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    Fantastic. Thanks for all your hard work Brett!
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    Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but yikes. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/04/california-natural-gas-leak-methane-climate-change-old-infrastructure?CMP=share_btn_tw
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    Not Arctic, but thought I'd share. http://news.agu.org/press-release/satellite-data-shows-u-s-methane-hot-spot-bigger-than-expected/
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    Just figured I'd get a main thread going for the potential impacts of the remnants of Tropical Storm Odile on the Southern Plains to organize the discussion. So far, the Euro has backed off of its prolific rainfall totals (up to 17" SW of OKC) that it showed yesterday, but forecasts keep bouncing around a bit as is to be expected, with the GFS now shifting the swath of heaviest rain into northern OK from southern KS and the 84-hr NAM doing the same. WPC Discussion Threw this together from the GFS forecast PWAT and the climatological PWAT graph from OUN to demonstrate their point: Forecast Offices Graphics Norman Amarillo Drought Monitor And just for fun, a discussion from the Oklahoma State Climatologist of the heaviest rainfall events in Oklahoma history (all due to tropical remnants): http://ticker.mesonet.org/select.php?mo=09&da=16&yr=2014
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    See edit above. I believe the extra is 91F on April 16th.
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    Adding New Brunswick, NJ through today: 90 degree days: 17 (April: 1, May: 2, June: 6, July: 8) 89 degree days: 1
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    Dr. Francis!
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    Well both our synoptic and mesoscale courses have extremely heavy focuses on forecasting (we're required to forecast every day, write summaries if we bust, use GEMPAK to forecast, etc.) but I'm not going to claim that when you graduate with a B.S. that you're a "good" forecaster just because you earned a BS and I think you know that wouldn't be true too - that was my point.
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    I think you'd be surprised at how little forecasting there is in undergrad. I mean, it is there, but it isn't a primary focus. I gather most forecasting skills are picked up along the way (using the knowledge you gained in school) and on-the-job. I know that even at bigger programs like Penn State, while graduate school is obviously researched-focused, they even have forecasting classes at the graduate level. So don't get too down about it.
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    Sean is my favorite person from NC who gives me big hugs.

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      Fozz

      Awww that's adorable!!

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    I noticed that they didn't specifically state it was 'in the field'. I wonder if that is to be implied or not? If it isn't, then I can easily see why meteorologists are so highly employed. And yeah, boo to petroleum engineering. If we were interested in that we would have gone into it... The end.
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    That and Biomedical Engineering. Would have assumed that was a big up-and-coming thing. Poor Studio Art. For the average salary, I wonder if Meteorology should be included under Physical Sciences. ~$69,000 is certainly not bad....
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    Saw an interesting "Infographic" posted this morning.... Note: Meteorologists/Atmospheric Scientists are listed as having a near-100% employment rate and is the 10th most employed field.
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    Not only do people not know (or sometimes care?) what the difference is between a watch and a warning, but I think some of the media does an awful job of communicating it. Example: My very first day here in Oklahoma last Saturday, a supercell erupted to our SE in Ada that had a tornado warning, and there were other storms around that had severe thunderstorm warnings associated with them. To my surprise, the scroll on the bottom of the screen on the local news (in Oklahoma of all places!) simply said "...A severe thunderstorm has been issued for _____". Seriously?
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    So glad to hear you're okay, JoMo, and my thoughts are with you as you deal with this. Thanks for checking in.
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    I'm minoring in Environmental Science, but do you actually think a minor really helps that much in getting employed? It is hardly the same as a double major and I don't think it makes one much more qualified to do something. Maybe just shows interest/drive?
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    That video was fantastic - the views of the mesovortices was unreal.. I'm sure they will be studied for further research.
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    Holy moly! Wow.
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    Sorry, I actually had something to add to it that was relevant (God forbid, you know?). I thought about posting it in the OT version but thought it was more pertinent here.
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    CareerCast (and I've seen this repeated on multiple other outlets) ranked being a meteorologist as the 6th best job to have in 2011. http://www.careercas...jobs-best-worst Average salary: $85,210 (methodology explains this isn't exactly an 'average') Explanation of their methodology: http://www.careercas...ted-methodology
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    Sup? :)

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    Or you could just demand that your significant other move.
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    He may be bitter, but if they did well in their classes and got internships and competed and got jobs, he has no right to blame them for that. They got it fair and square. IT doesn't make sense to dislike them because you don't deem them interested enough compared to you.
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    This is true, and a few of them remain in my classes even going to into being a Spring semester Junior. However, most of those people don't love it enough to hack the math and drop out of the major in the first two years. Besides, I know grades don't mean that much, but do the people who go into the major with that mindset normally get tons of internships and great grades? I doubt that is your main competition....
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