of stuff do I need to do? I'm interested in LSU, which is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I'd like to be able to stay in that market area for a job if I can, but I do understand that broadcast meteorology can really "take you places," and that's OK... Also, does anyone know the yearly salary, work hours, and that kind of stuff for the TV meteorologists in the Baton Rouge metro area?

Thanks for the help!!!


I want to be a meteorologist and a storm chaser when I grow up. I'll be 17 next month. Is there an ae requirement to become a storm chaser? What are the requirements to become a certified storm chaser and how much more benefits would I have? Would I be able to stay during a mandatory evacuating to film the eye wall of a category 5 hurricane? Would I be able to film a tornado and leave the classroom if it comes to my school during the school day without getting in any trouble? Sources?


I'm interested in the weather but I also like studying parallel worlds, dimensions, and the space time continuum. Is there an aptitude test to help me decide which one I'll enjoy more?


I just want to know so that i choose the right career path