I heard that the Weatherman from our New Hampshire television station (we only have one TV station in the state) was going to be giving a talk at a library in a town not too far from my own on Tuesday morning. I’ve always like Josh Judge, and he is the best forecaster that Channel 9 has. So, I planned to go to the gathering and listen to Josh give his program.
I got there early (because I am always early) and got a seat right down in the front. I wanted to be sure to see and hear everything. The room was large and as it turned out, I was glad that I had gotten there a little early, as the places filled up quickly and had I been seated in the rear of the room, I wouldn’t have been able to read the things on the screen which he demonstrated.
Josh has been in New Hampshire at our station since 2001. He has earned the “AMS Seal of Approval” (American Meteorological Society). The AMS has now created a NEW higher tier level of the seal called the “Certified Broadcast Meteorologist” and Josh is the only meteorologist in New Hampshire to have this.
I’ve always liked Josh’s on air personality, and I wasn’t disappointed when I met him in person. He is just as much of a New Englander as I am (this is good!) and has a wonderful way of communicating with people.
Josh explained how he prepares the forecast each day. How he gets information from around the state, and region and tries to make a good predication of the weather to come.
Then he explained about how he uses the “Blue Wall” where the weather information appears behind him.
The program is called a “Chroma Wall”. Channel 9 has a Blue one. This means that when they project the weather maps onto it, the computer looks for anything Blue, and broadcasts on that. So, no blue clothing for Josh at the station. But to show how it would work if he did wear blue he showed us this slide of him wearing a blue t-shirt.
The morning flew by and before I knew it he was done with his program. Josh has written a book called “Weather Facts and Fun” for kids at the second grade to fifth grade level. The book has been very popular here and I bought one and had him sign it for Makenna. I also asked if he would pose for a picture with me and he said yes!
Thank you Josh!
Must have been very interesting ! Did he know when your snow finally goes away ? You know what is funny, I looked at your glasses and I found them very nice and you know why, I have the same ! at least it looks like. They are very decent and not like the glasses a few years ago which were so big ! but that was fashion.
Sounds like an interesting talk – I like the slide with him coming out of the map.
Glad you had a good time!!!
Fun! Love YOU, Mel
Oh gosh! I WISH I had a weatherman (meteorologist) I felt that HAPPY about! As best as I can tell all of ours are idiots. BUT… I don’t watch THEM anymore any more than I watch anything else! I get my weather on-line — and even the National Weather Service is as UNreliable as all our weathermen… so I think it’s just that I am as capable of giving an accurate forecast as anyone! LOL! However… I still would have liked to go and see and hear his talk – because I’m sure it WAS fascinating! I would enjoy that!