Should I be a weather reporter?

Question

on a weather station? What is it like? What education do you need?

Answer 1

The correct term is a meteorologist. "Weather reporters" are those with no real meteorological experience, they are doing just that, reporting the weather they copy from a credible source to make it seem like they actually did work.

If you want to be a meteorologist that's great, at a news station or a government facility is great as well. It's really fun if you have a true passion for it and of course like dealing with the media. It's a great field to go into and depending on how passionate you are about will determine how far you get in the field and at times family and friends may not understand your lifestyle because it is very time consuming and most people who are in the media are very career driven, so at times having a social life could be out there. Especially if you work weird hours throughout your first couple of years but that's small. Overall meteorology is amazing but it's not easy it takes ALOT of work to become one which so few people know. You have to get a degree in either Atmospheric science or meteorology and it involves a lot of math and science.

Upon going to college, classes you should really focus on are of course all of your meteorology courses which when you take the major they will already have those set out for you. They include an intro class, weather analysis, Thermodynamics and Kinematics, Physical meteorology, Meteorological instruments, climatology, weather forecasting, mathematics in meteorology, geography, Synoptic and Mesoscale meteorology and such. The names differ at various colleges but it's basically the same. Ask anyone and the class you will most likely go crazy in a bad way is Thermodynamics, it's ridiculously hard, but rewarding. Other must have classes that any school will make you take are Calculus,1, 2, and 3. Differential Equations, at least 1 year of Physics, at least 3 hours of Chemistry, statistics, computer science. To name a few. Just make sure you are really strong in your math and science departments with those courses mentioned above or it will be difficult for you to follow along. If you want a Tv Career, to be high marketable will you will also need the AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal. It's not required but most stations are asking for it now and you can't get it unless you have a degree in meteorology, it's a requirement, basically to weed out the fakes, in a nice way, and keep the credibility of meteorologists up. Oh and try internships at news stations as well, you have to be attending college for most of them because they are unpaid and require college credit.

Side courses that will benefit you as well are voice production classes, broadcast journalism, media ethics, and video production classes. These days you have to be the jack of all trades at stations so knowing how to shoot, or edit, all those things make you marketable as well.  

Answer 2

I'd say for starters english, creative writing, jounalism(even though it's weather), computer skills are a must. Then meterology, and video journalism.  

Answer 3

The term is "meteorologist". You need to check with your local college or do an Internet search to find the education you'll need. In USA, some of our colleges used to have meteorology as a 'major' although they were community colleges and not universities. I say, GO FOR IT!

Answer 4

you need a degree in meteoroligy