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Alaska Region National Weather Service. S tudent T emporary E mployment P rogram (STEP). Opportunities. Systems Integration Branch (Anchorage) Weather Forecast Office (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau) Aviation Weather Unit (Anchorage) River Forecast Center (Anchorage).
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Alaska Region National Weather Service Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP)
Opportunities • Systems Integration Branch (Anchorage) • Weather Forecast Office (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau) • Aviation Weather Unit (Anchorage) • River Forecast Center (Anchorage) Positions are paid up to 120 days. You also get 3 credits for this internship. Talk about a nice bonus! And they really really love Penn Staters!!
A Snippet Of My Summer -Worked at Systems Integration Branch doing GIS work, created a new warning map for webpage -Led bi-weekly weather discussions with coworkers -Worked at the Weather Forecast Office for a week, forecasted and worked at the public desk -launched weather balloons at the WFO, got upper-air certification -did weather station maintenance at remote COOP stations. (By car, boat, and airplane!) -All this and more, and still thoroughly able to enjoy the great land of Alaska in the evenings and on weekends!
Get Some Northern Exposure!(and great experience too) • Application process begins February 10th! • http://www.arh.noaa.gov/students.php • Any questions, email me at jam728@psu.edu