My dad has dual degrees in engineering and meteorology at the BS and MS levels. He dabbled in being a meteorologist and picked up some weatherman gigs early on before finding better work in engineering.
He has a weather station...as well as a nice collection of weather gadgets. The prettiest are the Galileo thermometers, but the barometer collection was always "fun" when a storm was approaching. While we all follow Mike's Weather Page/Spaghetti Models, my dad also has some of his own subscriptions to his favorite weather sources so we can get regular updates on the GFS vs. European models. The Weather Channel is ALWAYS on in their home. He was very excited to learn that our streaming service picked it up so he can watch at our house. Just like he was all excited when some TWC people moved over to a Miami station for weather. Growing up, before cable, I remember he had a Radio Shack weather cube that was constantly on. Did anyone else have one? (Pic Below)
When it comes to weather apps, my dad clued me in to Weather Underground. They use the National Weather Service data as well as over two hundred thousand personal weather stations for their data. So, if I want weather down the block, I can see my neighbor's station data. So, I don't have a weather station, but I can rely on others!
Speaking of current weather, people will often ask me "what does dad think?" when we've got a major weather system approaching our area. I follow along, but they want his opinion...not mine!
My dad also likes "experiencing" the weather, but not quite at the storm chaser level. We all knew to try and SAFELY grab some hail samples if severe weather was going over our home. My mom still has a dented up pot from the massive hail that fell around our home in the 1974 Super Outbreak of tornadoes (lived in OH at the time). Before he sold his boat, I used to get a pretty steady diet of waterspout pics from what they spotted off the FL coast while heading in to avoid storms.
OK...probably more weather background than you needed!
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