METEOROLOGIST  ROB  JONES

www.BroadcastMeteorologist.com

EDUCATION:           UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Coral Gables, Florida
                             Bachelor of Arts - Geography and Meteorology

                            MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Starkville, Mississippi
                             Bachelor of Science - Broadcast Meteorology

EXPERIENCE:           UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Miami, Florida
                             Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
                             Senior Research Assistant, 1999 – 2010
                             ·         Analyzed meteorological data for the Explorer of the Seas project
                             ·         Evaluated All-Sky Camera images and plotted data

                            WTSP-TV, Tampa - St. Petersburg, Florida
                             Part-time Meteorologist, 2008 – 2009
                             ·         Anchored weather for weekend morning newscasts
                             ·         Filled-in for weekday morning and noon newscasts
                             ·         Anchored weather for digital weather channel
                             ·         Updated blog style web forecasts, sent text alerts, radio weather

                             NBC WEATHERPLUS (National HQ), Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
                             Evening Meteorologist, 2008
                             ·         Anchored weather for national broadcasts on NBC WeatherPlus
                             ·         Delivered live-breaking and scripted weather news reports
                             ·         Produced weather graphics for multiple broadcasts

                             WFOR-TV CBS4, Miami, Florida
                             Morning Meteorologist, 2006 – 2007
                             ·         Anchored WFOR and WTVX weekday morning weather 6 – 9AM
                             ·         Filled-in for noon and weekend newscasts
                             ·         Produced weather graphics for all broadcasts

                             WEATHERVISION, Jackson, Mississippi
                             Morning Meteorologist, 2004 – 2005
                             ·         Delivered on camera weathercasts for 30+ televisions stations
                             ·         Forecasted and produced graphics for AM & PM weather feeds
                             ·         Provided radio weathercasts for WLEZ 103.7FM Jackson, MS              

SKILLS/ETCETERA:   WSI Weather Products, Weather Central Live, Baron’s FasTrack Radar, ESP Live Radar,
                             Microsoft Programs, Full Member of the AMS, and proficient in Spanish

PUBLICATIONS:        Norcross, Bryan, 2006:  Hurricane Almanac 2006 (Assisted in research and fact-checking
                             for historical, scientific, practical, and other hurricane related information and data

                             Key E.L., P.J. Minnett, R.A. Jones, 2004: Cloud distributions over the coastal Arctic Ocean: surface-based and satellite observations.  Atmospheric Research