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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #8 EVERYONE LOVES WEATHER

I never noticed how much people “small talk” about weather until I became a meteorologist.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #9 SO MANY CHANGES

Technological advancements completely changed the way I did my job from 1995 to 2020.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #10 GETTING PAID TO LIE

“It must be nice to have a job where you get paid to lie!” – I have lost count of the number of times I’ve heard that “joke.”

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #11 DREAM JOBS & MARKET SIZE

When I first started out in TV my goal was to get a job in Chicago but what I quickly learned was you couldn’t get a job straight out of college in such a huge city.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #12 HURRICANES

Working through a hurricane is much different than just living through a hurricane.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #13 SCRIPTS AND AD-LIBBING and #14 SCHEDULES

Did you know that most TV weather anchors do NOT read from a script? Also, there is no such thing as a “normal” schedule in TV news.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #15 CLOTHES & CONSULTANTS

“Where do you buy your clothes?” was one of the most-asked questions I ever received during my years of forecasting weather on TV.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #16 HOLIDAYS AND RATINGS

There is no such thing as a holiday in TV news. And there are several times each year that no one is allowed to take a vacation.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #17 I AM NOT A WEATHER GIRL & #18 WORKING ALONE

Since there is no such thing as a “weather boy” there shouldn’t be a “weather girl” either.

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Lessons Learned in TV Weather: #19 YOU HAVE POTENTIAL & #20 THE VALUE OF LONGEVITY

Never let someone tell you, “You can’t do it.” Know your limits and know your value.

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About Amy

Amy Sweezey is an award-winning Broadcast Meteorologist, children's book author, and mom of 3. It Never, Ever Snows In Florida is Amy’s first fiction story which tells of AJ, who lives in Florida and has never seen snow. Her second nonfiction book, Let’s Talk Weather, TV Forecasting: Behind the Scenes, explains the science behind the forecast and the tools Amy uses for predicting weather changes.

Amy lives in Central Florida with her family.

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