Mussie Kebede had known he wanted to be a meteorologist since he was in middle school. “My interest [in weather] stemmed from a fascination with geography and winter storms. I would get excited at the prospect of school being canceled due to impending snowstorms,” he recollected. And this was more than the fleeting interest of a kid hoping for a snow day.
![Mussie Kebede was one of the students supported by NOAA’s Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions Cooperative Science Centers. He now works as a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, stationed in the Forecast Operations Branch of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. (Image credit: Mussie Kebede) Mussie Kebede was one of the students supported by NOAA’s Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions Cooperative Science Centers. He now works as a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, stationed in the Forecast Operations Branch of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Oct/Mussie-Kebede-Meteorologist-NWS%20%281%29.jpg?itok=25C5Nt5W)
Mussie Kebede was one of the students supported by NOAA’s Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions Cooperative Science Centers. He now works as a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, stationed in the Forecast Operations Branch of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. (Image credit: Mussie Kebede)