What do you have to do to be a weather person?

Question

I am almost 12 and I am always wondering about the weather. I get up at 6:20 every weekday and watch the weather. When ever my parents whant to know what the weather will be like the next day they ask me and i practicly give then the 7 day weather forcast. But thats just from watching the news. I actualy know nothing about predicting weather. but im very intrested. How do you pridict the weather like the weather people do?

Answer 1

Hi I'm a weather person (meteorologist) and you need lots of practice in math and science. The study of weather is actually very advanced science and you may not understand a lot of the concepts until high school or college. Pay attention in all of your science classes because stuff you learn well now will help you when you get to more advanced courses.

One thing that you can do now while you're young is keep a weather journal. Many times, future weather predictions can be made by studying trends of recent days. Also, study your cloud types and take measurements of temperature and rainfall/snowfall. The more you study the weather, the more you will learn!

Here are some good websites for you to learn from:
Cloud types:
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html
Weather forecasting tips:
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/forecasttips.html
How to be a storm spotter:
http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/weather1.htm

Answer 2

the weather person does alot of studying before they say the weather they study for 2 to 3 hours a day then they start to practice how to say the weather. their are standing right in front to a green wall which is the weather redar.if you want to know more info email at [e-mail]