Josh NicholsUpdated June 5, 1999

It's been a while since I've written a bit about myself, so I guess I'll take some time out and update a few items here and there.  I'm now three years into the Meteorology program at Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont.  There, I have been concentrating my efforts on obtaining my Bachelors degree in Meteorology along with my Associates degree in Communications.   I hope to go on after I graduate in May 2000 to obtain a job as a TV meteorologist, or perhaps work with a private weather forecasting firm.  Because climatology and weather education for the public are some of my special interests, I also am thinking of pursuing work along these lines.

In the meantime, with one year left to go for me at school,  there's plenty to do.  I was just elected President of Lyndon State's AMS-NWA Chapter. That's the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association's local chapter.  I am Chairman of the 25th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference Committee and will be working on planning this grand event which attracts hundreds of meteorologists, students, and weather hobbyists from across the nation.  If you are interested in learning more about this conference, please e-mail me.

To me, weather is not just my career motivation, but it is also my hobby and main interest.   In the future, I hope to be able to share my passion for what I do with the public whether it be via radio, television, or newsprint.  I've already had some oppurtunity to do that locally via my weekly column called  The Weather Watcher printed each week in the Easton Journal, a Community Newspaper publication.  I've also had the occasion to do some weather on radio such as on WATD 95.9FM from Marshfield, MA, along with some other local AM stations.

I think that education to the general public about the weather is absoutely vital.  Meteorology is such an important science which everyone should have at least some general knowledge about as they go about their everyday working life.

If you are interested in meteorology or would like to learn a little bit more about how I became interested, send me an e-mail.  I'll be happy to share with you my thoughts.