National Weather Service meteorologists rely on an enormous amount of data and software to keep the public informed about our weather. This summer, Connor Cozad, a 2021 Hollings scholar and data science student at the College of Charleston, helped modernize a portion of this software from the National Weather Service forecast office in Charleston, South Carolina.
![Connor poses in front of a building that has a NOAA logo and the words "National Weather Service" above the door. (Image credit: Courtesy of Connor Cozad) Connor poses in front of a building that has a NOAA logo and the words "National Weather Service" above the door.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2022-10/At-NWS-CHS.jpg?h=9d72ec42&itok=3iWtsrkZ)
Connor Cozad, a 2021 Hollings scholar, in front of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Charleston, South Carolina, where his internship took place. (Image credit: Courtesy of Connor Cozad)