‘I really want to be a weatherman’

## Why are you so well-suited to becoming a weatherman? ‘Because of my degree in meteorology of course, but also because I have always been interested in the weather. I used to do storm chasing, for instance. As soon as there was a thunderstorm approaching, I jumped into the car to go and take photos. If it snowed I kept track of it on my computer on all kinds of fora.’ ## You recently almost got to present the weather forecast on RTL4, didn’t you? ‘Yes. Weatherwoman Helga van Leur held a competition together with Buienradar. You made a webcam film for which people could vote. That started as a joke, but it grew like an oil slick. People helped; my mother distributed flyers at her work. I was in first place for a while but I was overtaken three days before it closed. Really annoying.’ ## It was a fun way of trying to get on TV once. How serious is your application now? ‘Much more serious. I really want to be a weatherman, and this would be a really good start. But there are about 100 people competing, including fellow students. So it will be difficult. ## How can you prepare? ‘It is very difficult to practise something you have never done before. For the screen test I am trying to improve how I come across on camera and to brush up my presentation skills. I don’t have an autocue here so it is difficult to imagine how you present using that.’