Meteorology

10 years ago, I proposed 2 new courses to be taught here at UG, and thankfully, both of them were accepted and Astronomy and Meteorology came to be. If your student has had, or is taking either class, it will have been taught by me. I feel very proud about that and am lucky to teach about such awesome subjects.

Meteorology is the study of our atmosphere and the weather that goes along with it. First and foremost "you should grow up to be a weather person because they are wrong all the time and still get paid!" is about the most absurd thing that can be said about the weather. A modern 5 day forecast is as accurate as a 1 day forecast from 1980! Add to that, meteorologists are over 90% accurate on 24 hour forecasts now. Simply put, when you plan an event, wait until the 72 hour mark before you really start to take notice of the forecast. 10 day forecasts, aside from temperature, are really skeptical.

This class is taught nearly 100% online, with the Jet Stream Online School for Weather, a program from NOAA and the NWS. I have written all the notes for the class, and use a lot of the activities from the site as well. If you are want to learn more about the class, click the link and see all of our topics!

During Term 1, I spend a lot of time discussing hurricane season as that is occurring in the fall, and during Term 4, we spend a lot of class time talking about tornadoes. If your student prefers one or the other, have them fit their schedule accordingly.