An eight-minute commute, key forecast decisions and a late night at the office are all part of a typical workday for this AccuWeather meteorologist.
Before AccuWeather, I worked at WeatherFlow, where I was a senior customer service agent. I also worked as a weather tutor at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, in tandem with the customer service role.I have been passionate about meteorology since childhood. I grew up in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., where my dad was a palm tree farmer. I would help him cover the palm trees for the first winter frost, and any time there was severe weather in the forecast, my dad and I would be looking for it.
I was so excited to finally get an internship at AccuWeather in 2016. I made the 24-hour drive from my home in Florida for the internship — totally worth it! After I graduated, I was hired by AccuWeather full time., Tom, who proposed during a tornado storm chase. Beyond my personal life, it is rewarding to be helping people, communities and businesses navigate the most challenging and volatile weather we have seen in decades, and to also be helping save lives and livelihoods.
On days that I am not the primary decision-maker, I am either on the warning desk or forecasting for the next big storm at AccuWeather’s Severe Weather Center in Wichita. At this hub, we prepare customers for blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and many other kinds of severe weather across the United States, Canada and Mexico, supported by our meteorology team at our Global Weather Center in State College, Pa., and in other locations globally.
My responsibilities in this role include providing companies with emergency weather briefings — for example, one day I supported a Fortune 500 company with a tropical briefing for a landfalling hurricane, issued snow warnings and forecast severe weather.Here is a peek inside AccuWeather operations on a day with a severe weather outbreak. This is one of the busiest types of days we have.
On a normal day where I can get out of work on time, I would go and enjoy high-intensity hot yoga, bike down the river or take a walk with my dog, Piper. Unfortunately, the weather has decided that won’t be happening today.I’m pushing 11 hours now, but I am still needed. Because of the personal relationships we’ve built with our clients, we call them by phone if they don’t confirm an immediate tornado warning so they can make the best weather-related decisions.
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