Deborah Smith Danielson - AMS Certified Meteorologist

Qualifications Summary

 

1.     16 Years professional experience as a Meteorologist.
   

2.     Wide range of experience – from working for a power company to broadcasting.
   

3.     Knowledge of the Western U.S. – but I have professional experience as a meteorologist across the entire state of Idaho.
   

4.     First Meteorologist in Idaho to earn AMS Gold Seal
   

5.     Second Woman in the country to earn AMS Gold Seal (seal #14)
   

 

Professional Experience

 

Idaho Power Meteorologist

•Prepared weather forecasts for Idaho Power, gaining experience and understanding of the power industry. 

•Prepared precipitation forecasts for river forecasting group at Idaho Power and helped with future forecast expansion needs.

•Helped Idaho Power cloud seeding staff determine when the timing was most advantageous for cloud seeding operations.

 

Meteorologist for the National Weather Service

•Forecasted for applicable areas of responsibility and issued warnings and watches as needed.

•Issued forecasts and warnings for public, hydrologic, aviation, and fire weather communities.

•Studied and furthered my education in both operational meteorology and hydrology.

 

Broadcast Meteorologist

•Accountable for Meteorological content for the KTVB News Group:  KTVB, KTFT, 24/7 NewsChannel, KTVB.COM, KTFT.COM and zIdaho.com, as well as KIFI.

•Created forecasts for broadcast area and broadcasted information on warnings and watches when needed.

•Produced and posted weather information and video to KTVB and KIFI web sites.

 

Employment History

 

2006 – 2008                  Idaho Power                                                                 Staff Meteorologist

2003 – 2007                  KTVB News Group – Boise, Idaho                                 Broadcast Meteorologist

2000 – 2002                  KIFI-TV – Idaho Falls, Idaho                                          Director of Meteorology

1998 – 2000                  NWS Pocatello,Idaho                                                    Meteorologist

1996 – 1998                  River Forecast Center Sacramento, CA                          Meteorologist

1993 – 1996                  NWS Spokane, Washington                                           Meteorologist

1992 – 1993                  KSL-TV – Salt Lake City, Utah                                      Weather Producer

1990 – 1992                  University of Utah Meteorology Dept.                             Research Assistant

1991 – 1992                  North American Weather Consultants                            Research Assistant

 

 

Education

 

1997 – USDA Grad School – Hydrology I and II

1994 – NEXRAD Residence Training School – Norman, Oklahoma

1992 – B.S., Meteorology, University of Utah – Salt Lake City, UT