The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $87,000 to $128,000 per year Union jobs will be posted based on the union agreement. Non-Union jobs will be posted internally for a minimum of 5 business days, after 5 days the job may be unposted at any time. Minimum of 2 years experience forecasting weather required. is preferred.įamiliarity with weather-related file formats such as grib, shp, netCDF, JSON, etc. Strong Excel and communication skills are required.Įxperience with one or more of the following programming languages such as VBA, Python, R, SQL, etc. Provide fire weather outlooks and extreme weather alerts enterprise-wide to improve operational awareness of rapidly-changing weather conditions.įamiliarity with numerical weather prediction models and aptitude for working with the statistical analysis of data and gridded atmospheric data sets required. Provide forecast recommendations to support weather hedging activities.ĭuring inclement weather events, coordinate with the Senior Meteorologist(s) to provide briefing support via multiple channels for Power Operations, Electric Transmission, Electric Distribution, Gas Transmission, and Gas Distribution. Develop a proprietary view of long range weather for North America. Support Wholesale Commodity Trading activity by effectively communicating forecasts. Evaluate potential inefficiencies in current procedures and seek programmatic improvements. Maintain and enhance existing forecast tools and scripts utilizing programming knowledge. Serve as a weather data source for Commercial Operations, utilizing a weather database and other data extraction techniques. When assigned, provide commentary on long range weather models and weather updates on weekends. When assigned, provide mid-day model run updates and associated commentary for trade desk, including model change assessment for the next trading days. Identify and alert Power Operations to meteorological events capable of jeopardizing system reliability.Ĭommunicate significant weather events that may have an impact on traded gas and power markets. Provide meteorological insight and forecasting support to Power Operations and Energy Trading. Forecast load and renewable energy production required for submittal to RTO/ISO Energy Markets and for grid reliability planning. Gather and interpret various meteorological data to formulate short and medium-range nationwide forecasts by 6:00 AM. Supports and assists with Senior Meteorologist functions when needed.
Effectively communicates high impact weather events that may affect the reliability of the bulk electric and gas systems and/or may move gas or power markets. Generates nationwide daily/weekly weather forecasts, as well as electric load and renewable energy production forecasts for system planning and trading purposes. Formulates and communicates weather forecasts to support Xcel Energy’s Commercial Operations and energy trading activities.
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