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Meteorology in general, it started when I was very
young. For me, I was very fascinated with the weather, and
how things worked. Tornadoes, tornadoes is always a big one. I come from
Colorado, so I did like a lot of the snow or the mountain meteorology.
But it just grew into a passion.
My name is Jorel Torres. I study at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
in Rapid City, South Dakota, and I study atmospheric sciences,
specializing in snow. This summer I've been looking at studying the
Wallops Island Flight Facility snow observations. People ask me,
"Why study snow? What's the purpose?" Snow is very unique. It's a little bit different
and more complex than rain. We look at how much water
is coming out of the snowpack that falls. And that can affect things
such as flooding. I always believe that anything is possible
just as long as you keep working hard. Two to three years ago I just got out of undergrad,
and I applied to various job positions.
And I got turned down by many of them. And it
was hard at first. But from that experience, I really
looked at myself and tried to figure, is this what I really want to do or
not? And I knew deep down, I was really
passionate about what I wanted to do. And now I'm here.
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