Kevin Selle
Wichita Falls, TX
Male, 52
I've been a broadcast meteorologist on television since the early 1990's. Happy to answer any questions about the weather or local TV news. Yes, I often wear sneakers on set just out of view of the camera.
Actually an excellent question. "Meteor" comes from the Greek for "raised from the ground, lofty, hanging", and "logy" is "account, explanation, study". A "hydrometeor" is any water or ice particle in the atmosphere, so "hydrometeorology" is probably a better choice. Hmmm...now I need new business cards...
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Hmmm...trick question. I guess my hope is that the one that has the best meteorology chops gets the job. That said, different markets, and more and more these days, different stations, have different requirements. I recently saw an ad for a weather person in which the bulk of the job description asked for someone who was not afraid to give their opinions on the news stories of the day. Thanks, Drew.
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Hi, Ken. Big range of answers. At a base level salaries are reflective of the size of the city (we call them "markets"). A beginning TV meteorologist is likely to start by doing the weekend shift in a small market where they might also do some news reporting a couple days per week. Salary in this situation might be between $20,000 and $30,000. From there it does up well into six figures for many larger markets. Most are paid an annual salary.
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A lot of meteorologists have some story as to why they got into weather, often times some big event sparked their interest. Many of us are technology geeks so you probably can't go wrong asking about computers and phones and such. Good luck!
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Excellent question, and I wish there were a standard answer. Warning sirens are controlled by emergency management officials and local governments. There is no standard procedure. As a partial answer to your question, local TV meteorologists have no control over the sirens. I would suggest you contact your local National Weather Service office. They can give you information on how sirens are handled in your town. Go to weather.gov and click on your area on the map. This will take you to your local office page. Let me know if you have any trouble and we will try another path. Thanks!
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Hi, Walt! Depends on the person. If you are really a weather geek you might want a place other than SoCal, that said, even San Diego has some interesting weather. Broadly the interests break down into severe weather, tropical, and winter (don't understand the winter folks personally). Every location has some local weather that is unique. For me, the worst thing is being stuck in a boring pattern. Thanks!
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In the shadow of Mt. Monadnock...nice! The average high for Jaffrey for that day is right at 70 degrees, the average low is 50. At the beginning of June the warmest temperature of a sunny day would be around 4 to 5:00pm, sunset is at 8:20, so if it is a perfectly average day (and few are) I would say it would be falling through the 60's durning the wedding and perhaps in to the upper 50's near the end of the reception. Good luck and congrats!!
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