Lydia Blume is the Morning Meteorologist at WDAY in Fargo, North Dakota. Lydia has a Bachelor of Science degree in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. She focuses on communications of scientific information to non-scientific people.
What do we talk about in this episode?
Lydia talks about her love for meteorology and weather from a young age. She grew up on a farm in rural South Dakota, fascinated by weather and never deviated in her goal of becoming a meteorologist. She shares the challenges of being a female meteorologist, including being pregnant, on live TV in the age of social media.
- "Nothing great comes from your comfort zone".
- Her insane schedule - she wakes up at 2 a.m. to get to work and prepare for live TV which starts at 5 a.m. All of this with a 16 month old baby.
- How she became interested in being a meteorologist at a young age and has been laster focused on achieving this goal ever since.
- How she handles the negative comments she gets from viewers (people are mean - be nice people!!)
- The importance of the spouse or life partner you choose. Her husband is her biggest champion and supporter.
- Being pregnant in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers on live TV.
- The science behind weather forecasting, weather balloons, and the importance of humans behind computer generated forecasts.
- Meteorologists are not weather girls!!!
Music used in the podcast: Higher Up, Silverman Sound Studio
You can support my podcast on Patreon here: https://patreon.com/user?u=72701887
Resources
Lydia Blume: https://www.facebook.com/lydiablumewx/
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