Background
He grew up on Long Island, New York and received his Bachelor of Surgery from Cornell University, followed by his Master of Science
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Paul Kocin
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Cornell University; Pennsylvania State University. Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Career
From Pennsylvania State University. After graduation, he briefly worked for National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a contractor then was hired by the United States National Weather Service at the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center in 1989. Kocin worked as an on-air personality with The Weather Channel from 1998 to 2006.
He returned to National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration afterward, first as a surface weather analyst and then to the medium range desk, forecasting weather for Alaska up to eight days in advance.
Along with Louis Uccellini, Kocin developed the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale, which categorizes significant Northeast United States snowstorms from "notable" to "extreme". They also created volumes concerning Northeastern United States Snow Storms during the 1990s and 2000s.
