Jay Cordeira is from New England and has a BS in Meteorology in a MS and PhD in atmospheric science. After working as a research meteorologist in Boulder for NOAA in 2012 and in San Diego for a weather-software company in 2013, he returned to New England and is now a professor at Plymouth State University. When he's not teaching, Jay is doing hydro-meteorology research that focuses on storms called "atmospheric rivers" that produce a large majority of heavy rain, big snows, and flooding across the western U.S. When he's not doing research, you will likely find him traversing a ridgeline on a 15-mile run, topping out on a climb at Rumney, bombing down a ski trail, or floating in the middle of a lake.