New Jersey Weather Watchers

New Jersey Weather Watchers was a student-run collaborative weather forecasting group that I created in October 2020 as an alternative to in-person forecasts at our universities because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group consisted of meteorology students from multiple universities and local weather enthusiasts tasked with presenting the weather forecast for New Jersey and producing weather content to educate and inform the public. After classes resumed in-person, New Jersey Weather Watchers was dissolved and its assets incoroporated into the Rutgers WeatherWatcher Program. Below is a sample of the content that I created as part of the group:

Snapshot Forecasts

Short social media clips designed to give viewers their forecast in a snap. Made using Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, special JSON coding for user input, and WeatherBell for radar & model graphics.

Fair Weather Snapshot Forecast

Adverse Weather Snapshot Forecast

Recorded Forecasts

Created using a combination of custom-made PowerPoint slides and OBS Studio. Here’s a sample of the recorded forecasts made daily for the New Jersey Weather Watchers platforms:

“The Weather Corner” Podcast

Podcast related to New Jersey weather events & news. Our podcast episode on the New Jersey Weather of 2020 was featured by Rutgers in their semesterly Student Exhibit.