I graduated from the Penn State online weather forecasting certificate program in 2012. This college-level program educates life-long learners around the world. It helps turn its students into better consumers of weather information and news.
As part of this program, I took four courses.
Meteo 101 - Understanding Weather Forecasting (Spring 2011) - the basics of meteorology, with a focus on synoptic scale meteorology.
Meteo 241 - Fundamentals of Tropical Forecasting (Fall 2011) - introduction to tropical meteorology including hurricanes.
Meteo 361 - Fundamentals of Mesoscale Weather Forecasting (Spring 2012) - mesoscale weather forecasting, including severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.
Meteo 410 - Advanced Topics in Weather Forecasting (Fall 2012) - Participation in the WXChallenge, a nationwide weather forecasting competition.