The Weather Communications Group (WCG) is a microcosm of the three-fold mission of the land-grant university; teaching, research and public service. The members of the Weather Communication Group are actively involved in teaching undergraduate synoptic meteorology classes (Meteo 413, 415, 416) along with the courses related to the weather communications option (481-485). The group houses the Pennsylvania State Climate Office that explores various new applications of weather and climate information to state agencies and businesses. The State Climate Office offers up to a dozen students each semester the opportunity to gain practical experience in the field of applied climatology.

The Weather Communication Group also produces a weeknight 15-minute weather program from the department television studio seen across the Commonwealth on Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN). The group continues to provide a daily weather broadcast to Penn State's Public Television Station (WPSX), a partnership which spans several decades. The New York Times and International Herald Tribune receive their daily weather pages from the Weather Communications Group. The group sponsors several weather camps (for teachers and kids) during each summer and also manages the National Collegiate Forecasting Contest.

Through innovative teaching, creative internships, and effective service projects, the WCG seeks to supplement the excellent academic program for undergraduates and select graduate students in the department of meteorology.  

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