Meteorologist

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This position is located in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) or National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), with vacancies in each listed location. This job announcement is intended to establish a Standing Register of Eligible Applicants to fill vacancies as they arise with an initial cut-off date of July 1, 2026. Please refer to the Qualifications section for additional information. This Standing Register Job Announcement establishes a list of eligible applicants under Direct Hire Authority 5 CFR 337.205(b) to be used to fill full-time permanent positions across multiple NWS locations as hiring needs arise. This is a Standing Register announcement and will remain open for applications as stated in the vacancy announcement. For applicants seeking consideration during the current review cycle, the application cut-off date will be 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on July 1, 2026. Applications received after this cut-off date may be considered during a subsequent review cycle, as outlined in the announcement. Applicants will receive consideration up to 6 months after the closing date of the announcement, or until the applicant withdraws their application from consideration. Applicants who withdraw from consideration may re-establish active consideration by submitting a new application package for the next referral. Additionally, applicants may be considered on subsequent certificates as new vacancies become available and additional referrals are issued. Applicants are limited to select up to 10 locations per announcement. Once the announcement closes, you may submit documentation of any additional qualifications gained after the closing date to noaa.applicantinquiries@noaa.gov. Such information may be considered for up to six (6) months following the announcement's closing date.If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', or 'not qualified'. If this occurs, you may update your application for a future cut-off date. Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ BASIC REQUIREMENTS: This position has a positive Education Requirement in addition to at least one year of Specialized Experience OR substitution of education for experience OR combination (if applicable) in order to be found minimally qualified. Transcripts must be submitted with your application package. You MUST meet the following requirements: To qualify for the 1340 series: EDUCATION: A. Degree: Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or other natural science major that included: 1. At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in meteorology/atmospheric science including a minimum of: Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics;* Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale); Three semester hours of physical meteorology; and Two semester hours of remote sensing of the atmosphere and/or instrumentation. 2. Six semester hours of physics, with at least one course that includes laboratory sessions.* 3. Three semester hours of ordinary differential equations.* 4. At least nine semester hours of course work appropriate for a physical science major in any combination of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science. * There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major. OR B. Combination of education and experience: course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. -AND- SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religio

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