May 17, 2016
Tonight's Guest WeatherBrain is the Meteorologist in Charge at the NWS Mobile, Alabama. Jeff Medlin, welcome to WeatherBrians. Jeffrey Medlin currently serves as the Meteorologist in Charge of the NWS Mobile-Pensacola. Between 1994 and 2014, he served as the Science and Operations Officer in Mobile, AL. He has worked for the following NWS Offices since 1987: Norman, OK, Charleston, WV, Cincinnati, OH and Columbia, SC. Internal to the NWS, he has devoted a great deal of his time to Intern and Forecaster Development, objective mesoanalysis, satellite and radar interpretation, thunderstorm structure, the forecast process and local modeling. He has served on numerous national and regional teams. Externally, he served as Editor in Training, Assistant Editor and Editor of the NWA E-Journal from 2007-10 and also on several regional mesonet committees since 2002. He is the author of numerous refereed publications which span a variety of mesoscale topics and has run a mesoscale model in real-time since the mid 1990s. He obtained a Bachelor’s of Science Degree from NC State University in 1988 and a Master’s Degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Alabama-Huntsville in 2001. Outside of work, Jeffrey enjoys flounder fishing, weight lifting, walking and landscaping.