Ashley Schils
- Meteorologist, NWS - Des Moines
Hello! My name is Ashley Schils and I am a senior undergraduate working towards by bachelor's degree at UWM. I am from Wisconsin, but I spent much of my childhood in California before moving back to the Midwest in 2009. I have been interested in the weather since I was about 5 years old, as I spent much of my time watching the Weather Channel and making homemade weather instruments to use in my backyard. California doesn't really have the rapid weather changing conditions like we see in the Midwest, but I had always hoped to get thunderstorms since they have always been my favorite. I even would keep a journal which I would record when we got them and how awesome I thought they were. I am very grateful to be back in WI and working for Innovative Weather, as it has allowed me to learn new things everyday as well as getting the forecasting experience that is essential and rewarding.