Two things that were mentioned should be mentioned again:

1. Communication skills. Mike is definitely correct; if your forecast isn't communicated properly, it isn't going to be effective. We see more and more run-on sentences and bad grammar in the media nowadays, and I've noticed more than a few of these in AFDs as well.

2. Diversify. Having computer programming skills gives you a leg up on the competition in science-related fields, in my opinion. Knowledge of Perl, PHP, GIS, etc. is definitely a plus...my experience with the first two helped me land my current job. Also, in the event of layoffs, those skills could help you avoid being cut too.

Bwahaha, I could probably take a gamble on guessing a few of the profs you had here for the calc sequence.

Calculus II is the most important foundation of the four Calculus classes (using the colloquial term "Calculus IV" for DiffE) and also the toughest. Although not taught as a "weed-out" course it becomes such for many engineers and science majors in general here.

Curiously, the majority of students blow past my exams on visual methods (area between curves, rotation of regions, centroids, polar calculus etc.) but get hung up on the routine "cookbook" chapters on integration formulas and sequences/series. The latter sticks out like a sore thumb in the text, admittedly, both for its unusual spirit and relative newness, but it's the foundation for the crucial concept of Taylor series. That being said, I wish I could have had you as a student, since the fact that you write with a reasonable amount of good structure and adherence to grammar is a sign that I could have taught you well enough for you to earn at least a B. :)

I know Python is becoming big in scientific computing. I would recommend any up and coming student who is even thinking about doing meteorology to pick up a book on Python and start reading. Once you get your first language down, the rest is just syntax...

One thing I want to say about the math. I firmly believe that anyone can learn calculus as long as they have good algebra skills. Believe it or not, calculus is 90% algebra and then there is one memorization step that is the calculus. What trips up most people is the algebra necessary to get things in a form that allows you to use that one step of calculus that you've memorized.

Worth it? No.

Focus on getting yourself in position for the upcoming energy economy. This is where almost all the good job growth will come from. Some meteorologist will be involved with this especially with wind energy (but not all mets), but if you are intelligent enough to graduate with a BS in meteorology, consider:

* Nuclear engineering
* Electrical engineering
* Petroleum engineering

In many cases, NE's and PE's can get their choice of 2 or 3 job offers with generous starting salaries. If you don't see yourself as an engineer, the medical field is hurting for people. Also, agriculture..... especially local sustainable agriculture will be an enormous growth industry over the next 10-20 years as fossil fuel price increases cut down on the trucking/shipping of food from the world over to your plate.