Hi everyone, I’m a junior marine biology student minoring in GIS and earth & environmental science. I really would like to work with/for NOAA, but am not sure where to start. I’m feeling discouraged with the news of the election, and have concerns about job security post undergrad. I’m not sure how to figure out what I want to do as a career and would love some insight on how you folks ended up where you are.

For some added context, I’ll add a short list of some of my interests related to the field.

• coral genetics and reef conservation
• large marine mammal biology
• medicine, specifically trauma/ rescue
• botany and invasive species’ effect on environment
• hydrology

Thank you in advance for your insight :)

I recently was hired by the USGS. My dream is to work that job to the 4 year term, return to school and eventually get a fisheries job with NOAA.

Given that there is a completely red house, senate, courts and executive branch which promises to slash federal budgets and employment, what should I expect?

My USGS job has not started yet, but i am guaranteed 13 months of work in my 4 year term. Should i expect this minimum time to be the likely timeline for this work given budget cuts? Is the USGS somewhat protected from ideological changes in Washington?

What are the odds that they completely restructure things? If they do get rid of FEMA and NOAA, is it possible to reform these institutions? Would aspects of NOAA be joined with existing administrations?

I am sorry if a question like this is not something you want on your page, I am just genuinely worried about my career trajectory which I was hoping to fulfill with fish research with the feds.

Great seeing everyone and congratulations to the award winners.

Let's hope NOAA is still around this time next year 🙃

Silver Branch still has the best beer cheese pretzel, but unfortunately didn't get to try any October fest brews this time around, so I hope they last another year too.

I'm typically a really good researcher but I have no idea where to start looking to find an answer to my question.

If I drop a leaf in the head of the Arkansas River in Colorado, assuming everything goes perfectly and nothing stops it, given the speed of the Arkansas River and the series of dams along it, how long would it take to reach the Mississippi river?

It’s at some nws offices. Not the radar because the radar is only a couple hundred feet behind it.

This is what’s over Wisconsin.

Good afternoon.

My local NWS Forecast Office is in Spokane WA and every few hours they release an area forecast discussion here:

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/TextProduct?product=afdotx

I've looked around the website and tried to find a way to get that automatically emailed to me, but I can't seem to find a solution. I'm sure I'm not the only person who would find this useful. Have others found a solution to this?

Thank you!

Hi folks,

Civil Engineer who works in bridge design here. In preliminary bridge planning the PDF charts of soundings helped me get a rough sense of best locations of piers, fenders, and other marine related structures. This is all before we go out and get a bathymetric survey, part of early reconnaissance in our design phase.

Since I'm not a mariner, can someone fill me on the software needed to view the electronic charts? Or if there is an archive of the PDF version of the charts?

Thank you :)

I live in the Atlanta metro area where the air today smells of chlorine due to Biolab fire on Sunday. I find it remarkable that local authorities did not request a shelter in place warning be transmitted to Rockdale County residents to shelter in place. Confirmed via the NWS alerts page that no such transmission was initiated. Just recently received a Public Safety Alert on my mobile device informing me that the chemicals are likely un harmful. Why wouldn’t the local authorities transmit that on the radio as well?

As part of my morning routine, I check the Monthly Climate Date page to record the observed low/high and precipitation. At the end of the month, I record the observed low/high and total precipitation for the month. For going on a week, the page for September is blank. All previously recorded September data is gone and there have been no updates. What's the deal? I don't want to use another means of recording the data. I like the format of this page. Here is its current appearance, https://www.weather.gov/lsx/monthTab

Why is the NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance site https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/global/time-series down so often? Today, it was shutdown for at least 51 consecutive minutes. Prolonged Climate at a Glance shutdowns like this seem to happen anywhere from 10-50 times every month of the year. Are they trying to conceal the facts of climate change from the public? Are they practicing for what they see as the happy possibility of a permanent NOAA shutdown if Trump is elected?

Hello! I am an environmental engineer interested in getting my foot in the door with NOAA. I'm wondering if you could give me some insight as to the role that civil, environmental, and water resources engineers play with NOAA.

I found this mug at a thrift store about 5-6 years ago, and my cat just recently knocked it off the coffee table and broke it... I can't find anything like it online anywhere, it has the NOAA logo on the other side. Unfortunately this is the only picture I have of it. I would love to find another one, have any of you guys ever seen one like this before?

I’m looking for a portable NOAA weather alert radio that’s suitable for backpacking. It should have standby mode capability and not need continuous power— (ideally, a recharge once a week). Does anything like this exist? 😅

https://preview.redd.it/xk3dlye59tnd1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3354a8cf62b7211a45f1b0f25cd7a3ae76e9853d

I monitor KHC 27 at my home WX base and it has been down all day today for “Technical Difficulties”. Hopefully it comes back soon. Any others who follow/keep up with KHC 27 ?

Hello! I’m working on a science project for my senior year of high school that requires water temperature data from as far back as 1993. I was wondering if it’s possible to find any sort of historical water temperatures from various locations on the East Coast, like Virginia Beach, Ocean City MD and more? Thank you and any help would be greatly appreciated!

What is it like being a radar electrical engineer for NOAA? Is it mostly project engineer type work/testing, or is it more a design type engineering job?

Howdy! Aggie here, Ive actually applied to a role with NOAA as a facilities operator. I have a bachelor's in Agriculture And roughly 2 years of experience in facilities maintenance. I feel like I'm well qualified for the job, but Ive never really applied to a federal job before. For those who landed a role with NOAA, what was the application process like, how quickly did you hear back, ect.

with the democratic national convention going on & vice president kamala harris accepting the nomination later tonight, i’ve had some thinking for my environmentalists here! so basically, my whole thought process is that i agree with a lot of the green parties ideologies, especially on the environment, but realistically, i don’t see the green party coming close to winning an election any time soon & although i do agree mostly with the environment aspect of their party, i also have just as many ideals with the democratic party, which i will say i’m a registered dem. i know president biden has signed the largest climate combative bill in US history & i thank him for that. so my question for you guys, are you registered as / supporting the green party more so than the democratic party, or do you guys support the democratic party due to them having some of the same ideals & obviously caring more about the climate & environment as a whole than republicans? i guess which party makes your life easier haha

ps - if u disagree with me or anyone on this post politically, it’s okay, this question is more so aimed at the people who i have a similar ideology too! (:

Hello everyone,

I am an AF veteran who is now currently in the army reserves and working on my pilot ratings. If i join NOAA, does this mean id get another GI bill? How does the GI bill work for NOAA employees? Thanks!

Hello, I am an intern and scholarship recipient at NOAA. I am transgender and have not been able to legally change my name yet, meaning NOAA has my legal name that I haven’t gone by in a very long time on file. Is there any way for me to change my name in the NOAA system to a preferred name? Everything down to my email address has my legal name on it and it is causing confusion for the people I work with. Thank you.

I'm a recent college graduate working for the forest service, but hydrographic mapping sounds interesting. Just out of curiosity, is it common for a land surveyor to make the switch / it possible to start with an entry-level position with just land survey experience?

I'm looking for temperature data going back to 2020 for a specific observation station. I've poked and prodded weather.gov for the data and can't find what I'm looking for.

Specifically, I want to get the average temperature for each month going back the last four or five years at "DW0394 Redlands".

What's the best way to do this?

I’m looking for an iOS app that works similarly to most radio station apps where it provides you a localized list of weather radio feeds based on your GPS location and then you pick the stream to listen to.

I am very well versed on how my home weather radio receives feeds. Surely there must be a matching online version?

I have downloaded the NOAA RNC KMZ file for Google Earth. However, about half of the times I select a collarless preview to overlay the chart, there is an error that the link is broken. The links are hosted on NOAA’s website.

Is anyone else dealing with this issue or have any tips?

The title, i recently got one and put it on my window sill with batteries and it gets signal just fine and i can hear the voice clearly but the moment i plug in the power cord it turns into static, any advice would be great. Thanks.