Hey, everyone! My apologies for not keeping up with my blog as of late. I have been quite busy with many things in my life. If I'm not working at Schnucks to bring money in, I'm at KOMU in Columbia filling in for the weather team. If I'm not at KOMU or in Columbia for work or play, I'm still actively looking for job openings as a broadcast meteorologist. Despite whatever is going on, it's a very exciting time in my life and I feel like a job for me will definitely come along either before or just as summer starts up.
On a weather related note, I did do more on-air work at KOMU last Saturday and Columbia actually ended up seeing at least 2.5 more inches of snow. Last time I checked the statistics with the St. Louis NWS Office, Columbia is 1.5 inches away from matching the highest snowfall total for a season. The standing record is 54.9 inches from the 1977-1978 season and Columbia's 2010-2011 total is at 53.4 inches. It's absolutely amazing how much snow several areas of Missouri has seen this past season with numerous rounds of snow storms this past winter and the huge blizzard back in February. When I made the forecast for Columbia on Saturday, I kept telling myself, "I'm not putting snow in the forecast. I'm NOT putting snow in the forecast." When I made the forecast for Tuesday (yesterday), I originally had it being all rain. However, the models kept wavering with the rain/snow chances and I felt that I should play it safe by including a possible snow mix. Thankfully, my first instinct was right and we didn't see any snow yesterday. It's one of the few times that I'm glad that I was wrong since everyone saw enough snow this season.
I am headed back to KOMU again to work the Friday and Saturday shift and I realized that I'm working on April Fools' Day. I'm contemplating doing something in the April Fools' spirit but not something that will get me in serious trouble with the station or with the kind folks at the FCC. If anyone had interesting ideas on what I should do, feel free to leave your ideas below.
Time to turn in for bed. Have a good Wednesday, folks!
