Forensic Meteorologists Job Description, Duties & Salary

Outlook

Job opportunities for meteorologists are projected to grow 6 percent from 2023 to 2033, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. This is faster than the average for all occupations. Employment for meteorologists who work at management, scientific, and technical consulting services firms—which would include those who work in forensic meteorology—is expected to increase by 13.6 percent during the same time span. This is much faster than the average for all careers.

Climate change is creating more dangerous storms and prompting weather conditions to become more volatile in certain areas. Additionally, more people are migrating to regions (such as the southern United States) where meteorological conditions can be more severe (more hurricanes, tornadoes, and flooding). This will create more insurance, legal, and engineering cases in which the expertise of forensic meteorologists will be sought. “As we expect to keep getting more intense and more frequent extreme weather events as climate changes, forensic meteorology is just going to keep getting more important in sorting out what happened and how predictable it was,” according to an article about forensic meteorology by Mika McKinnon at Gizmodo.com.

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