Hello, and welcome to the new Suncoast Stormwatch Weather Blog!
It's been quite a while since I've blogged about weather, to the point where some have thought I've lost interest in it. "Blogging," they said, "is what you do."
For several years that was true: blogging about meteorology, and my experiences in studying it, was what I did. However, in the past two to three years, I've been extremely busy with school and the pursuit of other endeavors to further my meteorological studies and pre-professional career, and though I tried for a while, I couldn't do everything at once.
So, while it might be thought by some that I've lost interest in meteorology, the situation is quite the opposite, I can assure you. While I haven't been blogging weather forecasts, or posting regular updates on Facebook, I've been active in the National Weather Camp Program, pursued research into tropical cyclones, become an active advocate for learning disorder awareness (1, 2) and semi-professional photographer, and won an award for a talk I gave at a national conference. I'm a member of the National Weather Association's Professional Development Committee; and, among other activities, I've facilitated two complete redesigns of How The Weatherworks' website and learned to code in Python. All this, while going to school for an Associate's Degree, which I will graduate with in December.
In all of that, the tug of blogging has remained. I haven't maintained a blog, or even really posted updates regularly at Facebook, but that doesn't mean I haven't thought about weather writing. I've consistently thought over the last year-and-a-half about reviving this blog and maintaining it along with my personal blog. The issue has, until now, been one of timing. I've just been too busy to pursue weather writing at the consistently-high level I used to maintain.
I plan to take the spring semester off and give myself a break from school before transferring to a new school in the fall to complete my studies, and will have time for weather blogging again. I've spent the last two-and-a-half weeks completely redesigning the website, and it is now live. I think it will be much more useful now than it was, as a portal for local weather information. In the future, I plan to add learning resources and educational weather information.
I can't and won't make any promises as to the frequency of blog posts and Facebook updates because even though I'll have a break from school, I still will have other things ongoing. However, I plan to post at least once a week, in some form, even if it's just a brief update.
You may be wondering why I have a new blog, and didn't just stay with the old one. Simple answer: my previous blog had a few irreversible glitches early in its existence, and recognizing that those could be problematic still, I decided to start fresh. I thought about switching blog systems, so I could have a look that's more consistent with my other web properties, but this blog has always maintained a more whimsical, less-serious look, and I've always liked the ease-of-use of my hosting provider, so I opted to stay on the same system. If I have major issues, I will consider making the switch; otherwise, here I'll stay.
You can still view old postings at http://suncoaststormwatch1.weebly.com.
Anyway, just wanted to post this quick update. Watch for new updates and forecasts soon!
It's been quite a while since I've blogged about weather, to the point where some have thought I've lost interest in it. "Blogging," they said, "is what you do."
For several years that was true: blogging about meteorology, and my experiences in studying it, was what I did. However, in the past two to three years, I've been extremely busy with school and the pursuit of other endeavors to further my meteorological studies and pre-professional career, and though I tried for a while, I couldn't do everything at once.
So, while it might be thought by some that I've lost interest in meteorology, the situation is quite the opposite, I can assure you. While I haven't been blogging weather forecasts, or posting regular updates on Facebook, I've been active in the National Weather Camp Program, pursued research into tropical cyclones, become an active advocate for learning disorder awareness (1, 2) and semi-professional photographer, and won an award for a talk I gave at a national conference. I'm a member of the National Weather Association's Professional Development Committee; and, among other activities, I've facilitated two complete redesigns of How The Weatherworks' website and learned to code in Python. All this, while going to school for an Associate's Degree, which I will graduate with in December.
In all of that, the tug of blogging has remained. I haven't maintained a blog, or even really posted updates regularly at Facebook, but that doesn't mean I haven't thought about weather writing. I've consistently thought over the last year-and-a-half about reviving this blog and maintaining it along with my personal blog. The issue has, until now, been one of timing. I've just been too busy to pursue weather writing at the consistently-high level I used to maintain.
I plan to take the spring semester off and give myself a break from school before transferring to a new school in the fall to complete my studies, and will have time for weather blogging again. I've spent the last two-and-a-half weeks completely redesigning the website, and it is now live. I think it will be much more useful now than it was, as a portal for local weather information. In the future, I plan to add learning resources and educational weather information.
I can't and won't make any promises as to the frequency of blog posts and Facebook updates because even though I'll have a break from school, I still will have other things ongoing. However, I plan to post at least once a week, in some form, even if it's just a brief update.
You may be wondering why I have a new blog, and didn't just stay with the old one. Simple answer: my previous blog had a few irreversible glitches early in its existence, and recognizing that those could be problematic still, I decided to start fresh. I thought about switching blog systems, so I could have a look that's more consistent with my other web properties, but this blog has always maintained a more whimsical, less-serious look, and I've always liked the ease-of-use of my hosting provider, so I opted to stay on the same system. If I have major issues, I will consider making the switch; otherwise, here I'll stay.
You can still view old postings at http://suncoaststormwatch1.weebly.com.
Anyway, just wanted to post this quick update. Watch for new updates and forecasts soon!