Home   [an error occurred while processing this directive]

Observations Models NWS Storm Images Outbreaks Links 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 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)