Meteorologist

Juan Hernandez, a man wearing a blue T-shirt, green pants, and a tan ball cap, sits in front of a laptop computer outside. He is an incident meteorologist with the National Weather Service, uses a radiosonde while working near the Aspen Acres Fire in southern Colorado on Tuesday. A radiosonde measures temperature, relative humidity, wind and pressure.

Using weather forecasts to help fight wildfires? For this meteorologist, it's a typical day on the job

When it comes to fighting wildfires in Colorado, a meteorologist may not be the first job you think about. But incident meteorologists play a key role in helping fire managers plan their response – and keep firefighters as safe as possible. Hear more about the work of an incident meteorologist stationed near a fire in Pueblo.

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