Chief Meteorologist Mike Goldberg while working on their Weather Merit Badge.
November 2004:
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 Scouts sitting near the green screen that they use when doing the weather |
 Cheryl Miller & Stephanie Rochon at the news desk getting ready to begin the newscast |
 The Weather Center |
 Watching Mike as he does the forecast on tv |
 Mike Goldberg doing the forecast live. All you see behind him is the green screen but on his right you can see a monitor showing what it actually looks like on tv. |
 Camera Operator filming them live |
 Scouts with Mike and Stephanie after they finished the news |
 Mike gave them a tour of the Weather Center |
 Mike showing the Scouts how he uses the computer to create the weather graphics for the forecast |
 Showing them the Vortex 3-D Radar on the computer monitor |
 Explaining how he uses computers to develop forecasts |
 Even though Meteorology is almost completely computerized, they still rely on old-fashioned paper charts |
 Scouts & Mike in the Weather Center |
 The main newsroom |
 One of the control rooms where producers work behind the scenes |
 This picture of the old WTVR logo was hanging in the hallway |
 Some of the equipment in the main control room |
 Scouts in the main control room |
Behind the station there were these huge satellite dishes
One of these Scouts is now an official "Weather Watcher" for WTVR. Every day he calls in the
temperature and weather observations from his yard in Trevilians. Then Mike Goldberg shows
his report on the news. He wants to become a Meteorologist in the future, so he will continue to
call in reports in the future to help WTVR. Working on the Weather Merit Badge
reinforced his interest in becoming a Meteorologist.
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