In the larger scheme of things, celebrating your local meteorologist is probably not high on the list. However, in honor of today’s designation of National Weatherperson’s Day, I offer a rerun of this Forbes.com blog post by Marshall Shepherd of UGA, “Debunking 5 Myths about Meteorologists”. Meteorologists are at work 24-7-366 (it’s leap year) providing monitoring and warning of potentially dangerous situations as well as helping people and businesses plan their daily activities. A picture of one of my former students, Chris Tomer, a television meteorologist in Denver, is shown below from his early morning broadcast today.
UPDATE: Here’s a story from Weather Underground on five famous television meteorologists that you might not have heard much about.
