Before we get totally professional, let me tell you about my days before college. I was a weatherman in Jr high and High school And while I was on the morning announcements doing the weather (and ironically getting better ratings than the normal announcements), that's when I became totally involved on being the weatherman I wanted to be since kindergarden. Mind you I didn't make my own foecasts like I do now, but I didn't know everything about the weather like I learned how to do over at Penn State between 1992 and 1996.
But for those who want to know me more
professionally, A few things that someone would be interested in is
my resume
of my professional experience. As well, from my days in college, here
is a little class paper in which was actually viewed in a good light,
on polarized
light. From my after college but pre-professional days (before
bring hired by World
Weatherwatch , here's a sample
forecast that is not currently updated, but here for demonstration
purposes in TV board, text, and audio. But now I make audio for real again, this time for a company based out of St Paul called Weather Eye. And here is a link to my
recent past employers. Also,
here is a link to a favorite professor of mine there by the name of
Dr. Allistar Fraser (who just to
happens to be now retired and in the BC interior) .
here's some data for those who like to see what is going on......
Starting off with
views overlooking the US and Canada from the atlantic: courtesy of
the University of Wisconsin: IR
, visible
, and water
vapor . From the pacific, the IR
, the visible
, and the water
vapor .
In the radar section, there are a few sites of interest for PA and Toronto that are available from the Weather underground , the National Weather Service , and the Weather Channel Also, the weather network in canada has some radars and local conditions, but the radars are now only up to 20 minutes old, thanks to Environment Canada.
doppler circles (the only links for circles will be through the nws, since the html is more stable for all browsers, with the last 3 cities being southern ontario) : Philadelphia , New York City/Brookhaven , Binghamton , Buffalo , Detroit , Austin/Waco area, King city, Britt, or Exeter
regular radar shots(centered on a few cities): New York City , Chicago , Mobile , Dallas-Ft worth, and Ontario .
For most of the model and surface data, there are a few generalized sites that are listed first.
Penn State (generaly running well now)
and the University of Wisconsin
And now for more specific sites dealing with just weather forecast models:
COLA/IGES with ETA,AVN/MRF, and RUC
the US Navy with the NOGAPS
the European Meteorological Centre's ECMWF
As for what my plans are looking like in
the future, I am now working here in the USA, specifically in St Paul, MN for a company called WeatherEye Radio Network, as of Jan 15th.
It's
nothing against where I was working at and nothing against
Canada, since the Canadian people are generous and generally good. As
well, I have nothing against the company I used to work at since they acually
gave me the break I was needing to get into the field after college,
and there are great forecasters there that I worked with on a daily
basis.
But because of a cascade of events that started with some lady (probably needing something to get a promotion) at Canadian Immigration causing a whole unnecessary ruckus on an otherwise clean record, that led me in a very mis-leading and emotional path, and after nearly 18 months as a free agent and back in the US, I am finally back and going. So now I am no longer available to any other forecasting or media companies for the next little while. Nothing personal, just business.
That being said, I have to admit there are a few brands of colored pencils I'd like to endorse here , because these brands are the best ones I have found in quality when drawing fronts and precip areas on maps. They are prang , and Laurentian (a mainly canadian brand, but a quality front-drawing pencil in its own right). And for other endorsements, all I have to say there is that look at my links and see where they go.
but as for now, thanks for stopping
here. if you want to see the less-serious
side, I'll see you there. If not, thanks for stopping by. The
e-mail link is available at the front page and on my resume if you
have any comments or aspirations to bring me back sooner. :)
