17 years ago, our founders Paul Roebber and Mike Westendorf, set forth on a mission to bring positive value to UWM Atmospheric Science students, the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, our supporting partners, and the community through applied experience in a weather forecast setting. Now, we have closed with that legacy and mission still intact, and with over 100 students & alumni behind us. We are immensely grateful for the support from all these groups over the years, for the lessons learned, and the lives impacted.
This web page will be transition to a focus on IW’s Legacy, which means the “Local Weather” is no longer up-to-date, and many more changes are on the way.
Internships are a valuable way to gain critical experience as you build your resume during college. Innovative Weather internships have been helping students for since 2007 allowing many to develop the skills they need to fully start their adult lives. With a 24/7 forecast operation, long standing partners and a focus on personal and professional development, Innovative Weather has earned a reputation of producing students known to be quick contributors in their professions with excellence in building a strong culture in the offices they move on to.
This program produces students who are not only trained in the basic meteorological physical science but who, upon graduation, also have developed the requisite skills to be productive and capable employees of the National Weather Service (NWS) along with other components of the weather enterprise.