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Where meteorologists actually work

• Public forecasting

  Daily forecasts and severe weather warnings from a government storm prediction centre.

• Aviation weather

  Forecasts for airports and flight routes. Strict timing, high stakes.

• Broadcast

  Television and radio weather. Fewer jobs than people think, and it is as much performance as science.

• Private industry

  Energy traders, insurance companies, wind farms, ski hills and film crews all buy custom forecasts.