I’m 35 now, but remember wanting to be a meteorologist when I was 10. I was just fascinated by thunderstorms and would spend hours on end on unsettled summer days waiting for the afternoon storms to pop up. By the the time I was 15, however, I realised I had to be REALLY good at mathematics if I wanted to study meteorology at university and make a career out of it. I was always terrible at maths and always hated it as a subject - even basic algebra was beyond me. If this were a motivational memory I’d tell you I buckled down, paid attention in my math classes and started to get it... but instead I dropped mathematics and hard science as soon as I could in high school, focused on the social sciences and went to law school. I still love watching those summer storms roll in, though.
This is definitely one of the more 'digestible' videos about severe ingredients on the internet. Thanks very much! Also, are non US nationals welcome to attend the spotter training seminars? We are an amateur severe weather monitoring group from the UK who come to the US to observe storms. Thanks
Watching this tonight because the scheduled webinar I signed up for is full. I cannot get on to view it so I am brushing up where I can. Thanks for the video. Informative and entertaining.
I went into programming when I attended university, but I find myself still fascinated with storm tracking. I'll likely never do any actual chasing, better to leave that to professionals, but I do alert my friends whenever severe weather is likely for their areas. They do the same for me.
The only thing that I didn't like about the video is it wasn't long enough other than that it was very interesting and informative thanks so much for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🌪️
