Clear Skies Ahead: Conversations about Careers in Meteorology and Beyond

We talk to Jeff Yuhas, a K-12 science teacher at the Morristown-Beard School, about a blizzard interrupting his childhood paper route, watching the clock tick backwards during his consulting career, and the advantages of teaching in either public or private schools. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Brandon M. CroseMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources:  h...

We talk to Ronelle Williams, a Broadcast Meteorologist at KSNW-TV, about why Walmart deserves credit while he was putting his first reel together, trading jokes with Al Roker, and being in the field during a hail storm. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources:  https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-ca...

We talk to Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography at the University of Georgia, about getting stung by a honeybee, appearing in front of Congress at NASA's behest, and the ivory tower in science and academia. He was also a past AMS president and we talk about that leadership experience. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie an...

We talk to Albert Betancourt, Catastrophe Management Analyst at American Family Insurance, about taking a road trip with his dog and discovering that insurance catastrophe modeling was his dream job, how he uses geographic informational systems (GIS), and why insurances companies buy reinsurance. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. C...

We talk to Elizabeth Austin, Forensic Meteorologist and CEO of WeatherExtreme, about the public speaking skills needed to give depositions and testimony in the courtroom, how she was able to start her own business while teaching snowmaking and avalanche control in Lake Tahoe, and the impact of weather conditions on litigation. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve...

We talk to Elliot Abrams, Broadcast Meteorologist and Senior Vice President at AccuWeather (now retired), about why human meteorologists won’t lose their jobs to computers, the stress of covering a major weather event, and how George Washington used a personal forecast to win the Battle of Princeton in 1777. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by...

We talk to  Mona Behl, Oceanographer and Associate Director of NOAA's Sea Grant Program about the first time she saw the ocean, using science to inform public policy choices, managing publicly funded research, and the mentoring tradition in Indian culture. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources:  https://www.a...

We talk to Tony Praino, Chief Engineer and Meteorologist at IBM Research about the allied skills of engineering and programming for the field of meteorology, his early work on digital storage systems, and the implications of the acquisition of The Weather Company by IBM. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources:...

Our second episode of Clear Skies Ahead features Jim Kurdzo, a radar meteorologist at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, about the different programming languages used for radar analysis and algorithm development, and the occasional disconnect in radar meteorology between electrical engineering and atmospheric science. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by...

In our first full episode, we talk to Jen Henderson, an interdisciplinary social scientist at CIRES, about her early training as a creative writer, her interest in the life of Dr. Tetsuya Fujita, and conducting focus groups with forecasters. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason Emmanuel Music by Steve Savoie Produced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources:  https://www.ametsoc.org/in...

In this first "teaser" episode of Clear Skies Ahead, learn all about the American Meteorological Society's newest podcast and meet some of the professionals working in weather, water, and climate sciences that you'll get to know in future episodes. Subscribe today in your podcatcher of choice! Our first full episode drops Tuesday, 29 October 2019.Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Stev...