"WEATHER BY GIANNETTA"

Charles A. Giannetta Meteorologist - Professor
Author - Editor - Researcher - Publisher

Bath, Pa. USA

"Background Sunrise Picture" Taken By:
"Virginia Gini T. Hagerman Giannetta" from our back yard

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Mr.Giannetta entered the National Weather Service Jan. 3 1957 at the
National Meteorological Center, Washington, D.C. when he was 20 years old.
At that time Mr. Giannetta was the youngest ever in the National Weather Service.
Mr. Giannetta's Weather and Meteorological education and experience is with the
National Weather Service.

Mr. Giannetta completed a three month course in Map Plotting & Analysis...Surface and
Upper Air Observations school with the NWS in 4 days...This was due to the fact he had built
an amateur weather station in his parents back yard and read and studied many books about
Weather and Meteorology from his high school and town libraries...
Choose here to view Mr Giannetta's Weather Station he constructed while ih High School.

Mr. Giannetta completed many courses offered by the NWS...He also attended and completed
a course at the NWS Office, Sterling, Va. A couse in Meteorology with other students
that would go on to assignments to the North and South Poles.

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Mr. Giannetta served in the "Army & Air Force"...While in the Army Mr. Giannetta
was assigned as a "DRAFTSMAN"....Completed "Basic Traing at "Fort Knox, KY...

While in the "Air Force"...Mr. Giannetta was assigned as a "METEOROLOGIST"....
to the "9107th Recocery Group"...Buffalo, NY...

Was "Homorabley Discharged" from the "Air Force"...

Click on the picture to inlarge.

Above picture of me and my company in the army at Fort Knox, KY.

After the Army I went back to my position with the
National Weather Service in Washington, DC.

"About The Author"

E-Mail & Comments: pibal515@juno.com

Mr. Giannetta retired from the National Weather Service in March 1992 with
35+ years of government service as a Meteorologist.

He entered the National Weather Service in January 1957 at the age of 20 years old.

Held a position at the National Meteorological Center, Washington, D.C.
from 1957 to 1961. While in Washington, D.C., he also held a
position with NASA.

He held a position with the:National Weather Service Forecast Office
located at Buffalo International Airport, Buffalo, New York from 1961 to 1971.

In 1971, Mr. Giannetta transferred to the National Weather Service Office at
Allentown- Bethlehem- Easton Airport now the Lehigh Valley International Airport
Allentown, Pa.from which he retired in 1992.

In 1992 Mr. Giannetta was offered the Meteorologist-In-Charge (MIC) position at the
National Weather Service Office located at the Wilkes Berra - Scranton, Pa. Airport (AVP).
his home town was Dunmore, Pa. USA.

He taught his Meteorology course at Moravian College Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
from 1992 to 1995.

From 1995 to 2013 he held a position at Northampton Community College Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania, USA., where he taught his Meteorology Course during the fall and
spring semesters when he retired with 21+ years as a Professor of Meteorology.





"Mr. Giannetta" has hands on"Experience Knowledge & Certification" 
from the: National Weather Service in all areas of
"Weather & Meteorology"which consists of:


1.  Forecasting-General-Aviation-Fire Weather-Hurricanes-Floods-Agricultrue.  
2.  Pilot Weather Briefing. Commerical-Military-Private Pilot. Hand Glider &
    Sky Divers. 
3.  Surface & Upper Air Observations to 100,000+ feet above the earth. 
4.  Radiosonde (RAOB) Rawindsonde & Pilot Bolloon (PIBAL) Observations. 
5.  NOAA Weather Radio Broadcasting. Public Speaking.
6.  Surface & Upper Air Observations: Map Plotting & Analysis 
7.  National Weather Service Radar: Radar Observering & Forecasting
8.  NOAA Weather Radio: Live Radio & TV and Public Broadcasting  
9.  Knowledge of all Weather Instruments. 
10. All aspects of all types of: Watches & Warnings: Thunderstroms 
    Hurricanes-Floods-Tornados-Winter Storms-Blizzards-Droughts-High Wind
    Heat Waves. 
11. Have conducted numerous tours at the different National Weather Service  
    Offices which I worked at the: National Weather Service Forecast Office,
    Buffalo International Airport, Buffalo, N.Y., National Weather Service
    Office, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport now the Lehigh Valley
    International Airport, Allentown, Pa. USA.
12. Have spoken to numerous schools, colleges and service clubs. 
13. He holds an Amature Radio License since 1957. Licensed as
    an "Amateur Extra Class from the FCC. Call letters "W A 3 R S Q"

	
14. Mr. Giannetta has received Certification as a "VE" Volunteer Examiner 
    from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through the American
    Radio Relay League (ARRL) to administer amateur radio tests to
    perspectice individuals to become licensed amature radio operators in 
    the USA.,to operate amateur radios from there homes, autos, etc.

    You may view more information about Mr. Giannetta's Certification at
    "VE" Volunteer Examiner 
    Mr. Giannetta pass the FCC exam for (VE) with a score of 100%.

    Mr. Giannetta has have been a licensed amateur radio operator since 1959.
    and holds the "Amateur Extra Class" license which givs me previleges to 
    operate all amateur radio frequencies and radio modes authorized by the 
    FCC. with the Call letters are: "WA3RSQ" 
    Mr. Giannetta pass the exam for his Amateur Radio Extra Class License
    with a score of %100.

Currently he and his wife Virginia T. Hagerman Gainnetta own and operate a National Weather
Service Cooperative Weather Station which is located in their back yard in
Bath, Pennsylvania which he installed and he maintains.

Together they observer & record the daily max - min temperatures precipitation and
snowfall. This information is transmitted to the National Weather Service in Mt. Holly,
New Jersery each morning at 7am.

Choose here to view pictures of Gini's National Weather Service
Cooperative Weather Station located in our back yard.

Virginia (Gini) is a Certified Cooperative Weather Observer with the National Weather Service....
Below is a copy of Gini's Certificate.

Mr. Giannetta has constructed a web sites:

Titled: and is all about "Weather & Meteorology"

"Mr Giannetta has written and produced 4 books on Weather & Meteorology"

Choose here to view Mr. Giannetta's book he has written.

Mr. Giannetta has also written and produced 250 weather articles all which
have been published in various newspapers and newsletters.
30 of them are posted on his web site. He is currently writing more weather articles.
Choose here to viiew Mr. Giannetta's Weather Articles he has written.

"Giannetta Meteorological Encyclopedia CD-ROM Weather Disk"

Mr. Giannetta has developed a"Meteorological Encyclopedia CD-ROM Compact
Disk titled: "Giannetta Meteorological Encyclopedia"

Choose here to read about
Mr. Giannetta's CD-ROM Weather Disk he has written.Titled:
"Giannetta Meteorological Encyclopedia"

The compact disk is about "Weather and Meteorology. It consists of weather
information he has compiled over many years. Numerous weather graphics, charts
& graphs he has created. Many weather pictures he and his wife
Virginia Gini T. Hagerman Giannetta has taken along with
many weather articles he has written.

Mrs. Virginia Gini T. Hagerman Giannetta is a
Certified Cooperative Weather Observer,certified by the National Weather Service.
Mrs. Giannetta has been certified since 1986 and operates a
Certified Cooperative National Weather Station located in their back
yard in Bath, Pa., constructed and maintained by Mr. Giannetta.

Choose here to view pictures of Mrs. Giannetta's cooperative weather station
while connected to the WWW.

You may read more about
Mrs. Giannetta Weather Station in an article publised in
the Morning Call Newspaper, Allentown, Pa. USA.,
while connected to the WWW.

Read weather articles that appeared in the
Morning Call Newspaper,
Allentown, Pa. USA, about Mr. Giannetta when he worked at the
National Weather Service Office, Allentown, Pa. USA.
while connected to the WWW.

The "CDROM Weather Disk" has taken Mr. Giannetta many years and thousands
of hours to develop.

Throughout his career Mr Giannetta has conducted many lectures and weather
presentations at numerous grade - junior - senior high schools
and colleges.

He has conducted his lectures at many civic clubs such as the
Kawanis - Jaycees - Lions - Rotory, amateur radio clubs, church organizations and
news media.

He is currently active in his presentations to all of these groups.

During his career with the National Weather Service he conducted numerous tours
through the weather service for many diversified groups.

In October 1980 while working at the National Weather Service in Allentown, Pa.,
Mr. Giannetta participated in an open house at the National Weather Service Office
located at the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport now the
Lehigh Valley International Airport.Over
4,000 people jammed the weather office. The open house was
to run from noon to 4pm, however, it continued well after 6pm.

On hand to help with the open house was
Mr. Giannetta's wife Virginia and his daughter Virginia.

Below is a pictures from that tour...

Thats is me in the pictures...The one with the tie looking at the camera...
with that nice curly hair....

1...He is a member of the" Delaware-Lehigh Amateur Club, Nazareth. Pa.

2... Mr Giannetta holds a Amateur Radio License Extra Class WA3RSQ

3...Is a member of the Lehigh Valley Computer Group, Allentown , Pa.

4...Over the years has been a member of the ARRL...ARRL

5...Member of the:Bager Weather Net....NWS Forecast Office Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI

6...Member of the:Bager Weather Net....Mr. Giannetta sends the daily weather via ham radio
....each morning...Bager Weather Net

7...Member of the CBS 3 Weather Net....Channel 3CBS Philadelphia, Pa. USA. Mr. Giannetta
....sends the daily weather to Channel 3CBS each morning...

"F Y I"


Mr. Giannetta received Certification as a "VE" Volunteer Examiner
from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through the
Americal Radio Relay League (ARRL) to administer amateur radio 
tests to perspectice individuals to become licensed amature
radio operators in the USA., to operate amateur radios from 
there homes, autos, etc. 


I have encluded a copy of my certificate. I have been a licensed
amateur radio operator since 1959. I hold the "Amateur Extra Class"
license which givs me previleges to operate all amateur radio
frequencies and radio modes authorized by the FCC. My Call letters
are: "WA3RSQ"


Click here to view my "VE" Certificates

Through the years Mr. Giannetta has been a member of all these civic clubs and
many amateur radio clubs.

In the past he organized the "21st Century Amateur Radio Club".
He also organized "The Six Meter Severe Weather Net" in Eastern Pa.,
which was affiliated with the National Weather Service at Allentown, Pa.

The net would meet on "6 Meters SSB" Sunday mornings 9am at a frequency
of 50.150 Mhz. The net consisted of 150 members in 5 states.
PA - MD- NJ - NY - CT.

During times of severe weather the "6 Meter Severe Weather Net"
would be activated and gather weather information and relay the information to
the National Weather Service Office located at the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport
in Allentown, Pa. USA.

There were many times the NWS at Allentown, Pa. would issued
"Weather Statements and Warnings" to the public and news media with information
provided by the "6 Meter Severe Weather Net".

Mr. Giannetta setup a "6 Meter SSB Amateur Radio Station"
inside the National Weather Serice Office at Allentown, Pa. During times of
severe or inclement weather he or another amature radio operator
would operate the station and receive severe weather reports from the members of
the "6 Meter Severe Weather Net".

Mr Giannetta was on duty for 33 hours at the National Weather Service Office,
Allentown Pa. during a severe "Winter Storm" which produced 24.0 inches of
snowfall on February 11, 1983 and 1.2 inches on February 12, 1983
for a total of 25.2 inches of snowfall to at the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport
in Allentown, Pa.

The "6 Meter Severe Weather Net" operated for 12 hours straight during this
"Winter Storm" relaying valuable weather information to the
National Weather Service Office at the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport.

June 24, 2000 Mr. Giannetta organized the "Giannetta Meteorological Society"
Choose here to read more about the Giannetta Meteorological Society.

"Mr. Giannetta discovered his passion for Meteorology at the age of
12 years old". At that young age he formed a baseball team called the
"Warren Street Blue Devils" in his home town of Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

Many times the ball games would be rained out. This began to put a thought in his
mind if he knew what the weather was going to be like he could plan for
the baseball games.

His father "Charles Senior" bought a book which contained articles and stories
on how one could go about building amateur weather equipment such as rain
gauge, barometer, anemometer and others.

He began gathering material required to build some of these and built an

Click here while connected to the World Wide Web to see pictures.....
amateur weather station which was located in his parents back yard in
Dunmore Pennsylvania, USA.
View pictures while connected to the WWW.

He would record the weather for each day in his journals and each
morning during his high school years would post the weather forecast
in his high school library for all to read, thus began his career
in Meteorology.

He has been an amateur radio operator from 1959 with a call sign of:

WA3RSQ - Click here while connected to the World Wide Web to read about
Mr. Giannetta's amateur radio hobby. Holds an Amateur Extra License and
holds a "Volunteer Examiner Certificate" (VE) issued by the Federal
Communications Comm. (FCC) thrugh the American Radio Relay Leaque...
(ARRL) Newington, CT. USA.

The following are pictures when I worked at
the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport
now the Lehigh Valley International Airport,
Allentown, Pa. USA. 1971 to March 31,1992 when I retired...

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