Bio
Epic Shot near the peak of Mt Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi (October, 2010)
My name is Jared Rennie. I am 24 years old and hail from the great state of Massachusetts. I have been motivated to become a meteorologist ever since I got caught in a thunderstorm while camping with the Boy Scouts. As I kid I would stare at the radar from The Weather Channel and got a lot of insight from their Severe Weather Expert: Dr. Greg Forbes.
In 2004 I began my quest to become a meteorologist at Plymouth State University. Over the four years I learned a lot about the theory (SO MUCH MATH!) and practice of weather forecasting. In 2006 I was awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship and was given the opportunity to spend a summer internship at any NOAA facility in the United States. Because I was so fascinated by Severe Weather, I was able to intern at the National Weather Center in Norman, Oklahoma, which houses the Storm Prediction Center, CIMMS, NSSL, and where I worked: the Oklahoma City NWS Forecast Office. Working with the Scientific and Operations Officer, I performed Radar Research of NSSL’s Phased Array Radar. More informaion on this can be found here.
After graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology, a Technical Math Minor, and Magna Cum Laude honors, I decided to stay in “school mode” and started my campaign for Plymouth’s Master of Science in Applied Meteorology. After a rigorous year, I spent the summer of 2009 in Florida to join Plymouth State’s Convective Wind Project at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. My work there consisted of evaluating and creating WSR-88D methods to predict microburst induced winds on the complex. During my second year I worked on my thesis, and presented my final work in the Spring of 2010.
In May 2010 I completed my Masters Degree from Plymouth, and now am an employee of CICS-NC in Asheville, North Carolina.
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