National Weather Service Forecast Office - Mobile/Pensacola

Formal Publications

Medlin, J.M., S.K. Kimball, and K.G. Blackwell, 2007: Radar and Rain Gauge Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall during Hurricane Danny’s (1997) Landfall. AMS Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 1869–1888. [ ABSTRACT ]

Lu, D., L. White, R.S. Reddy, P.J. Croft, and J. M. Medlin, 2006: Numerical Simulation of Sea and Bay Breezes in a Weak Shear Environment. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys. 94, 153–165. [ ABSTRACT ].

Medlin, J.M., S.K. Kimball and K. G. Blackwell, 2006: Radar and Raingage Analysis of the Rainfall during Hurricane Danny’s (1997) Landfall. (Submitted to American Meteorological Society, Monthly Weather Review, October 2005).

Medlin, J.M. and J. Cullen, 2005: A Thermodynamic Investigation of the Early Afternoon Wet Microburst Pre-Storm Environment over South Central Alabama and the Extreme Northwest Florida Panhandle. (In press. National Weather Association, National Weather Digest). [ ABSTRACT ]
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Darbe, D. and J.M. Medlin, 2005: Multi-Scale Analysis of the 13 October 2001 Central Gulf Coast Shallow Supercell Tornado Outbreak. National Weather Association Electronic Journal (2005-EJ1).

Medlin, J. M., 2003: Tips for Preserving Meteorological Consistency in Gridded Forecasts. NWS Southern Region Technical Attachment 2003-08.
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Medlin, J.M., 2003: A Single-Station Statistical Analysis of Measurable Snowfall Events in Mobile, Alabama. NWS Southern Region Technical Attachment 2003-03.
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Maniscalco, G.J., 2002: An Examination of Cold-Season Dense Radiation Fog Development Following Two Widespread Rainfall Events Over the Northern Gulf Coast. NWS Southern Region Technical Attachment. 2002-14.

Medlin, J.M., 2001: A Single-Doppler Radar Analysis of the Outer Rainband Mesocyclones Associated with Hurricane Opal of 4 October 1995. University of Alabama in Huntsville Masters Thesis.

Medlin, J.M. and P.J. Croft, 1998: A Preliminary Investigation and Diagnosis of Weak Shear Summertime Convective Initiation for Extreme Southwest Alabama. Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 13, No. 3, Part 2, 717-728. [ ABSTRACT ]

Croft, P.J., R.L. Pfost, J.M. Medlin and G.A. Johnson, 1997: Fog Forecasting for the Southern Region: A Conceptual Approach. Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 12, 545-556. [ ABSTRACT ]

Croft, P.J., D.L. Darbe and J.F. Garmon, 1995: Forecasting Significant Fog in Southern Alabama. National Weather Digest, Vol. 19 Number 4, 10-16. [ ABSTRACT ]

Conferences

Medlin, J.M., and M. Bunkers, 2008: An Examination of North Central Gulf Coast Cold Season Pre-Tornadic Vertical Wind Shear Environments since 1996. Presented at the 5th Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL. [ ABSTRACT ].

Medlin, J.M., 2007: Preliminary Radar Analysis of the Millers Ferry, Alabama EF-4 Tornado-Producing Mesocyclone of 1 March 2007.Presented at the 32nd National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV. [ ABSTRACT ].

Medlin, J.M., 2007: Preliminary Radar Analysis of the Millers Ferry, Alabama EF-4 Tornado-Producing Mesocyclone of 1 March 2007. Presented at the 4th Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL. [ ABSTRACT ].

Medlin, J.M., 2007: Wet Microburst Pre-Storm Evaluation Technique Performance Results during the Summer of 2006. Presented at the 4th Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL. [ ABSTRACT ].

Medlin, J.M., and J. C. Cullen, 2006: A thermodynamic investigation of the early afternoon wet microburst pre-storm environment over southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle. Presented at the 31st National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH. [ ABSTRACT ]

Purdy, J, J. Medlin, R. McKee and G. Beeler, 2006: Results of the Implementation of a Modernized Tropical Operations Plan for a Coastal National Weather Service Forecast Office. Presented at the 3nd Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL. [ ABSTRACT ]

Purdy, J, J. Medlin, R. McKee and G. Beeler, 2006: Results of the Implementation of a Modernized Tropical Operations Plan for a Coastal National Weather Service Forecast Office. Presented at the 60th Inner Departmental Hurricane Conference, Mobile, AL. [ ABSTRACT ]

Beeler, G.A. and J. Cullen, 2005: A Local Forecast Office Perspective on Hurricane Ivan. Presented at the 2^nd Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL.

Kimball, S. and J.M. Medlin, 2005: The University of South Alabama Mesonet. Presented at the 2^nd Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL.

Medlin, J.M. and J. Cullen, 2005: A Thermodynamic Investigation of the Early Afternoon Wet Microburst Pre-Storm Environment of the Extreme Northwest Panhandle and South Central Alabama. Presented at the 2^nd Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL.

Medlin, J.M., 2004: On Collaboration between the National Weather Service and a Local University. Presented at the 1^st Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL.

Garmon, J., 2004: Developing a Local Mesonet. Presented at the 1^st Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL.

Darbe, D. and J.M. Medlin, 2004: Multi-Scale Analysis of the 13 October 2001 Central Gulf Coast Shallow Supercell Tornado Outbreak. Presented at the 1^st Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL.

Medlin, J.M., 2004: Developing a 12-24 h MOS Regression Equation for Forecasting Thunderstorm Coverage during the Summer Months. Presented at the 1^st Annual Southeastern Coastal & Atmospheric Processes Symposium (SeCAPS), Mobile, AL.

Darbe, D.L. and J.M. Medlin, 2002: A Multi-scale Analysis of the 13 October 2001 Central Gulf Coast Mini-Supercell Tornado Outbreak. Presented at the 21st AMS Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX.

Eversole, D.R., 2002: The 'Mverify' Marine Verification Program. Presented at the 2002 NWS Southern (Biloxi, MS) and Eastern Regions (Morehead City, NC) Marine Workshops.

Camp, J.P., 2000: Hurricane Maximum Intensity: Past and Present. Presented at the 24th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.

Medlin, J.M. and D.B. Gilhousen, 1999: A Mesoscale Induced Coastal Flood Event. Presented at the 1999 Annual NWA Conference, Biloxi, MS.

Medlin, J.M. and K.G. Blackwell, 1999: A Persistent Supercell Associated with Prolonged Excessive Rainfall within Hurricane Danny's Eyewall Over Mobile Bay.

Blackwell, K.G. and J.M. Medlin, 1998: Doppler-Observed Eyewall Replacement Cycles in Hurricane Danny near the Alabama Coast and Corresponding Fluctuations in Storm Intensity, Organization and Precipitation.

Blackwell, K.G. and J.M. Medlin, 1998: Hurricane Danny's Transition from a Symmetric to Asymmetric Hurricane in Mobile Bay. Presented at the 77th AMS Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Croft, P.J. and J.M. Medlin, 1998: Coastal Convective Initiation as a Function of Seasonal Progression. Presented at the 2nd Conf. on Coastal Prediction.

Sharp, D.W., J.M. Medlin, S.M. Spratt and S.J. Hodanish, 1997: A Spectrum of Outer Spiral Rain Band Mesocyclones Associated with Tropical Cyclones. Presented at the 22nd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Fort Collins,CO.

Medlin, J.M. and P.J. Croft, 1996: An Examination of the Mobile Bayway Fog Disaster. Presented at the 15th AMS Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Norfolk, VA.

Other

2003:Requirements White Paper for Enhanced D2D Capability to Support Storm Structure and Atmospheric Analysis (written by Stephen Keighton and contributed to by NWS Southern and Eastern Regions SOOs)
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last updated: 21 June 2006
J. Medlin