Senior Jordan Benjamin has childhood memories of staring through the window, eagerly listening to the NOAA weather radio to see if a storm was approaching.
Senior Jordan Benjamin has childhood memories of staring through the window, eagerly listening to the NOAA weather radio to see if a storm was approaching.
Oftentimes, Benjamin was not alone by the window. His father, who grew up in the Caribbean and had experienced major hurricanes, liked to keep an eye on impending storms. Together, they observed the shifting weather patterns, making predictions about how storms would develop and tracking them as they grew stronger or weaker.
“I love interesting weather,” Benjamin says. “It’s my thing. Even before I came here, I would look at weather models to see if there’s going to be a big Nor'easter.”
For Benjamin, this fascination with the weather developed into something more: direction for his education and career.
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Photo: Jordan Benjamin uses a rotating water tank to demonstrate the bridge between observation and theory underlying weather and climate phenomena. CREDIT: Steph Stevens
