Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@weatherwithlauren
Topics: Weather, TV And Film, Social Media
Mia Williams
Topics: Weather, TV And Film, Social Media
A meteorologist gave viewers an insight into what she can hear while reporting the weather, and people are in awe of her concentration levels.
Lauren Kreidler is a weather reporter in the US, and has shared what her job really entails with her followers on Instagram.
She has given a behind-the-scenes look at what reporters experience in the studio, and it turns out it's very different from what we see on our screens.
Lauren shared the video on her social media with the caption: "Have ya ever wondered what’s being said in your meteorologist’s ear when they’re doing the weather?! Here’s what it sounds like! (shoutout to @sarabluewx for the inspo!)."
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Stood in front of giant green screen, while glancing at a monitor, the countdown begins.
"30 seconds...15...standby," is what can be heard in the earpiece just before going live.
Producers in the gallery then continue to give Lauren time updates while she is presenting.
The first is a two-minute warning, and she is then given another at one minute.
Every 15 seconds following this, she receives an update from the gallery, until they prompt her to wrap up the segment.
People in the comments were baffled by how Lauren keeps her concentration on the job at hand.
One said: "I'd get distracted too easy with someone talking in my ear."
To which she replied: "You get used to it!!"
Another joked: "Serious question, do you ever hear that voice when you’re trying to sleep?"
But the reporter clarified that she thankfully doesn't.
Others questioned how on earth she knows where to point to on the green screen, to correspond with the map viewers are seeing at home.
One wrote: "I’m just always impressed you can keep track of where you are on the green screen."
Another agreed, and added: "I've always wondered how they know what they pointing at."
But one viewer in the comments explained: "There are multiple monitors so she can see herself from any direction."
A fellow weather reporter proposed another problem that can occur while live on air.
In the comments, they wrote: "You left out when something goes wrong the pandemonium we hear in our ear sometimes lol."
One curious viewer also asked: "Do you write the script for the forecast ahead of time to fit time constraints or do the producers write and prompt to you? Or do you just wing it?"
Lauren impressively noted that there is not a script nor a prompter.