Alaska Region National Weather Service
Student Temporary Employment Program(STEP)
Opportunities
• Systems Integration Branch (Anchorage)
• Weather Forecast Office (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau)
• Aviation Weather Unit (Anchorage)
• River Forecast Center (Anchorage)
Positions are paid up to 120 days. You also get 3 credits for this internship. Talk about a nice bonus!
And they really really love Penn Staters!!
A Snippet Of My Summer-Worked at Systems Integration Branch doing GIS work, created a new warning map for webpage
-Led bi-weekly weather discussions with coworkers
-Worked at the Weather Forecast Office for a week, forecasted and worked at the public desk
-launched weather balloons at the WFO, got upper-air certification
-did weather station maintenance at remote COOP stations. (By car, boat, and airplane!)
-All this and more, and still thoroughly able to enjoy the great land of Alaska in the evenings and on weekends!
Get Some Northern Exposure!(and great experience too)
• Application process begins February 10th!
• http://www.arh.noaa.gov/students.php
• Any questions, email me at [email protected]