Present weather live on Atmostorm.

Atmostorm runs a live severe weather channel on YouTube and Facebook. We're looking for meteorology students and recent graduates who want real on-air hours: forecasts whenever you like, and live coverage when storms come, presented from your own computer with our studio map and graphics.

What you get

• On-air time on a national severe weather channel, on your schedule.
• Your own forecasts.Present a forecast whenever you like, no storm needed. The 7-day card starts from the National Weather Service forecast; change any day and it becomes yours, credited to you on screen. (Warnings always stay the NWS's.)
• Recordings for your reel. Every show stays on our YouTube channel.
• A studio built for weather: live radar (including single-site velocity), warnings, SPC outlooks, model fields, surface fronts, a 7-day forecast card you can edit, temperatures, rain and snowfall totals, and drawing on the map, all driven from a control window beside your camera.
• Your name and title on screen: Student Meteorologist, Meteorologist (if you hold the degree) or Guest Forecaster, with your school if you like.
• Private rehearsals before you ever go live: a preview only you and we can see.

How it works

1. 1
   Ask

   Create a free Atmostorm account and fill in the short form: your name, your program and graduation, and someone who can vouch for you (a professor, or an employer if you've graduated).
2. 2
   We talk

   We read every request and get in touch. We may check with your reference.
3. 3
   Set up

   Once approved, you accept the presenter agreement and create your private stream key. You stream with OBS (free), a webcam and a microphone; we give you the settings.
4. 4
   Rehearse

   Stream to your private preview as often as you like, with our graphics on, until it feels right.
5. 5
   Go live

   When you're ready, one button puts you on the channel, no change in OBS. During storm coverage you take over the broadcast and decide when to go from the forecast to the storm; your control window chimes when a new warning is issued.

What we ask

• You're 18 or older, studying meteorology or atmospheric science, or recently graduated.
• Warnings are the National Weather Service's. Name them as theirs, never issue one of your own, and point viewers to the NWS and local officials when people may be in danger.
• No music, video or images you don't have the rights to.
• Our disclaimer and the warning ticker stay on screen.
• A reliable internet connection (about 5 Mbps up) and a quiet place to present.

Good to know

• This is unpaid and voluntary, not a job or a for-credit internship. You choose when you present, and either of us can end it at any time.
• Atmostorm is independent: not affiliated with the National Weather Service, NOAA or any university.
• The channel is young: a handful of people watch live, and hundreds more catch each broadcast afterwards. Your recordings are yours to share.
• Questions first? Use the Help & contact page.