I am very pleased to announce that I have accepted a job offer to work as a meteorologist on Kwajalein Island (often called “Kwaj” for short)!
Kwajalein Island is an island in the Kwajalein Atoll, which is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. (An atoll is a coral island or group of islands that encircles a lagoon.) The Marshall Islands are a large group of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the equator.
Kwajalein is a pretty small island, at only about 3 miles long and half a mile wide. There are about 1,200 people who live on the island, all working under the U.S. government.
My job will be a forecast position with a private weather company that has a contract there with the U.S. Army. I think the job sounds very interesting and exciting, and I could gain some great experience while on the tropical island.
This new blog will chronicle my adventure. I will attempt to keep up with my other, primarily weather blog, but as I will not be storm chasing or living in the U.S. for the next couple of years, I expect my primary blogging focus will be here.
And before someone asks, the photo I placed in the blog header is not from Kwaj, but from Pensacola Beach, taken on my recent trip to Florida. I will replace the header photo with my own photo of the Kwaj beach once I arrive on the island, in just a few months!