Alaska Region National Weather Service

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Alaska Region National Weather Service
Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP)
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Opportunities

• Systems Integration Branch (Anchorage)
• Weather Forecast Office (Anchorage, Fairbanks,
  Juneau)
• Aviation Weather Unit (Anchorage)
• River Forecast Center (Anchorage)

Positions are paid up to 120 days. You also get 3
credits for this internship. Talk about a nice
bonus! And they really really love Penn Staters!!
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A Snippet Of My Summer
-Worked at Systems Integration Branch doing GIS
work, created a new warning map for webpage -Led
bi-weekly weather discussions with
coworkers -Worked at the Weather Forecast Office
for a week, forecasted and worked at the public
desk -launched weather balloons at the WFO, got
upper-air certification -did weather station
maintenance at remote COOP stations. (By car,
boat, and airplane!) -All this and more, and
still thoroughly able to enjoy the great land of
Alaska in the evenings and on weekends!
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Get Some Northern Exposure!(and great experience
too)

• Application process begins February 10th!
• http//www.arh.noaa.gov/students.php
• Any questions, email me at jam728_at_psu.edu