Highest Degree
Bachelor Science (Honour) Physics
Subject Area
Climatology, Meteorology
Research Support Services
Activities
Monitoring Malaysia weather 24/7 met-watching.
Advising the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) for any potential severe weather occurs in Malaysia.
Analyzing and presenting weather information to customers in the form of weather briefings.
Monitoring climate variability and change such as ENSO, IOD and MJO.
Monitoring severe weather occurrence and giving warnings for land and sea condition.
Monitoring any tropical depression or cyclone in Malaysia’s Area of Responsibility (North 0-20, East 95-130)
Doing ocean forecasting such as Storm Surge, Sea Warning condition, Oil Rig Forecast and Ferry Forecast.
Interpreting observations data from land, sea and upper atmosphere.
Providing customers (such as public, companies, aviation, broadcast companies and military unit) with weather reports/forecasts.
Skills
I am working as Meteorological Officer / Forecaster and also Weather Broadcaster with Malaysian Meteorology Department. Major scope of work as Malaysian Meteorologist are forecasting the Malaysia weather 24/7 while studying the causes of particular weather conditions using information obtained from the land, sea and upper atmosphere. As Malaysia is in a Maritime Continent with a Tropical Rainforest Climate, we need to consider all the Synoptic events/systems in our daily forecasts that will affect Malaysia’s weather including Malaysia’s local effect such as the topography and etc. The nature of my job requires me to constantly learn about the weather as well as forecasting it accurately. Besides that, we also conduct study on the impact of weather on the environment and conduct research into weather patterns, climate change and models of weather prediction. On top of that, as one of the Weather Broadcasters in our department, I need to be ‘On Air’ on Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) at least few times in a month to give weather presentation including weather warnings to the public.
