How does a forecaster show his or her information to viewers? Does a person have to study television and radio broadcasting in college to be a forecaster?
Absolutely not, most forecasters do not have any radio or television background at all. In fact, some television and radio forecasters do not have a meteorology degree and simply get their information from real forecasters. Meteorologists who work behind the scenes usually transmit their information via computer to just about anywhere in the world. For example, forecasters at The Weather Channel., who do all the USA TODAY forecasts, analyze various charts and computer models and assemble forecasts for all the cities in the USA and around the world. They then create the color-coded weather maps that you see on our service and on television on The Weather Channel. . Television and radio broadcasts are only a small part of the field of meteorology. Research, technological development and education are a few others. The USA TODAY forecasting page has more on how forecasts are made. (Answered by Chad Palmer, USA TODAY.
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