Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

Hi,
I was looking around at colleges (always like to have an idea of the future,
even if it's 4 years away and can change a lot in that time) and the only
one I could find that offered both meteorology and interior design was the
University of Florida in Tallahassee. I'd like to aim higher than that, but
it doesn't look like I can and still double major in those fields, so I know
I'll eventually have to pick one. So I'd like to know...

1. How much the average meteorologist gets paid (say, behind the scenes on
the Weather Channel or something, not on air)
2. Supply/Demand of meteorologists - not the exact numbers of course, that'd
be next to impossible, just relative. (example there's a high demand for
nurses but a low supply so it's easy to get a job in that field, but a low
demand for actors and a high supply so it's hard to get a job as one)
3. How easy/hard it is to go far as a meteorologist (to get to a point say,
like, Dr. Gregg Forbes on the Weather Channel as a severe storm specialist)
4. What you have to do after college to become one
5. Anything else helpful/reccomendations

Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:55:15 GMT,
~~SciGirl~~ , in
DgS1e.45866$db6.1781@trndny02 wrote:

+ I was looking around at colleges (always like to have an idea of the future,
+ even if it's 4 years away and can change a lot in that time) and the only
+ one I could find that offered both meteorology and interior design was the
+ University of Florida in Tallahassee.

Strange...I could have sworn that UF was in Hog...errr...Gainesville.
I wonder if they moved in the middle of the night, whilst I was asleep?

;-)

+ I'd like to aim higher than that, but

FSU's meteorology program is actually pretty highly regarded.

+ it doesn't look like I can and still double major in those fields, so I know
+ I'll eventually have to pick one. So I'd like to know...

Well, you could pick interior design and applied math or physics. Then
jump to grad school and pick up a meteorlogy degree if you
choose. Meteorology has lots of math and lots of physics, in addition
to weather and climate. The better your background in both, the easier
it will be once you do hit college.

James
--
Consulting Minister for Consultants, DNRC
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow
isn't looking good, either.
I am BOFH. Resistance is futile. Your network will be assimilated.

Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

In article DgS1e.45866$db6.1781@trndny02,
"~~SciGirl~~" wrote:

5. Anything else helpful/reccomendations

Be careful if going to work in Russia. Meteorologists there are now
liable for costs incurred for bad/good forecasts!

Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

In article DgS1e.45866$db6.1781@trndny02,

"~~SciGirl~~" wrote:
5. Anything else helpful/reccomendations

Be careful if going to work in Russia. Meteorologists there are now
liable for costs incurred for bad/good forecasts!

In Soviet Russia, weather forcasts YOU!

Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

Where do you live, and what part of the country would you like to go to
school in? What are your school experiences (high school,
college,etc.)? Do you just want to be a meteorologist just to be on
TV, or do you want to really study weather and do research? David
Letterman was a TV weatherman.
Do you have any particular area of weather you're interested in? A lot
of people are interested in severe weather (hurricanes, tornadoes and
severe storms, lightening, etc.). Others are interested in computer
modeling for forecasting. Each school will have strong points and
areas of specialty. In addition, due to the location of some
colleges/universities, local federal or civillian agencies offer
internships for college students. Again, what they do depends upon
where they are located. Tell us more about wat you want to do as a
meteorologist.

Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

"I R A Darth Aggie" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:55:15 GMT,
~~SciGirl~~ , in
DgS1e.45866$db6.1781@trndny02 wrote:

+ I was looking around at colleges (always like to have an idea of the
future,
+ even if it's 4 years away and can change a lot in that time) and the
only
+ one I could find that offered both meteorology and interior design was
the
+ University of Florida in Tallahassee.

Strange...I could have sworn that UF was in Hog...errr...Gainesville.
I wonder if they moved in the middle of the night, whilst I was asleep?

No, there are just several different "Universities of Florida".

;-)

+ I'd like to aim higher than that, but

FSU's meteorology program is actually pretty highly regarded.

+ it doesn't look like I can and still double major in those fields, so I
know
+ I'll eventually have to pick one. So I'd like to know...

Well, you could pick interior design and applied math or physics. Then
jump to grad school and pick up a meteorlogy degree if you
choose. Meteorology has lots of math and lots of physics, in addition
to weather and climate. The better your background in both, the easier
it will be once you do hit college.

Would that take more than four years?

James
--
Consulting Minister for Consultants, DNRC
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow
isn't looking good, either.
I am BOFH. Resistance is futile. Your network will be assimilated.

Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

wrote in message
oups.com...
Where do you live, and what part of the country would you like to go to
school in?

Massachusetts, and I'd like to attend college in the West or the Southeast.
I can't stand the climate here.

What are your school experiences (high school,
college,etc.)?

Middle school. I'm planning my high school schedule for next year according
to what I'll need for college. I like to look ahead, far ahead. I already
know most of the high school science curriculum though (physics and chem)
from studying on my own, but only basic algebra for math.

Do you just want to be a meteorologist just to be on
TV, or do you want to really study weather and do research? David
Letterman was a TV weatherman.

Definitely study and research. I don't really want to be on TV, except maybe
minimally if I was a specialist in something.

Do you have any particular area of weather you're interested in? A lot
of people are interested in severe weather (hurricanes, tornadoes and
severe storms, lightening, etc.).

Severe storms. I'm fascinated by the electromagnetic testing for tornadoes
described in the topic, "Tornado Advisory".

Others are interested in computer
modeling for forecasting. Each school will have strong points and
areas of specialty. In addition, due to the location of some
colleges/universities, local federal or civillian agencies offer
internships for college students. Again, what they do depends upon
where they are located. Tell us more about wat you want to do as a
meteorologist.


What I'm really looking for is somewhere with both really good meteorology
and interior design programs. It seems there are hardly any that even have
both, let alone have good ones in both. If I decide to focus on interior
design I'd go to UCLA, and I don't know yet for meteorology, (that's why I'm
asking) but at the time being I'd really like to do both.

Thanx.

Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

What kind of costs?
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Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

"I R A Darth Aggie" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:55:15 GMT,
~~SciGirl~~ , in
DgS1e.45866$db6.1781@trndny02 wrote:

Well, you could pick interior design and applied math or physics. Then
jump to grad school and pick up a meteorlogy degree if you
choose. Meteorology has lots of math and lots of physics, in addition
to weather and climate. The better your background in both, the easier
it will be once you do hit college.

James
--
Consulting Minister for Consultants, DNRC
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow
isn't looking good, either.
I am BOFH. Resistance is futile. Your network will be assimilated.

By the way, if it helps, another piece of my criteria is I want my job to
involve travel - not too often, but some. I don't know how much of that you
get with meteorology OR with interior design.

Pros and cons - being a meteorologist
 

I'd look at the Univ. of Okla. Right in the heart of severe storm
country! It's where the National Severe Storms Lab is located (in
Norman ,not at OU...yet). They have a world-recognized metorology
program (see http://weather.ou.edu/ ), plus an architecture-based
interior design degree program (see
http://www.ou.edu/architecture/advising.htm#ugrad ). The university is
building a new weather research center, which shoud be completed by the
time you get ready to attend. The new center will house th OU School
of Meteorology as well as the Natn'l Severe Storms Lab.