Meteorologist Job Description
Meteorologist
provides hourly aviation forecasts for both surface and in-flight aviation specific weather parameters in the 0-24 hour domain, utilizing advanced forecasting modeling and workstation technology.
Meteorologist Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Produce weather graphics and analyze data from the National Weather Service other meteorological sources
Work with the producers and news team to create complete coverage of weather
Make all decisions with weather warning notifications
Produce and deliver live, authoritative, compelling weathercasts which includes fill-in work on KING-TV
Gather, interpret, and deliver weather information using state-of-the-art weather technology across various distribution platforms including radio, the Internet, and mobile with special emphasis on social media publishing and blogging
Must be willing to work various shifts including early morning and weekend shifts
May be required to field report weather-related news stories
Will constantly reach out to viewers and users on all social media and the station’s web page
Will fight to get into work during severe weather and will never wait for a call
Have a degree in meteorology and on-air forecasting experience
Meteorologist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Meteorologist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: WSR-88D, WFO, AMS, NWA, CAT
Education for Meteorologist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the meteorologist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Meteorology, Science, Education, Journalism, Television, Natural Science, Communications, Social Media, Hydrology, Computer Science
Skills for Meteorologist
Desired skills for meteorologist include:
Weather science and forecasting
Broadcast quality camera equipment
Similar editing equipment
Final Cut Pro editing systems
Weather data interpretation and forecasting
WSI
Flight planning in preparing the flight plans and packages for upcoming trips
Meteorology in preparing weather packages for upcoming trips
ENPS helpful
WSI and WeatherBug equipment
Desired experience for meteorologist includes:
Innovative, organized, and results-oriented
Must have strong knowledge of local and national weather
Ability to assemble high quality video and editorial content
Appear comfortable on camera
Must demonstrate leadership and people skills
Knowledge and expectation of social media work
Meteorologist Examples
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Meteorologist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of meteorologist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for meteorologist
- Report and/or do live shots on stories related to weather, environment, science, NASA, community events
- Must be available to work shifts that include weekends, nights and overnights
- Provide hourly aviation forecasts for both surface and in-flight aviation specific weather parameters in the 0-24 hour domain, utilizing advanced forecasting modeling and workstation technology
- Actively participate in daily Global Forecast Center weather briefings
- Provide detailed forecast information for anticipated significant weather events
- Identifying project opportunities and prepare proposals for projects, including estimating the time required and resources
- As a meteorologist, you will be responsible for the content of on-air and digital platforms
- As a reporter, you will need the skills to tell compelling stories
- Supports aircraft operations, research groups and the surface, upper air and climatological programs
- Prepares, launches and monitors upper air sounding equipment and evaluates, encodes, decodes and transmits the acquired data to organizations worldwide in a timely manner
Qualifications for meteorologist
- Ability to work with an energetic team in making editorial decisions about multimedia coverage and content
- Television weather producing/anchoring experience, preferably five years in top 20 market
- Degree in Meteorology or similar field
- Must have the ability to work flexible and sometimes long hours due to the nature of weather events in Texas
- Must have excellent writing, verbal, and presentation skills in Spanish
- Minimum of two years of experience as a television weather meteorologist/anchor
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Our company is looking to fill the role of meteorologist. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for meteorologist
- Prepares work schedules and evaluates the work performance of other meteorologists in order to provide 24 hour, 7 days per week operations in support of USAP activities
- Observes, records and encodes surface weather in METAR and synoptic WMO coded format on an hourly basis during the austral summer and on a six hourly basis during the winter
- Maintains and updates office records, manuals, inventory supplies, and meteorological products to ensure NWS and WMO compliance
- Coordinates the completion of preventive maintenance schedules, repairs and the replacement of meteorological systems
- Maintains inventory controls and logs for the department
- Assists in maintaining inventory controls and logs for the department
- Conducts all operations in accordance with the ASC standard operating procedures
- As required, actively participates in other general station operations including assistance in keeping buildings clean, re-supply, and inventorying of station supplies, galley support, and cargo handling
- Interacts with National Science Foundation, military and other agency officials
- Assists in the preparation of the weekly, monthly and annual climatogical and administrative reports
Qualifications for meteorologist
- Strong understanding of associated weather equipment
- Weather seal required
- Must have the ability to work flexible and sometimes long hours due to the nature of weather events in New England
- Must be willing to report to work in emergencies depending upon news coverage
- Must be willing to work in the Boston area and able to travel as needed
- Knowledge of Barons weather systems is preferred
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of meteorologist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for meteorologist
- Maintains a safe workplace and ensures that safety is the highest priority in the workplace
- Energize and monitor all weather station systems and equipment for proper operation
- Receive weather data from previous 24 hour cycle and annotate on Federal Meteorological Forms
- Prepare, change and annotate weather data charts, which include runway winds, temperature, dew point, rainfall level and barometric pressure
- Take hourly and special airways surface and synoptic weather observations
- Tailor regional weather forecasting products to reflect unique local weather conditions as required developing a local 24 hour Weather Forecast
- Prepare weather charts, satellite photos and adaptive forecasts for daily weather briefings to the Commanding Officer, Range Operations, Air Operations, Range Programs and their on-site customers as required
- Take visual wave and tidal observations
- Monitors all incoming weather reports and conditions
- Take weekly Upper Air Rawinsonde and special observations as required for operational support
Qualifications for meteorologist
- Must have experience live in studio on location
- Must have knowledge of NH
- Must be able to update web weather information
- Ability to stream weather video and weathercast preferred
- Must handle multiple weather forecasting platforms including television, web, radio, newspaper and mobile-cast
- Ability to shoot, edit and report stories do traditional weathercasts
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of meteorologist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for meteorologist
- Performs as liaison with personnel of other government agencies or support contractors to insure proper coordination of support/logistics involving PMRF Range Operations or other command requirements
- Provide meteorological support during PMRF Range Operations covering the pre-launch, real-time and post-operational phases
- Provide inputs for the monthly Contractor Activity Report which addresses all significant work performed in the Meteorological Section
- Updates the PMRF Meteorological web site current and operational
- Able to operate the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) and the Vaisala Upper Air System
- Will be trained/appointed the custodians of the Weather stations Property, Key Control, Fire Warden programs
- Analyzes weather data and presents a forecast for WHAS11 weather segments
- Makes weather forecasts - draws charts to be transferred into computer graphics form
- Gathers weather data, evaluates, and interprets it from weather sources
- Provides weather content to WHAS11.com and other digital platforms including forecasts, and blogs
Qualifications for meteorologist
- AMS Seal preferred
- Demo reel that shows daily weathercasts severe weather coverage
- Aviation forecasting experience preferred
- Specialized training and work experience in Weather and/or aviation industry
- Knowledge of ATC regulations, understanding of flight planning systems
- Bachelor's degree in meteorology or related science
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of meteorologist. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for meteorologist
- Using advanced knowledge of flight planning in preparing the flight plans and packages for upcoming trips
- Troubleshoot large systems of computer applications being executed by complex UNIX scripts on a High Performance Computer in an LINUX environment
- Analyze, evaluate and implement planned, operational modifications in time-critical operational situations
- Develop test plans for complex systems with numerous interdependencies between components
- Implement a suite of applications while maximizing the utilization and efficiency of memory, disk and system resources
- Provide call back support during non-standard hours
- Utilize Configuration Management principals in the design and implementation of changes to the NCEP Production Suite
- Provide customer support concerning any operational issues and ensure that implementations and upgrades are properly coordinated and tested
- Work in a team environment to provide operational support
- Prepare and deliver written and verbal weather briefs
Qualifications for meteorologist
- Compelling on-air presence - crisp, clear, and confidant
- Technical knowledge of Weather Central systems preferred
- The successful candidate will working knowledge of the various intelligence disciplines and the Intel Community
- Bachelor’s degree in meteorology or related field from an accredited college/university according to the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), Master’s or Ph.D
- Background in counter proliferation and WMD
- Demonstrated conducting research and analysis that aid in the identification of potential biological/chemical weapons