Tropical Storm Podul (16W) will bring heavy rain and gusty winds to Agrihan, Pagan and Alamagan in the Northern Mariana Islands though Saturday. Severe thunderstorms may produce a few tornadoes, large hail, severe winds and heavy rain across the Northern Plains through the night and the threat will shift to the Upper Midwest Friday. Hot temperatures and fire weather conditions continue in the West Read More >
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The Medford weather forecast office issues weather warnings, watches and advisories for southern Oregon and northern California 24/7/365. The office also collects weather data from the weather radar located on Mount Ashland and the weather balloon launched twice daily from Medford. The office is continually staffed by a team of meteorologists, hydrologists, electronics technicians and administrative staff who work together to provide accurate and timely weather information to the public and emergency management agencies. Our office is also unique as other NOAA employees from different NOAA line offices work within our weather forecast office.
Meteorologist In Charge
Responsible for overseeing all meteorological operations and office functionality.
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Responsible for external outreach to the public and other core partners in local, state and federal government.
Science Operations Officer
Responsible for implementing scientific advacements into operations in addition to conducting meteorological research.
Administrative Assistant
Responsible for purchasing, handling travel, managing records and following the many rules that dictate these processes
Observation Program Leader
Responsible for collecting observations from the local COOP network in addition to managing upper air observations. Tom is also an incident meteorologist (IMET) and helps with the severe and fire weather program.
Electronics Systems Analyst
Scott is responsible for overseeing the repairs to weather and electronic equipment in the region and ensuring that the office's IT systems are running smoothly.
Information Technology Specialist
Responsible for maintaining the office's IT infrastructure, including servers and the AWIPS software system.
Electronics Technician
Responsible for repairing and deploying electronic equipment across the region.
Electronics Technician
Responsible for repairing and deploying electronic equipment across the region.
Electronics Technician
Responsible for repairing and deploying electronic equipment across the region.
The staff below issue the forecasts for the region. They all specialize in different areas of meteorology and hydrology. Some are responsible of leading specific weather programs in the office.
Connie leads the radar and the public program.
Misty leads the decision support services program.
Joe is an incident meteorologist (IMET) and helps with the severe and fire weather program.
Brian is an incident meteorologist (IMET) and leads the Marine program.
Dan helps with administrative tasks.
Hydrologist - Spencer monitors rivers, droughts, reservoirs and maintains river gauges across the region.
Meteorologist - Charles focuses on fire weather and is skilled in AWIPS and local IT programs.
Meteorologist - Mike leads the aviation program and works with transportation partners.
Meteorologist - Marc helps with fire weather verification.
Meteorologist - Alexis focuses on media and social media outreach.
Meteorologist - Tim specializes in mountain meteorology.
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