Christopher Rainer

Meteorologist at NWS Jackson MS

Brandon, Mississippi, United States

About

Working as a meteorologist for the weather office in Jackson MS

Experience

  • Meteorologist at National Weather Service
    Apr 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos

    Help track storms/weather conditions and produce weather forecasts for central Mississippi including southeast Arkansas and Northeast Louisiana.

  • WFO FFC Student Volunteer at National Weather Service
    May 2020 - Jul 2020 · 3 mos

    • Assisted Meteorologists in deploying weather balloons utilizing a radiosonde to measure pressure, temperature, relative humidity and analyzed the data. • Assisted Meteorologists in tracking weather conditions in the State of Georgia.

  • UAH Profile and Sounding Team for Operational and Research Meteorology (UPSTORM) - (2015-2019) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
    Aug 2015 - Apr 2020 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    • Tracked and deployed weather balloons using a radiosonde instrument to monitor weather conditions. • Analyzed data, prepared weather forecast and forwarded weather reports on to the National Weather Service in Huntsville, AL. • Collect, assess, analyze, and integrate meteorological, hydrological, and climatic data in order to provide forecasts of critical elements and synoptic, levels. • Trained and operated the Mobile Alabama X-band (MAX) Doppler Radar/Satellite truck to track severe weather conditions through the State of Alabama. • Operated the Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS) truck to measure wind speed and storm height. • Tracked severe weather and hurricanes conditions through the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS). • Activated the iMet (Inter-Meteorology) digital tracking system to prepare the radiosonde to measure atmospheric pressure, air temperature, water vapor and wind speed.

  • Student Volunteer at The Weather Company, an IBM Business
    May 2019 - Jun 2019 · 2 mos

    • Assisted assigned Meteorologists using the digital meteorology platform. • Monitored and tracked weather conditions utilizing the digital radar systems to assess and analyze data.