random kel dor headcanon: part of advancing to the highest ranks of the Baran Do is essentially getting a high-level degree in some specialisation of meteorology/earth sciences in general. You pick a topic to specialise in, study that topic, learn all about how it works and how the Force interacts with/reflects that topic (for example, using the Force to read climatic factors that go into storm formation), you write a dissertation of sorts, and then you get to put your new skills into practice for a bit before you find out if you passed :D
headcanons also that this is where sages learn to throw lightning. It's the culmination of the lightning-rod techniques, and it's very different to sith lightning - you just get one big flashy bolt, as opposed to the tesla-coil shit that comes out of sith stuff - because this is dealing entirely with natural forces as opposed to rawdogging the force with the power of ur absolute bullshit. it's powerful, but v dangerous, as u can imagine.
anyway i like to think that Plo did his Sage!PhD on short-term hazard response, since that would probably have a lot of crossover with like. half of the usual Jedi work. It probably would have meant studying a whole bunch of hazard types but tbh that's a feature not a bug lol
