Christopher J. Melick, PhD United States Air Force/ 557th Weather Wing/ 16th Weather Squadron Offutt AFB, NE 68113 Work Email: christopher.melick at us.af.mil Personal Email: cjmelick501 at gmail.com Last updated on May 06, 2023

CWOP DW0809 Weather Station: Bellevue, NE	NWS Radar from OAX (Valley/Omaha, NE)

Federal Meteorologist (GS-12)	                   USAF/557 WW/16 WS                 2017 - present

Research Scientist                                 OU/CIMMS at NOAA/SPC         
	   HWT Research to Operation Liaison                                         2015 - 2017 
           Technique Development Meteorologist                                       2009 - 2015

Data Services Meteorologist                        Baron Services, Inc.              2008 - 2009

Weather Analysis and Forecasting Committee 	    National Weather Association     2019 - 2021

AMS Conference Planning Committee  	            30th WAF/ 26th NWP               2019 - 2020

AMS Conference Planning Committee  	            31st WAF/ 27th NWP               2020 - 2021

AMS Conference Session Chair    	            29th WAF/ 25th NWP               2018

DTC Science Advisory Board  	                  NOAA Developmental Testbed Center  2021 - Present

Severe Local Storms Committee 	                  American Meteorological Society    2022 - Present

Adjunct Professor          	                    Univ. of Missouri-Columbia       2017 - Present

Ph.D. 2008; Univ. of Missouri-Columbia; Columbia, Missouri; Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Science

M.S. 2003; Purdue University; West Lafayette, Ind.; Atmospheric Science

B.S. 2000; Purdue University; West Lafayette, Ind.; Atmospheric Science

• Adams-Selin, R.D., A.J. Clark, C.J. Melick, S.R. Dembek, I.L. Jirak, and C.L. Ziegler, 2019: Evolution of WRF-HAILCAST during the 2014–16 NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiments. Wea. Forecasting, 34, 61-79, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-18-0024.1
• Clark, A.J., and Coauthors, 2018: The Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) in the 2016 NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 1433–1448, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0309.1
• Gallo, B. T., and Coauthors: 2017: Breaking new ground in severe weather prediction: The 2015 NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment. Wea. Forecasting, 32, 1541-1568. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-16-0178.1
• Karstens, C.D, G. Stumpf,  C. Ling, L. Hua, D. Kingfield,T.M. Smith, J. Correia, K. Calhoun, K. Ortega, C. Melick, and L.P. Rothfusz, 2015: Evaluation of a probabilistic forecasting methodology for severe convective weather in the 2014 Hazardous Weather Testbed. Wea. Forecasting, 30, 1551-1570. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-14-00163.1
• Kain, John S., and Coauthors, 2013: A feasibility study for probabilistic convection initiation forecasts based on explicit numerical guidance. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94, 1213–1225.https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00264.1
• Clark, A.J., and Coauthors, 2012: An Overview of the 2010 Hazardous Weather Testbed Experimental Forecast Program Spring Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Sci., 93, 55-74.https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00040.1
• Dolif Neto, G., P.S. Market, G.D. Neto, A.E. Becker, B. Pettegrew, C. Melick, C. Schultz, P.I. Buckley, J.V. Clark, A.R. Lupo, R. Holle, N. Demetriades, and C.E. Barnieri, 2009: A comparison of two cases of low-latitude thundersnow. Atmosfera, 22(3), 315-330.
• Melick, C.J., L.L. Smith, B.P. Pettegrew, A.E. Becker, P.S. Market, and A.R. Lupo, 2008: Investigation of stability characteristics of cold-season convective precipitation events by utilizing the growth rate parameter. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D08108, doi:10.1029/2007JD009063.https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD009063
• Lupo, A.R., T.K. Latham, T. Magill, J.V. Clark, C.J. Melick, and P.S. Market, 2008: The Interannual Variability of Hurricane Activity in the Atlantic and East Pacific Regions. Nat. Wea. Dig., 32, 119-133.
• Tilly, D.E., A.R. Lupo, C.J. Melick, and P.S. Market, 2008: Calculated height tendencies in a Southern Hemisphere blocking and cyclone event: The contribution of diabatic heating to block intensification. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 3568–3578. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008MWR2374.1
• Crowe, C., P. Market, B. Pettegrew, C. Melick, and J. Podzimek, 2006: An investigation of thundersnow and deep snow accumulations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L24812, doi:10.1029/2006GL028214. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL028214
• Market, P.S., A.M. Oravetz, D. Gaede, E. Bookbinder, A.R. Lupo, C.J. Melick, L.L. Smith, R. Thomas, R. Redburn, B.P. Pettegrew, and A.E. Becker, 2006: Proximity soundings of thundersnow in the central United States. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D19208, 10.1029/2006JD007061. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JD007061