Welcome to my meteorology page!! This site was constructed, and is still being worked on, to share my love of local, regional, and national meteorology.
My passion for meteorology goes back to when I was a kid in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, and saw, back in August of 1980, the infamous 'green sky' that commonly accompanies tornadic activity. While we didn't have a tornado in my neighborhood, my interest was ignited. While growing up, I even had a cloud chart next to my bedroom window!
Once I got to college, I became the meteorological instruments curator at Bridgewater State College, where I received a BS in Earth Science degree (minor in Secondary Education) in January of 1994. The instruments we had were old, but still worked amazingly well. They included: Bendix rain gauge, solar pyranometer, several thermometers (max/min), thermographs (one in the building, one in a weather housing in a field), barographs (same locations as thermographs), evaporation pan, and an old hair hygrometer. While I no longer use those instruments, and rely more on automated forcasts, I still appreciate the finesse necessary to properly calibrate and use those instruments. I was also a weather observer for a local radio station.
I am currently the 'Weather Education Resource Teacher' for Taunton High School, where I teach Geology, Astronomy, and both Academic and Standard Physical Science in the Science Department. I have also been a mentor in the Massachusetts Local Implementation Team for the DataStreme Atmosphere Project for the last 6 years, a program for K-12 teachers to not only increase their knowledge of meteorology, but bring hands-on activities to their students, too.
Thus, my love of weather continues to this day, and I'm not sure it will ever stop. While others complain about New England weather, most of it I enjoy, and will continue to do so for many years to come...
