marvin boyd came to reno from north carolina. he loves all types of weather. marvin boyd: "so from a scale from of one to ten how would you rate yourself as far as being a weather nerd? probably an eight." marvin boyd: "there's plenty of severe weather here. especially in the summertime." marvin boyd: "just fun to watch." alex hoon has grown to love western weather as well. alex hoon: "i used to really love severe weather, but in recent years i've actually learned to love fire weather alot." there's another side to meteorologists too. we don't like to be wrong. angela schilling: "are you competitive? do you like to get it right? mike alger: i'm learning a little bit, if anything this job will teach you humility." western nevada is a unique place to forecast for. shane snyder: "i would say the mountains make it very difficult at times." challenging, but that's what makes it fun." so if you have a passion for something go for it. if you want to become a meteorologist, unr does have an atmospheric sciences program. be prepared to take lots of math and physics cla

marvin boyd came to reno from north carolina. he loves all types of weather. marvin boyd: "so from a scale from of one to ten how would you rate yourself as far as being a weather nerd? probably an watch." alex hoon has grown to love western weather as well. alex hoon: "i used to really love severe weather, but in recent years i've actually learned to love fire weather alot." like to be wrong. angela schilling: "are you competitive? do you like to get it right? mike alger: i'm learning a little bit, if anything this job will teach you humility." western nevada is a unique place to forecast for. shane snyder: "i would say the mountains make it very difficult at times." mike alger: "the weather is challenging, but that's what makes it fun." so if you have a passion for something go for it. if you want to become a meteorologist, u-n-r does have an atmospheric sciences program. be prepared to take lots of math and physics classes, but if you have a passion for it, the sky is the limit. covering the two news. after some overnight and morning cloudiness, the skies s