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Meterology Curriculum

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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life

Ever wonder why so much calculus and physics is required for a degree in Meteorology?

How else would they be able to make statements like this:

"the snow will not melt until it gets above freezing"

True statement from a national weather person on NBC

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londonguy

Apparently it can melt when the temperature is below zero.

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rockstar666

Lots of TV talking heads are not meteorologists, they're "weathermen" (or women). Anyone can be a weatherman; to be a meteorologist requires studying match and science.

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jackslash

I agree with rockstar. The beautiful people saying absurd things on TV are not the scientists with meteorology degrees.

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shailynn

There are a lot of hot weather women on TV!!!

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shadowcat

Before I retired, as a part of my job, I was EWINS certified and as such was legally allowed to make my own weather forecasts. That didn't make me a meteorologist but a lot more knowledgeable than a TV weatherman.

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Estafador

I would assume you need to have some sort of background to dictate the weather on TWC (The Weather Channel). That is a channel dedicated to giving weather info after all. But would having a degree in meteorology help at all?

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Estafador

help being a weather person on most local stations I mean.

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JohnSmith69

I don't care if she says stupid stuff as long as she's pretty with good tits.

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minnow

Did motorhead consider going for a meteorology degree at one time ? Yes, the sun can generate enough localized heat to melt snow when the temperature is below freezing. The frozen runoff can be a bitch, though.
One would really only need a meteorology degree if they were working for a government agency (NWS, FAA, etc), or a military airbase.
I'm not sure what acronym "EWINS" stands for, but is limited to the scope of one's duties with a particular airline. It likely also has performance guidelines in that forecast must be correct a minimum percentage of the time, or else risk losing ones Ewins certification.

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sharkhunter

I was thinking the other day, the weather girl speaking in front of a flooded street on The Weather Channel should have more sense to call the junk of ice floating down the street that didn't look much bigger than one foot across an iceberg in her words. Considering the fact that icebergs break off from glaciers and there are no glaciers in New Jersey, you would think the weather girl would come up with a better term like a big ice chunk. There was a nice guy that walked across the devastated flood scene walking past the icebergs to talk to the weather girl at grave risk to his life. sarcasm. :)

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motorhead

She was hot. I'll forgive her.

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ididthisonce

SCAT...was she doing the weather?

Meteorologists and Economist are the only two professions I know in which can never be right and still be considered as an expert.

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sharkhunter

In the case above, the weather girl looked good so it's likely no one made fun of her icebergs floating down the flooded street. If I knew her I probably would have enjoyed making fun of the icebergs. If I spotted a 2 ft iceberg, I could tell her that's a really big iceberg. :)

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Harderlap

Snow and ice can sublimate, that is transition from solid (snow or ice) to vapor, at temperatures below freezing, A dry climate and higher altitude help, we see it in NM all the time.

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rl27

I know what you mean, far too many newscasters regardless of their profession act like it's their business to warn us lowly peasants that it can be dangerous out there.

Here are some other pearls of wisdom the local weather men like to tells us, all three of whom have Meteorology degrees.

Hail can damage windows and cars.
It's raining so the rows will be wet, and when the temperature falls the roads may get icy.
It's going to be cold today, so remember to dress warm.

Makes me want to reach through the TV and strangle the moron.

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4got2wipe

You don't have to be able to do calculus to have brilliant tits like this!

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Not that I'd mind a big-titted girl solving a system of differential equations! Especially if she did so without a bra! Or top! That would be double brilliant!

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