I've long been curious about how barometric pressure contours would look as a 3D surface, so I decided to try and make my own maps. Borrowing heavily from MetPy Mondays and countless Google searches, I created these animations. I execute a python script on my Mac every 3 hours to create a png file and compile the last 3 weeks worth of pngs to into an mp4. To display more detail, the geopotential height surface has an extreme vertical exaggeration. I extract the frontal boundaries from the NOAA surface discussions data. All other meteorologic features come from the NCEP/GFS catalog. There is no sound track, though I may add one later. Apologies if credits are insufficient.

So, I want to study meteorology, yeah?

I have always admired natural disaters, thunderstorms, rain, and weather of the sorts... However, I want to be more of an EAS person (the ones who send out the alerts), and I know that meteorology isn't necessary for that, so I'll skip it. Other than that, I would want to be a storm chaser for a news department, and THEN and only then would I want to be a meteorologist who points at screens and says the words in from of them. If I can't do the first two, then meteorologist. If I can't be a storm chaser, then meteorologist.

I don't want to be the people who research if the storms are going to hit or what not (I don't know much about that part), so please, enlighten me.

... However...

I am HORRIBLE at math. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. I understand basic math and some algebra to an extent, but I almost failed Algebra 1, went into Algebra 1A, got an A, but all that they were working with for the most part was slope (y=mx+b), and then I went into PLANE Geometry, which I may have got a B or C in, and now I'm in Algebra 1B, exponential functions and percentages. God knows what I'll be in next, but it sure as hell ain't calculus. I have always been bad at math, ever since elementary school with counting coins. It's never come easy to me, and it takes me so long to learn. Given, I don't study much unless it's an important test (finals, big tests), and I do bad on most tests I don't have notes with, I've given up for the most part, and that's on me.

But I'm worried. I am great at Plant Biology and Anatomy, Art, ELA, Grammar, and History... But Calculus? Never ever dreamed of taking it at all, and frankly? I'd probably fail. I'm way behind on the classes needed beforehand, anyways. Physics? Never thought about it. All of the other stuff? I don't know, man...

I've searched up my future college's meteorology course, and I noticed that math is a big thing in it. I don't know what else to do with my life if I can't succeed in meteorology, maybe I could do something with anatomy (my best strong suit), as I don't have much motivation in art anymore. I get really worried about the future, especially when everyone is telling me that AI is going to take over my future career, and I barely have enough money saved up for college, so if my career doesn't work out, I'm screwed.

A little thing about me that I don't tell many people, is that I worry about the future a lot, ESPECIALLY with careers, AI, and money.

I could tell you more if you asked, if it's not too personal, but be honest... Should I still shoot for meteorology as my career, or should I quit while I'm "ahead"? This is a genuine question, it's been keeping me up for a couple days, as Google is not answering my question. Please no hate, and I would love to know everything about the meteorology career path, even if I already know it, or it's common sense. I need to be prepared, and this will help tremendously.

Once again, no hate. I'm a Junior in highschool, and I already have enough on my mind. Feel free to tell me anything I may have missed or ask me anything to help you awnser my question.

TLDR: I want to take meteorology as my main career, but I'm worried about AI taking it over, and the amount of math involved, as I've never, ever been good at math. Also, I want to be an EAS alert person before any of it, but if I can't, I would be a storm chaser, and if I can't, a meteorologist who points at screens. I do not desire to be the one who researches to make the forecast behind the screens. (I don't know much about that part). No hate, please. Constructive criticism.

I am 15 in dekalb county, when i was 5 in 2017 i saw a tornado form and go through my neighborhood(it was rated an ef-0) anyway that has gotten me into meteorology, and recentley (past 2 years) i have been noticing landspouts during thunderstorms happen more often in areas with lots of tall trees. just last week a landspout formed in my backyard and got really tall before it started to widen and dissapear(they last longer when theres a storm). but earlier this year and in the spring in summer sometimes (around 2-3 times) i noticed a funnel cloud that stopped around halfway to the ground and a debris field on the ground and they died off fast. there was never any supercell and the longest lasting one was around 10 mins. they usually happened near the night, or during the night and always during a large thunderstorm. one time one hit my house and was pulling the rain around it and violentley whipping it into my windows in a circular motion. im not sure if these can be classified as tornadoes due to no supercell and im not sure why they form and why i never see an nws report on them. i have friends who also say they have seen more of these than i have and i am genuineley confused because the last officcially reported tornado in georgia was in 2025. and the most violent one of these psudo tornadoes i saw looked like a drillbit when a few small landsputs clustered and did a bit of damage to some yards during a thunderstorm(tore down an entire hedge and screwed up my garden) they are definiteley not microburst, or they could be really wierd microburst. im comin here for advice and i know these arent caused by my hallucinations because my family confirms it was real after the fact,(apart form the one time i dreamed one)

South eastern Iowa. Just a personal enjoyment of these setups with blue skies and precipitating clouds.

i've been curious about getting into meteorology but i'm not sure what the skill progression is like?
namely i find weather forecasts to be neat, i'd find it interesting to use my own methods to determine weather forecasts and wind speeds and whatever else, just silly experiments i'd do for fun

but if i went up to someone and was like "hey, i conducted my own experiments and found out it's going to be 11°C tomorrow with light showers", they'd just be like "uh, okay dude, i know. you could have just looked it up online."

and i'm curious on what the skill progression is like from beginner to pro? because surely there's a disparity in skill between someone who does meteorology as a hobby versus someone who relays to weather stations the 7 day forecast? or the people who craft storm radars or temperature maps?

i'm just wondering what i could do to get the most out of my interest towards day to day forecasting so i'm not always going to be a D tier meteorologist

I was driving and spotted this twice. An hour later than the first time. What is it?

As you can see Storm Boelo is that L963 in between iceland and scandinavia, and apparently there's another atmospheric low (L983, right above where it says North Atlantic Ocean) heading our way again (this pic is dated 28th Oct, so possible a stormy Halloween or days before that). Also sorry i am on my laptop so i dont know how to draw and label on screenshots

Alot of lows seem to be just springing up day after day from that area of the Atlantic and going towards North west europe since like a week ago

found this on their homepage https://discord.com/invite/SNp7Z29Ahx

Warning: No scientific purpose or intention. But too cool not to show it. So what do we see? El Reno (2013) and Moore (2013) Tornado with custom colors and transparency curves for reflectivity. Instead of typical radar colors (blue, green, yellow, red, ...) we replaced it with "cloud colors" and adjusted the transparency to make it look more realistic. 3D radar used: https://www.meteopool.org

In Maddox Cove, near St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. About 40 kilometres up the shore from Brigus South where the Netflix series, Below, was shot.

Get ready for a mostly sunny and warm day! With temperatures reaching a cozy 72 degrees and a light breeze from the west-northwest at 5-10 mph, it’s the perfect opportunity to enjoy some time outside. Don’t miss out on this beautiful weather!

Why isn't it going like Champi or In-fa... ;-;