Counselor Profile
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Counselor |
Chrissy Warrilow |
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Council |
District |
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Unit |
Role |
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Atlanta Area |
Foothills |
Troop |
1776 |
Merit Badge Counselor |
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Email |
chrissy.warrilow@gmail.com |
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Address |
260 14th Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318 |
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Home Phone |
Mobile Phone |
Work Phone |
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private |
private |
private |
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Employer |
Field |
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The Weather Channel |
Digital Content Meteorologist |
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Website |
youtube.com/chrissywarrilow |
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Biography |
Hello everyone! My name is Chrissy Warrilow, and I am a meteorologist. Ever since I was very little, I have been fascinated by severe weather and I enjoyed learning about lightning, thunderstorms and tornadoes. As I grew older, it became my goal to understand and predict the weather as accurately as possible in order to protect the lives of people who may be affected by the weather’s destruction.
Of course, weather is not always destructive – it can also be very serene and peaceful. However, it is important to be prepared, even on a sunny day, because weather conditions can change from peaceful to dangerous within a matter of minutes.
In this class, I will present to you information necessary to complete your Weather Merit Badge. During this time, you will learn simple weather forecasting techniques that will allow you to know how the weather may change within the immediate future. We will also discuss weather safety tips and career options in meteorology.
The Weather Merit Badge has a few “prerequisites,” or required work you must complete before you can earn your merit badge. They are listed below under “Prerequisites.” Please feel free to contact me by email or phone if you have any questions.
Please come to the class prepared with your Weather Merit Badge pamphlet, your weather merit badge worksheet (a copy can be found here: http://usscouts.org/mb/worksheets/Weather.pdf), extra notebook paper, and a pen or pencil. In addition, the more you have read/completed ahead of time, the more likely we will finish the badge on Merit Badge University day. I say this because there is a lot of discussion and drawing that goes on with this badge, and the more you're prepared, the easier it is to finish ;-)
A Little Information About Me
I have been a member of the American Meteorological Society since 2002, and in 2007 I received my Bachelor of Science in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
As an undergraduate student, I fulfilled numerous internships and undergraduate research projects. In 2007, I participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience at Georgia Tech, where I investigated the meteorological risk of a lightning bolt striking Bobby Dodd Stadium on Georgia Tech’s campus during a football game. For this project, I used Gibson Ridge GR2Analyst 3D Radar software to analyze archived radar data of a thunderstorm in progress during a Georgia Tech football game. If you watch WSB-TV Channel 2, this is the same 3D Radar that you see during severe weather.
Coinciding with this research experience, I also participated in an internship with the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia. During my internship, I received and submitted local severe storm reports from the public; analyzed upper air and surface charts for forecast discussions and weather briefings; and I presented a case study investigating the meteorological characteristics of the April 8, 2006 overnight tornado outbreak in metropolitan Atlanta to all of the forecasters and supervisors of the National Weather Service.
In the summer of 2008, I participated in an internship at WGCL-TV CBS46 with meteorologist Laura Huckabee. During my internship, I analyzed upper air and surface charts for forecast development; authored articles for CBS46’s WeatherBlog; created surface maps and other graphics using Weather Central’s 3D:Live program; collected local storm reports from the NWS and viewer storm footage during times of severe weather; and I collected traffic information and generated traffic graphics for CBS46’s morning show.
After college, I worked for Georgia Public Broadcasting, where I helped produce many shows on TV, including the Georgia High School Football Friday Games.
Currently, I work at The Weather Channel, in the weather.com department as a Digital Content Meteorologist. This means that many of the forecast articles and videos you see on weather.com are produced by my colleagues and me.
Prerequisites for the Merit Badge
Note: By attending this event and by selecting the Weather Merit Badge, you will automatically fulfill requirement 8b, since that's the whole point of you meeting with me that day :-) Requirement 8 asks to choose a or b - you do not have to do part a if you attend this event.
There is also one other prerequisite for which you should prepare (see below). Come to class ready to talk about outdoor safety rules or acid rain, and to give a 5 minute presentation to the other scouts attending our class that day.
9. Do ONE of the following:
(a) Give a talk of at least 5 minutes to a group (such as your unit or a Cub Scout pack) explaining the outdoor safety rules in the event of lightning, flash floods, and tornadoes. Before your talk, share your outline with your counselor for approval.
(b) Read several articles about acid rain and give a prepared talk of more than 5 minutes about the articles to your unit. Before your talk, show your outline to your counselor for approval.
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Youth Protection not completed within the past two years.
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