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Garry Ward

Served in the United States Marine Corps as a weather observer and advanced to a weather forecaster. Stationed at the most active air field on the east coast and provided meteorological and oceanographic support to aircraft squadrons traveling around the world.

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Determining Severe Weather Based On Stability Indexes and Upper-Level Winds

There are several weather products used to determine the possibility of severe weather for an area. The most common and misunderstood by many weather enthusiasts is the Skew-T chart and the upper-air...

Tornado Basics, Severe Weather Preparation, & The Enhanced Fujita scale

Earth's weather can produce various kinds of windstorms which include waterspouts, dust devils and tornadoes. Although they have the common features of a column of rotating air, they are actually...

Welcome to Meteorology101, as a United States Marine Corps Veteran. I spent a year and a half as a weather observer while completing the required prerequisites to be accepted into weather forecasting school. After graduating, I spent two years on the desk as an aviation weather forecaster; briefing pilots on the weather conditions expected along their flight paths in the United States and around the world.

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