Meteorologist

Tasks and duties

• Providing meteorological forecasts, briefs and data.
• Issuing weather forecasts.
• Reporting on the weather, preparing weather warnings, and studying long-term weather patterns.
• Advising governmental and non-profit agencies, as well as private businesses and individuals, on safety during natural disasters.
• Forecasting both short- and long-term weather patterns and changes.
• Teaching at a university or other higher-education level.
• Researching the physics and dynamics of climate change.
• Studying the atmosphere to gain a greater understanding of weather patterns.