What do you do to become a "weather person?" Degre

[flightwxman]

I hate to bump such an old topic, but i had a question....

Is anyone on the boards affiliated or even familiar with aviation weather...FSS's, Airports, Dispatchers, etc..

I should be heading into the flight (aviation) weather field and some advice would be great...

If I do happen to be the first though, i guess that would be cool too!!

[vbhoutex]

Check your pms.

[ohiostorm]

I am going to the California University of Pennsylvania for Meteorology. I'm trying to stay away from the broadcast side of it. I want to either focus on getting into the NWS or studying severe weather and working at the NSSL or NHC.

Here is a list of what I have to take to get my Bachelors...

First Semester 15 credits
UNI 100 First Year Seminar 1 cr.
ENG 101 English Comp I 3 crs.
EAS 240 Meteorology 4 crs.
General Education Intro to Geology recommended 4 crs.
General Education College Algebra recommended 3 crs.

Second Semester 15 credits
ENG 102 English Comp II 3 crs.
EAS 163 Intro to Oceanography 3 crs.
EAS 242 Climatology 3 crs.
EAS 311 Geographic Info Systems 3 crs.
General Education Course 3 crs.

Third Semester 16 credits
EAS 202 Hydrology 3 crs.
EAS 340 Synoptic Meteorology 3 crs.
Meteorology Elective 3 crs.
Tools/Skills Elective 3 crs.
General Education Course 4 crs.
College Physics recommended

Fourth Semester 15 credits
EAS 445 Advanced Synoptic Meteorology 3 crs.
Tools/Skills Elective 3 crs.
General Education Courses 6 crs.
Elective Course 3 crs.

Fifth Semester 15 credits
EAS 452 Physical Meteorology 3 crs.
EAS 465 Seminar in Atmos. Science 3 crs.
Meteorology Elective 3 crs.
Tools/Skills Elective 3 crs.
General Education Course 3 crs.

Sixth Semester 15 credits
Meteorology Elective Courses 6 crs.
Tools/Skills Elective 3 crs.
General Education Course 3 crs.
Elective Course 3 crs.

Seventh Semester 15 credits
Meteorology Elective Courses 6 crs.
Tools/Skills Elective 3 crs.
General Education Course 3 crs.
Elective Course 3 crs.

Eighth Semester 15 credits
Meteorology Elective 3 crs.
General Education Course 3 crs.
C+ Programming recommended
Elective Courses 9 crs.

[flightwxman]

Interesting....Not much math in there...Have you spoken to anyone (advisor, etc) cuz I'm under the impression that if you want to get into the "research" field of meteorology (work for the govt), you've gotta take tons of math...differential equations and all that...BUT...If you know otherwise, please do tell..

[ohiostorm]

I know I have to have up to Calculus 4 to graduate. Other then that, I'm not sure.