r/meteorology

Ab 5 years ago I went to Cancun, Mexico, and we took a bus drive up to Chichin Itza. After you get to the visitors center, you walk down this trail in the woods to the ancient city. The whole length of the trail is lined with vendors selling souvenirs on each side. However, as we walked down, every vendor there starting getting tarps and draping them over their stands as if it was going to rain. I thought it was weird, considering there was tons of blue sky and it didn’t LOOK like it was going to rain at all. But lo and behold, ab 15-20 minutes later, it suddenly started pouring down hard. And then after 30 minutes, it was gone.

Maybe it’s just cause I’m from CA, and we don’t know much about rain. But what exactly is their body sensing? Is it the humidity? Maybe the wind patterns too, or the clouds, or all of it together? Do they just have an intuitive gut feeling after living there their whole lives?

So I’m a fairly fresh grad who did a degree in physics from a prestigious UK university with upper average grades but not stellar.

I’ve always had an underlying interest in weather, especially regarding my interest in skiing and surfing/ forecasting but by no means would say I’m a hobby meteorologist although I think I am starting to lean that way.

What are my realistic routes into a career into meteorology - most likely forecasting right now or data analytics? I have been working in a hedge fund for the last year but I am not close enough to the alpha generation and I have began thinking that being a weather analyst would suit my interests well. Further to this I am also interested in the idea of just pure forecasting for military, private consultancies etc etc.

I assume I will need to get a masters but which universities are best for a fairly open ended degree where I can also learn the skills for careers outside of just being a forecaster - ideally I’d like a degree which sets me up for analytics with good data science skills. I understand Reading is good, as well as Washington and UBC.

Keen to hear anyone’s thoughts please, thanks!

Title: Kaelu - weather but better - Free

App Name: Kaelu

Weather app with rich customization, no cookies / adds / no user account & with focus on good looks.

Key Features: customizable main screen and forecast tile, live weather maps (temp, rain %, precip mm, wind, clouds, radar, ...), detailed weather screen tiles and time graphs, define your locations and GPS live (if allowed), customization (20 languages, themes, units, permissions and more)

Goal: Testing (feedback) / Launch

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kaelu.app&hl=en

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I want to do storm chasing as a professional career and I graduate high school next year I have three universities in mind but idk which one to choose or what would look good on a resume. The ones I got in mind are: University of Oklahoma, Iowa State University, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. I would be taking either a meteorology major or an atmospheric science major

Edit: Ok since most people are just saying “hobby” yes I know it’s a hobby but that’s not what I’m asking for it is a real job and it’s not just tornadoes it’s thunderstorms, snowstorms, hurricanes, etc. I wouldn’t be worrying about a hurricane since I plan on living in Oklahoma or Kansas for it and when I’m not storm chasing I’d probably be working on something else with radar work or something like that. Like I said professional career not hobby work I would be working for a weather station like NWS or KCRG depending on where I live when I start out. I’m not just doing it for hobby for work and it’s not just tornadoes it’s everything pretty much.