What does a meteorologist do
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Jim Cantore
American meteorologist
Jim Cantore | |
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| Born | James D. Cantore (1964-02-16) February 16, 1964 (age 60) Waterbury, Connecticut, US |
| Alma mater | Lyndon State College (Northern Vermont University - Lyndon, B.S., Meteorology, 1986)[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Meteorologist, The Weather Channel |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Known for | Meteorologist on the Weather Channel |
| Spouse | Tamra Zinn (m. ; div. 2009) |
| Children | 2 |
James D. Cantore (born February 16, 1964) is an American meteorologist, best known as an on-air personality for The Weather Channel.
Career
A native of Beacon Falls, Connecticut, who was raised in White River Junction, Vermont, Cantore graduated from Lyndon State College in 1986. The Weather Channel gave him his first job out of college in July of that year and he has worked there ever since. Cantore has become one of the best-known meteorologists on American television.[2] Algis Laukaitis of the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal Star re
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Alan Sealls served as a TV Chief Meteorologist in Mobile, Alabama for 24 years, first at WKRG-TV, then at NBC15. Alan holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in meteorology from Cornell University and from Florida State University, respectively. Alan is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)- a distinction held by a small fraction of meteorologists. Alan is also the 2025 President-Elect for the AMS.
Before arriving in Mobile in 1999, Alan was a meteorologist at the NBC TV station in Chicago. Prior to that he spent 5 years at Chicago superstation WGN-TV. While there, he was a meteorology professor at Columbia College in Chicago. He worked as a meteorologist at WTMJ-TV & Radio, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after starting his career in Albany, Georgia, at WALB-TV.
Alan continues as an adjunct professor, teaching weather broadcasting at the University of South Alabama, each spring. Alan was the 2018 President of the National Weather Association (NWA). He has served as both a Councilor and a Board Chair for both the NWA and the AMS. He often is a gues
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Meteorologist
Scientist specialising in meteorology
Meteorologist studying tornadoes during VORTEX projects | |
| Synonyms | Weather forecaster |
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Activity sectors | Meteorology |
Education required | Minimum B.Sc. in meteorology |
Fields of | Research, teaching and operational |
Related jobs | Climatologist |
A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather.[1] Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while those using mathematical models and knowledge to prepare daily weather forecasts are called weather forecasters or operational meteorologists.[2]
Meteorologists work in government agencies, private consulting and research services, industrial enterprises, utilities, radio and television stations, and in education. They are not to be confused with weather presenters, who present the weather forecast in the media and range in training from journalists having just minimal training in
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