<p>My son is a freshman and is very interested in "the weather", borderline obsessed. He is an average student who works hard. The problem is, his weakest subject is math. (Needs a tutor to survive) Does anyone know someone who majored in Meteorology? Is it possible? Any information would be greatly appreciated. (What does a meterorologist actually do? I think my son thinks he will talk about the weather and look good........LOL!)</p>
<p>See the post by over30 in this</a> thread for a link to a list of colleges offering the major as well as other info about meteorologists.</p>
<p>Contact the nearest office of your National Weather Service. They are usually delighted to have folks show up to find out what they do.</p>
<p>Wow! Thanks for the sites, Tanman! We printed them up already. And thank you EllenF, we will contact National Weather Service asap! Thanks again.</p>
<p>My S has always been obsessed with weather, so much so that he left our mild west coast climate for the storms of Michigan for college. He was gung ho from an early age too. For his 8th birthday present we arranged a meeting with a local TV meteorologist who kindly spent several hours with him discussing forecasting models and the computers they used (16 years ago!). The meteorology major at UMich was heavily math and science which were not his cups of tea either. So he's content to be an amateur weather nerd. Now a grad student at Wisconsin (more thunderstorms and tornado warnings than Michigan), he became a volunteer spotter for The National Weather Service by applying and attending a couple of hours of training. He's having fun.</p>
<p>University of Oklahoma (Norman) is THE place for meteorology.</p>
<p>Neighbor's son is into meteorology as well, and after research, is applying to U of OK (Norman).</p>
<p>Go to the weather channel's website -- <a href="http://www.weather.com%5B/url%5D">www.weather.com</a> -- and click on the bios of the meteorologists -- you will get a sense of plenty of schools offering the major (perhaps with broadcast journalism -- if that's the way your student wants to go) -- Penn State is near me and is excellent for Meteorology -- Accuweather is based there.</p>
<p>Good friend's son is at San Jose Stae which seems to have a top program.</p>
<p>Texas A&M is also well known for meteorology</p>
<p>I am no expert, but I believe the top 3 schools - not in order - are Penn State, Oklahoma, and Florida. 1 out of every 4 meteorologists in the US are Penn State grads. </p>
<p>But for OP, math is key to weather. All the predictions are mathematically-calculated. If you can't handle the math, meteorology may not be the ideal job.</p>
<p>Wisconsin is one of the top schools. Designed the first weather satellite and such.</p>
<p>My neighbor's son wanted to major in meteorology at a NC university. He was an average student, but 6 months into his major, switched to Sports Management, as the math was way too hard.</p>
<p>Penn State is good also</p>
<p>In the early 70s I signed up for a "weather" class at U Michigan. I was a sailor at the time and thought I could kill a science requirement and get some recreationally useful knowledge at the same time. The class was held in the old ROTC Building, near the bridge over to the Hill dorms.</p>
<p>At the first class I discovered that it was, in fact, an ROTC class and in that I was the only "long-hair" in the class, I decided to look elsewhere to fill the science requirement.</p>
<p>Now I watch the radar maps on the weather channel frequently, although I am not sure what they are telling me.</p>