Calling All Affiliate Forecasters:

Dream big when you want to

Do you chase a squall line with your smartphone, and upload to Youtube before returning home? Have your writing or video skills made you the go-to source for weather at your school, community or place of work? If you are driven by a passion to forecast and live the thrill of weather, and want your hard work showcased to a larger audience...become an Affiliate Forecaster with us!

(Sample video recorded in October 29-30, 2011 by StormCentral)

Several of members of our multi-state consortium proudly serve as active Affiliates, including Joe Puma of the Puma Weather Center in metro Chicago, Josh Owens of the Maryland Weather Center in St. Mary's County, MD and Matt Baranowski of StormCentral in Illinois.


(Photo: TJ Catalfo, former drummer of the band Ruiners, at Whistler-Blackcomb in British Columbia in April 2004 on a ski trip with Mr. Foot)


Affiliate Forecasters are...

• College students to high school juniors;
• Weather enthusiasts in the workforce or out of school;
• Certified meteorologists looking to expand education outreach

 A prospective Affiliate is...

• Experienced in web or graphic design, with a range of talents;
• Open to collaboration and cross-promotion during major events;
• Busy with existing responsibilities, but wants to reach out to a larger audience, build a strong reputation, and follow their passion. 

  How the program works

• Already forecasting on the net? Good! We want you to retain the independence, creativity and unique style you developed over time with your site and readers. Affiliating with us changes none of that.
• The advantage: When weather breaks, or our team is preparing to work a major event, Affiliates get to collaborate directly with all our team members. If the weather is breaking where you are, your site, video and storm reports get the national spotlight on our main page. 
• The catch?  Only if you want one! An Affiliate can chime in as much or as little as their schedule permits. Daily forecasting is not required.

What you would do as an Affiliate

• Increase your exposure and hits to your site. Taking the lead in writing "regional roundups" for daily or weekly weather trends in your area, as well as featuring your site in every report you do. We are seeking regional forecasters to represent New England, the Midwest, the Southern Plains, the Southwest, the California coast, the Rockies and the Southeast.
• Conducting localized, specialty forecasting such as Storm Chase reports, video footage and photos of a breaking event. Though none of us receives income for the footage, advertising revenue generated from site traffic is being devoted business cards for all members.

Interested in taking the next step? Write us a 3 paragraph letter of intent discussing these items: 


1. How would your readers (and our readers) benefit from an Affiliation between our two organizations?


2. What kinds of roles are you interested in developing over time? (such as regional Affiliate, high impact collaboration or occasional reports).

3. Why granting your website a link on our page, versus a different organization in your area, is the better choice for us? Forward your email to info@footsforecast.org as an attached Word document to the attention of Nikki Byers, Fusion Outreach Director. 

You can also visit the pages of our current Affiliates to get the real story of how they have benefitted from our partnership.  

~ Mr. Foot and the FF Student Leadership Team