RESUME
Ray Wolf
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EDUCATION
M.S. Agricultural Climatology, Iowa State University, 1985
B.S. Meteorology, Iowa State University, 1982
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1994 – current > Science and Operations Officer, NOAA National Weather Service,
Davenport, Iowa – responsible for staff training on science and technology issues related to hydrometeorological forecast and warning operations. Established climate and fire weather programs including development of customer base and needs assessment; participated on national climate web page design team. Active participant in outreach programs focusing on translating complex science issues to customers (e.g. radar interpretation for emergency managers, technical training for media); office leader and mentor for AMS DataStreme and
Water in the Earth System courses for K-12 teachers for the past 9 years. Lead and conduct local research designed to increase scientific knowledge base and improve services. Served two terms on the AMS Severe Local Storms committee since 1998; reviewer for the AMS Bulletin,
Weather and Forecasting, and the NWA Digest.
1990-1994 > Forecaster, NOAA National Weather Service, Denver, Colorado – forecast and warning service provider for state of Colorado including hazards of flash flooding, severe convective storms, winter storms and fire weather. Local projects included verification of winter storms and new forecast techniques; collaborative work with Forecast Systems Lab including research case studies of local flash flood and severe storm events; and development of Front
Range flash flood threat assessment guide for internal training.
1985-1990 > Agricultural Forecaster, NOAA National Weather Service, Mid-South
Agricultural Weather Service Center, Stoneville, Mississippi – provided agricultural weather forecasts and information for varied ag interests (crop, livestock, poultry, aquaculture) in
Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana; frequently worked with specialists from other disciplines to develop forecast tools to increase and enhance services. Interacted with ag producers on a regular basis to determine needs and assess impacts of services; delivered educational presentations to increase effectiveness of services. Member NWA agricultural meteorology and weather and forecasting committees.
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VOLUNTEER AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIENCE
Nontechnical writing and presentations – e.g., weather and climate programs for Master
Gardeners and Master Naturalists, newsletter articles, media interviews, etc.
Statistics – experimental design, survey development and analysis – e.g., developed surveys for feedback and needs assessment for various church programs.

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PUBLICATIONS (selected list)
Pettegrew, B.P., P.S. Market, R.A. Wolf, and P. Roebber, in review, A case study of a rare severe thunderstorm with snowfall.
Part I: Diagnostic analysis. Submitted to Mon. Wea. Rev. Also presented at the AMS 21th Conf. on Weather Analysis and
Forecasting /17 th Conf. Numerical Weather Prediction, Washington, D.C., 2004.
Graves, C.E., R.A. Wolf, J.T. Moore, J.A. Zogg, and B.L. Mickelson, in review, Analysis of the 3-4 June 2002 extreme rainfall event over Iowa and Illinois. Submitted to Nat. Wea. Digest. Also presented at the AMS 20 th Conf. on Weather Analysis and
Forecasting, Seattle, WA, 2004.
Trapp, J., N.T. Atkins, R.W. Pryzbylinski, and R.A. Wolf, in review, Buyer Beware : Some words of caution on the use of severe wind reports in post-event assessment and research. Submitted to Weather and Forecasting.
Wolf, R.A., 2004: Tornadogenesis and the role of a lake breeze boundary on 14 June 2003 in northwest Illinois. AMS 22 nd
Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA, 2004.
Atkins, N.T., J.M. Arnott, R.W. Pryzbylinski, and R.A. Wolf, 2004: Vortex structure and evolution within bow echoes. Part I:
Single-doppler and damage analysis of the 29 June 1998 derecho. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132:2224-2242.
Zogg, J.A., R.A. Wolf, A.C. Young, B.M. Astifan, and T.C. Nock, 2002: Service Assessment for the 2001 Mississippi River spring flood in the NWS Davenport, Iowa, hydrologic service area. AMS 16 th Conf. Hydrology, Orlando, FL.
Wolf, R.A. and J.F. Meyer, 2002: The 2001 Independence, Iowa tornado: Issues associated with non-supercell tornadogenesis far from the radar. AMS 21 st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX.
Wolf, R.A., 2002: Doppler radar observations of squall line tornadogenesis near the KDVN WSR-88D. AMS 21 st Conf. on
Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX.
Crosbie, C. and R.A. Wolf, 2002: WSR-88D observations of non-descending tornadogenesis in proximity to a synoptic-scale frontal boundary: A case study of 18 May 2000 in northern Illinois. AMS 21 st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX.
Skerritt, D.A., R.W. Pryzbylinski, and R.A. Wolf, 2002: A study of the 6 December 1995 Midwest snow event: Synoptic and mesoscale aspects. Nat. Wea. Digest, 26:52-62.
Wolf, R.A., 2000: Characteristics of circulations associated with the 29 June 1998 derecho in eastern Iowa. AMS 20 th Conf. on
Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL.
Ibarra, H., R. Wolf, J. Meyer, and J. Mlodzik, 1999: DataStreme: Weather education from the AMS to the classroom. Bull.
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80 :1901-1905. Also presented at the AMS 7 th Conf. on Education, Phoenix, AZ ,1998.
Wolf, R.A., R.W. Pryzbylinski, and P. Berg, 1996: Observations of a merging bowing segment and supercell. AMS 18 th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, CA.
Szoke, E.J., R.T. Glancy, and R.A. Wolf, 1993: Colorado supercells: A set of null cases for the Denver Cyclone. AMS 17 th
Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO.
Wolf, R.A., and W.G. Ruff, 1993: The Virginia Canyon flash flood: Topography and the modernized Weather Forecast Office.
AMS 17 th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO.
McCracken, F.I., and R.A. Wolf, 1989: Oak decline: Growth ring indicators from a southern bottomland hardwood site.
American Phytopathological Society, Richmond, VA.
Pennington, D.A., and R.A. Wolf, 1989: Potential for use of rainfall during permanent flood of rice in Mississippi. Mississippi
Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletin #962.
Wolf, R.A., 1987: Agricultural drought in the Midsouth: 1986. Nat. Wea. Digest, 12:11-19.
Wolf, R.A., L.P. Pedigo, R.H. Shaw, and L.D. Newsom, 1987: Migration/transport of the green cloverworm, Plathypena scabra
(F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), into Iowa as determined by synoptic-scale weather patterns. Environmental Entomology,
16:1169-1174.