Bio

Education
  • Moorhead State University (1989-1991)
  • St. Cloud State University (1991-1994) Bachelor of Science Degree
Professional
  • NWS Midland/Odessa, TX (1994-1997)
  • NWS Jackson, MS (1997-1998)
  • NWS Omaha, NE (1998-2003)
  • NCEP Storm Prediction Center (2003-Present)
Formal Publications
  • Evans, J.S., C.M. Mead and S.J. Weiss, 2008: Forecasting the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak at the Storm Prediction Center: Why forecast uncertainty does not necessarily decrease as you get closer to a high impact weather event. Preprints, 24nd Conf. Severe Local Storms, Savannah GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (CD ROM).
  • Edwards, R., R.L. Thompson and C.M. Mead, 2004: Assessment of anticyclonic supercell environments using close proximity soundings from the RUC model. Preprints, 22nd Conf. Severe Local Storms, Hyannis MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (CD ROM).
  • Thompson, R.L., C.M. Mead, and R. Edwards, 2004: Effective bulk shear in supercell thunderstorm environments. Preprints, 22nd Conf. Severe Local Storms, Hyannis MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (CD ROM).
  • Thompson, R.L., R. Edwards, and C.M. Mead, 2004: Effective storm-relative helicity in supercell thunderstorm environments. Preprints, 22nd Conf. Severe Local Storms, Hyannis MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (CD ROM).
  • Thompson, R.L., R. Edwards, and C.M. Mead, 2004: An update to the supercell composite and significant tornado parameters. Preprints, 22nd Conf. Severe Local Storms, Hyannis MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (CD ROM).
  • Mead, C.M.*, and A.E. Gerard, 1999: The Initiation and Evolution of a Mini-Bow Echo Occurring Behind a Prefrontal Squall Line. Natl. Wea. Dig., 23, 1-2, 20-29.
  • Mead, C.M.*, and P.L. Wolf, 1998: The 2 May 1997 Severe Weather Episode over Northeast Louisiana and Central Mississippi: The Apparent Influence of Frontogenetic Forcing Along a Newly Formed Mesoscale Baroclinic Zone. Natl. Wea. Dig., 22, 2, 35-41.
  • Gerard, A.E., C.M. Mead*, S. Miller, R. Pfost and P. L. Wolf, 1998: Surprise Snowstorm Socks Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. NWS Southern Region Technical Attachment. SR/SSD 98-5, National Weather Service, Southern Region Headquarters, Ft. Worth, TX.
  • Mead, C.M.**, 1997: The Discrimination between Tornadic and Nontornadic Supercell Environments: A Forecasting Challenge in the Southern United States. Wea. Forecasting, 12, 379-387.
  • Mead, C.M.**, G.P. Murdoch, and T.J. Turnage, 1997: A Severe Weather Climatology for the NWSO Midland, Texas County Warning Area. NWS Southern Region Technical Memoranda. NWS SR-191, National Weather Service, Southern Region Headquarters, Ft. Worth, TX.
  • Mead, C.M.** and T.W. Earle, 1997: An Elevated Severe Thunderstorm Complex Over Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. NWS Southern Region Technical Attachment. SR/SSD 97-9, National Weather Service, Southern Region Headquarters, Ft. Worth, TX.
  • Mead, C.M.**, 1995: The Relationship between Convective Available Potential Energy, Storm-Relative Helicity and the Development of Tornadic Thunderstorms in the Northern Plains. NWS Southern Region Technical Attachment. SR/SSD 95, National Weather Service, Southern Region Headquarters, Ft. Worth, TX.

* Author affiliated with NWS Jackson, MS

** Author affiliated with NWS Midland, TX

Informal Publications
  • The Effects of Large-Scale Lift on Cap Removal (2000)
  • Potential Vorticity and Cyclone Strength (1998)
  • April 8, 1999 Mesoscale Evolution (1999)