Typical Day In The Life Of A NWS Employee
Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:12 pm
# Get to work at 745am, take briefing from midnight shift. Help do a second launch of a weather balloon.
# Assure three phone callers that the object they saw fly over their house at 630 this morning was just a weather balloon, not a UFO.
# Analyze the 300 mb, 500 mb, 700 mb, 850 mb, and surface charts.
# Tell the mayors office that the shaking of the ground felt 15 minutes ago was most likely war games from the local military base.
# Issue update to terminal forecast.
# Look at the upper air soundings.
# Update the latest forecast package.
# Receive 20 more calls about a possible earthquake.
# Analyze latest surface chart.
# Call the earthquake center in Colorado to make sure there was not an earthquake.
# Look at computer models.
# Issue morning discussion
# Fill out the severe thunderstormchecklist.
# Call the mayors office back to assure them that indeed the earthquake center has no indication of earthquake activities in the area.
# Issue morning update to marine forecast.
# Tell a caller that you can't give them a forecast for their son's wedding that will be in three months.
# Analyze latest surface chart.
# Give a tour of the office for 50 3rd graders.
# Issue your terminal forecasts.
# Issue morning update to public forecast.
# Switch the transmitters on NOAA Weather Radio.
# Look at computer models.
# Coordinate with surrounding offices about the timing of the snow in the mountains.
# Issue your aviation route forecasts.
# Talk to the severe storms forecasters about the possibility of a severe thunderstorm watch in the area for the afternoon.
# Tell a caller that you have no idea where the best fishing is going to be tomorrow.
# Put more paper in the computer printer.
# Grab a cracker and a soda for lunch from your locker on the way to sharpen your pencil.
# Troubleshoot your computer as to why the program that plots the upper air sounding is not working.
# Look at computer models.
# Analyze latest surface chart.
# Receive a severe thunderstorm watch from the severe storms forecasters.
# Reissue the watch for the local area.
# Call everyone who needs to know about the watch.
# Look at computer models.
# Start picking up strong thunderstorms on the radar.
# Issue afternoon discussion.
# Call in extra help.
# Put the building and all components on backup power just in case of a lightningstrike.
# Issue update to terminal forecast.
# Issue update to route forecast.
# Call the local Ham Radio operators to activate the Skywarn network so we can receive reports of severe weather.
# Analyze latest surface chart.
# Issue a severe thunderstorm warning.
# Issue another severe thunderstorm warning.
# Issue afternoon marine forecast.
# Issue 4 more severe thunderstorm warnings and 2 tornado warnings.
# Issue a flash flood warning.
# Go to the bathroom.
# Analyze the latest surface chart.
# Issue afternoon public forecast.
# Brief the evening shift
# Stay an extra two hours to help out with the severe weather.
# Go home at 6pm.
I thought that was pretty good, kudo's to NWS Morehead/Newport, NC Office for posting that. I was searching through some of their old webpages and found some awesome information that they no longer have posted, and that was one of them. Also of note was this written at the bottom of the page:
THANK YOU, AN' Y'ALL COME BACK NOW, Y'HEAR!!!! (remember, this at the time was on the official webpage for Newport NWS!
)
Welcome to the South, Amen! I just thought it was interesting and that I would pass it along, hoping I posted this in the right section.
# Assure three phone callers that the object they saw fly over their house at 630 this morning was just a weather balloon, not a UFO.
# Analyze the 300 mb, 500 mb, 700 mb, 850 mb, and surface charts.
# Tell the mayors office that the shaking of the ground felt 15 minutes ago was most likely war games from the local military base.
# Issue update to terminal forecast.
# Look at the upper air soundings.
# Update the latest forecast package.
# Receive 20 more calls about a possible earthquake.
# Analyze latest surface chart.
# Call the earthquake center in Colorado to make sure there was not an earthquake.
# Look at computer models.
# Issue morning discussion
# Fill out the severe thunderstormchecklist.
# Call the mayors office back to assure them that indeed the earthquake center has no indication of earthquake activities in the area.
# Issue morning update to marine forecast.
# Tell a caller that you can't give them a forecast for their son's wedding that will be in three months.
# Analyze latest surface chart.
# Give a tour of the office for 50 3rd graders.
# Issue your terminal forecasts.
# Issue morning update to public forecast.
# Switch the transmitters on NOAA Weather Radio.
# Look at computer models.
# Coordinate with surrounding offices about the timing of the snow in the mountains.
# Issue your aviation route forecasts.
# Talk to the severe storms forecasters about the possibility of a severe thunderstorm watch in the area for the afternoon.
# Tell a caller that you have no idea where the best fishing is going to be tomorrow.
# Put more paper in the computer printer.
# Grab a cracker and a soda for lunch from your locker on the way to sharpen your pencil.
# Troubleshoot your computer as to why the program that plots the upper air sounding is not working.
# Look at computer models.
# Analyze latest surface chart.
# Receive a severe thunderstorm watch from the severe storms forecasters.
# Reissue the watch for the local area.
# Call everyone who needs to know about the watch.
# Look at computer models.
# Start picking up strong thunderstorms on the radar.
# Issue afternoon discussion.
# Call in extra help.
# Put the building and all components on backup power just in case of a lightningstrike.
# Issue update to terminal forecast.
# Issue update to route forecast.
# Call the local Ham Radio operators to activate the Skywarn network so we can receive reports of severe weather.
# Analyze latest surface chart.
# Issue a severe thunderstorm warning.
# Issue another severe thunderstorm warning.
# Issue afternoon marine forecast.
# Issue 4 more severe thunderstorm warnings and 2 tornado warnings.
# Issue a flash flood warning.
# Go to the bathroom.
# Analyze the latest surface chart.
# Issue afternoon public forecast.
# Brief the evening shift
# Stay an extra two hours to help out with the severe weather.
# Go home at 6pm.
I thought that was pretty good, kudo's to NWS Morehead/Newport, NC Office for posting that. I was searching through some of their old webpages and found some awesome information that they no longer have posted, and that was one of them. Also of note was this written at the bottom of the page:
THANK YOU, AN' Y'ALL COME BACK NOW, Y'HEAR!!!! (remember, this at the time was on the official webpage for Newport NWS!
)
Welcome to the South, Amen! I just thought it was interesting and that I would pass it along, hoping I posted this in the right section.
