What can I do to pursuit my future career?

Question

I am 13 years old, and in 7th grade at the moment.

I have always wanted to be a meteorologist. I mean, I am sooo into weather, my favorite channel is The Weather Channel, I watch YouTube videos on storm chasers, and even right now, I am tracking a tornado that is making it's way through Greenville, NC.

What can I do right now to help with my dream?

What collage will be the best to become a meteorologist? [I would lovveeee to go to OSU]

Answer 1

I am the coordinator for the Southern Oklahoma SKYWARN Group, and track severe cell thunderstorms for the city of Ardmore. The Severe Storms Lab is in Norman, Oklahoma, with the University of Oklahoma and the best stormtrackers on the planet. That would be my recommendation. You are never too young to begin your training, and I find it admirable that you have something to strive for a such a young age. You will need to acquire your ham radio license (easy, we just tested and approved a 12 year old) and the amateur radio club that tests you can hook you up with stormtrackers in your area, even at 13. You would obviously have to ride with another tracker. Good luck my friend.

Answer 2

Penn State has a wonderful program.

Answer 3

Study

English,

Mathematics

Geography

Physics

Chem istry

at School

At University read Meteorology. To enter university you will need grades in Maths, Physics, & Geography or Chemistry.

The Royal Meteorogical Society

104 Oxford Road

Reading

RG1 7LL

www.RMets.org

has Careers Section .

Why don't you search the Web in Australia, for  the Australian meteorogical society and courses at the Australian Universities.

Answer 4

Being a meteorologist can be very interesting especially if you really love weather. You sound like someone who is really into weather and would be capable of working hard to achieve your goal of a meteorology degree. What you wrote sounded like my own autobiography. I am currently working toward getting my own degree.

Being in 7th grade, you are a long way off from going to college and it is a bit early to be considering where you will be going. However, it doesn't really hurt to start early. As for myself, I always thought that I'd be going to Oklahoma University when I was your age. I may end up going there for graduate school though. As you probably already know, Oklahoma sees the highest frequency of tornadoes out of any state in the country and that is what I'm looking for, as you seem to be too.

The most important thing you can do right now is continue learning about as many aspects of weather as you can. There are plenty of websites that will give you a load of information on severe weather, which is what you seem to be most interested in. I've learned a lot from these websites and they work well along with any classes you may be taking. Also, you want to have great math skills if you want to be a meteorologist. Math plays a very large role in meteorology so make sure you do your math hw every night. This way, when you get to high school, and then college, the "advanced" math will seem a whole lot easier if you have had good math skills early on.

This website shows which colleges in the U.S. offer meteorology degrees, because not all colleges offer this program... http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/nws/ca...

Also, this website (http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/index.... was created by National Weather Service meteorologists and has a wide variety of useful weather information.

Good luck on your endeavors and I hope that you join the meteorology community.

Answer 5

You sound like me at your age [many years ago ;)]  You'll need to enjoy math, as a degree in meteorology is heavy in that.  I went to a very good meteorology school at the University of Oklahoma.  Penn State and Florida State are very good programs as well.