Nick Lilja

Nick graduated from Oregon State University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Earth Science with an emphasis in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. He then earned a Master's from Syracuse University in 2011 in Broadcast & Digital Journalism.

All the while he has been on the air in multiple states. Now, though, he calls Mississippi home and is the Chief Meteorologist for WDAM, a local television station, and works part time as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi teaching a course in meteorology.

This is what I look like while waiting for computer weather models to finish rendering…

Climate change shifting Amarillo weather: Part II (Data & Analysis)

Data & Analysis As discussed previously, the change in the earth’s climate has been shown on a local level. The USA Today and the Washington Post recently discussed that the East Coast was enuring “Less Snow, More Blizzards” each winter. In Amarillo, it seems like that trend might also be true. The current average snowfall in Amarillo is .3″ higher… Read more →