It's just by leaps and bounds and it has everything to do with our computer processing speeds and the computer models that we use. And nowadays, a seven-day forecast is more accurate than the five-day forecasts were back then, and a three-day forecast is more accurate than the next day's forecast. The way I like to look at it is, back when I first started in television 30 years ago, or when I was at UAlbany right before that, you could take a look at a five-day forecast and you know, it wasn't very accurate.
I mean, I wouldn't say easier but I certainly would say more accurate and that's because of the technology, mainly. Has forecasting the weather gotten easier or more accurate since you started?Ībsolutely.
CHANNEL 13 METEOROLOGIST TV
Well, earlier you mentioned that part of your job as Chief Meteorologist now at the TV station is going to be staying up on the latest technology and that kind of thing. But that was actually the first time I was ever on the air, whether it be radio or television, ever.
So, Mike said 'Hey, do you want to do the radio?' that day, and I remember how happy I was and thrilled and it turned out that there was a snowstorm down near New York City and New Jersey and Long Island and Southern New England for my first day, but I was working on that forecast from 9 o’clock in the morning until 3:45 in the afternoon. It was going to be a ghost town at the university. This is for seniors and for graduate students to get some experience doing this stuff.' So, I pleaded with him and then finally, there was a day, it was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and nobody was around. This was my freshman year in 1989 and I remember bugging Mike Landin that whole fall semester, September, October and he's like, 'You're a freshman. What was interesting to me is that there was a note on the wall that said that they needed people to do the radio for the afternoon drive for WAMC. Yeah, I have a funny story about that because obviously, our listeners will know Mike Landin and know that I took over after he finished his tenure here during the weather report. That was in 1985 and I think that's what really cemented in me that this is what I wanted to do.Īnd at UAlbany, you were a Mike Landin protégé, right? I was the Chief Meteorologist in that class for our weather unit and Hurricane Gloria came through and it basically ravaged Southern New York, Long Island and New England. And then when I was in ninth grade, I was in an Earth Science class and I just absolutely loved it. We had a couple of Blizzards in the late 70’s. Hurricane David, or what was left of it anyway, in the late 70’s. I grew up down in New Rochelle in Westchester County, so it was close to Long Island Sound. But I think prominent weather events, ones that go down in history like Hurricane Gloria. And like any other kid, I wanted to know if we're going to have a snow day the next day. You look up in the sky, and you wonder why are these clouds are the way they are and why is it storming today and the next day was sunny? I always want to answer those questions. But I think more than anything as far as weather goes when I was a kid, I mean, elementary school, junior high school, it always fascinated me why certain things happen. I mean, first of all, I always loved math and science. What interested you about the weather and being a meteorologist? I think what most everyone will remember, and really it was what made me I guess more well known throughout the region is the role when I took over for Norm Sebastian, who passed away in late 2000 as the station's morning meteorologist, and I did that from 2000 until 2017. Yeah, I graduated UAlbany in May of '93 and I started here at WNYT in July of '93 as a fill-in meteorologist and by November of that year, they gave me the weekend position and I did that for seven years. You've really been at 13 since you were right out of college. So, tell us about your path to this position as Chief Meteorologist. But as far as my day to day, what you see on the air, it's not that much of a change. So, I don't you know, I'm not blessed with any additional forecasting talents, which I wish I was. That's primarily what it is, of course, the weather doesn't change.
Well, I'll be taking over more of the let's say, overseeing of the weather department to make sure that we have the appropriate equipment that we need every day, because that's always changing with technology and making sure that our staff is fully equipped with the best tools to do the job. As he nears 30 years at NewsChannel13 WNYT, Caiano was named Chief Meteorologist.Ĭongratulations on the promotion. But meteorologist Paul Caiano got some big news at his home station the other day. Listeners to this station count on hearing the regional weather forecast each day at 6:52am and during Midday Magazine.
0 kommentar(er)
