Hey everyone, this is Drew McCombs, the new weather intern. I'll be checking in every now and then for the rest of the summer, so I figured I'd introduce myself. I'm 23, and I will be entering my second year of grad school in the Broadcast Meteorology program at Mississippi State this fall. I did my undergraduate studies at Alabama and got a B.S. in geography. I'm hoping these degrees will be good enough to make me a pretty good meteorologist some day.
For my first go at this, I'm going to tell a little about the storm chase I went on a couple of weeks ago. Every year the meteorology department at MSU embarks on a two week trip to the Great Plains where 15 or so lucky students get the opportunity to go on a guided storm chase led by several professors and instructors. This year was no different and I was one of the students chosen to head out to the Plains.
We left on the Sunday after our exams (May 14), and everyone was excited about the possibility of seeing some good storms even though the GFS had been painting a pretty bleak outlook for storms for several days. The forecast was so devoid of any possibility of severe weather for the first week we were out there, that we headed out towards the panhandle of Texas to do some sightseeing. By our second day we had made it to Canyon, Texas, which is just south of Amarillo.
Now, I didn't know a whole lot about Amarillo before I went there, and I still don't know much about it now, but I do know one thing: the biggest steak you will ever see is available there. One other thing. Several weeks before the trip began, I was nominated by everyone to be the one to try and eat the thing.
More on my experience at the Big Texan Steakhouse next time.....
Drew McCombs
abc3340wx2@gmail.com
For my first go at this, I'm going to tell a little about the storm chase I went on a couple of weeks ago. Every year the meteorology department at MSU embarks on a two week trip to the Great Plains where 15 or so lucky students get the opportunity to go on a guided storm chase led by several professors and instructors. This year was no different and I was one of the students chosen to head out to the Plains.
We left on the Sunday after our exams (May 14), and everyone was excited about the possibility of seeing some good storms even though the GFS had been painting a pretty bleak outlook for storms for several days. The forecast was so devoid of any possibility of severe weather for the first week we were out there, that we headed out towards the panhandle of Texas to do some sightseeing. By our second day we had made it to Canyon, Texas, which is just south of Amarillo.
Now, I didn't know a whole lot about Amarillo before I went there, and I still don't know much about it now, but I do know one thing: the biggest steak you will ever see is available there. One other thing. Several weeks before the trip began, I was nominated by everyone to be the one to try and eat the thing.
More on my experience at the Big Texan Steakhouse next time.....
Drew McCombs
abc3340wx2@gmail.com
on June 7, 2006, 8:28 pm
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