Clear Skies Ahead: Conversations about Careers in Meteorology and Beyond

We talk to Tim Heller, a talent coach and media weather consultant at HellerWeather in Houston, Texas, about how broadcast meteorology has evolved during his 35 years in the studio, unusual college classes worth taking, navigating station contracts, and communicating the weather in the digital age.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us: skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2020 American Meteorological Society

We talk to previous guests Elizabeth Austin, Albert Betancourt, Tony Praino, Max Vido, and Jeff Yuhas about working in weather during the pandemic.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us: skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2020 American Meteorological Society

We talk to Max Vido, a Meteorologist at ACES Power, about finding a niche in the energy and long range product line at Accuweather (his previous job), his beneficial mentoring experience with the Board of Private Sector Meteorologists at the AMS, and using climate studies and statistics while working with utility clients.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us: skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2020 American Meteorological Society

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.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Brandon M. CroseMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2019 American Meteorological Society

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.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2019 American Meteorological Society

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.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2019 American Meteorological Society

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.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2019 American Meteorological Society

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.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2019 American Meteorological Society

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.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2019 American Meteorological Society

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.

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Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Jason EmmanuelMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us skypodcast (at) ametsoc.orgCopyright © 2019 American Meteorological Society