Qualifications
Stephen T. Rich, CCM
President
Professional Experience
- Over 40 years of applied meteorological
experience including:
- Certified Consulting Meteorologist No. 656 - 12 years (January
2009 to present)
- 16 years as an official NOAA & National Weather Service Cooperative Observer providing
climatological data to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC, for publication in Local Climatological Data
(2004-2020)
- Meteorologist in Charge (10 years), National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office, Charleston,
SC
- Deputy Meteorologist in Charge (3 years), NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS
- Techniques Development Meteorologist (2 years) NWS Southern Region HQ, Scientific Services Division
(now Science and Training), Fort Worth, TX (wind profiler program leader, NWS Southern Region)
- Lead Forecaster
(8 years), NWS Forecast Office, Jackson, MS, including 2 years as office computer systems manager
- Program
Leader (2 years) for NWS severe weather preparedness and storm spotter training in Mississippi
- Forecaster
and radar operator (2 years), NWS Forecast Office, Little Rock, AR
- 4 years developing meteorological
and oceanographic computer programs for operational use at National Meteorological Center (now NCEP), Camp Springs, Maryland
(Washington, DC area)
Professional Certifications
- Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) #656
- American Meteorological Society
.
Education
- University
of Florida, Florida State University
.
Additional Professional Experience
.
- Member of 3-person Board
of Consultants for the Lake Wallenpaupack Dam (Pennsylvania) Site Specific Probable Maximum Precipitation (SSPMP) and Probable
Maximum Flood (PMF) studies conducted by HDR, Inc., for Brookfield Renewable, 2016-2019
- Technical Review Board Member for State of Virginia Legislature-commissioned
statewide Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) study, 2014-2015
- Member of 3-person Board of Consultants for the Lake
Greenwood/Buzzard Roost Dam (South Carolina) Site Specific Probable Maximum Precipitation (SSPMP) and Probable Maximum Flood
(PMF) studies conducted by HDR, Inc., 2012-2015
- Pacific Northwest Weather
Workshop
- Service Assessment Team contributor, Hurricane
Bertha 1996
- Service Assessment Team contributor,
Hurricane Fran 1996
- Storm
Survey and Assessment Team participant, widespread violent tornado outbreak of November 1992 (Mississippi
portion)
- Extensive operational experience
forecasting and warning for numerous tornado, severe thunderstorm, flood and winter storm events in the Lower
Mississippi Valley from 1978 to 1993
- Direct operational experience (local warnings and forecasts) during passage
of Hurricanes Andrew and Elena across central Gulf Coast region and WSFO Jackson's area of responsibility
- Program leader for wind profiler implementation and training, NWS Southern Region, 1990-91
- National No-GOES Contingency planning team (for potential failure of
GOES satellites), Silver Spring, Md., 1990-91
- National
WSR-88D Risk Reduction team (for Doppler radar implementation), Norman Risk Reduction Project, Norman, Okla., 1990-91
- Participation in early development and evaluation of COMET distance learning modules,
Boulder, Colo., 1990-91
- Summer Colloquium
on Synoptic Meteorology, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., 1988
.
Awards and Recognition
- COMET Partners Project grant for collaborative efforts between WFO Charleston
& College of Charleston to improve hurricane warning effectiveness, 2001 (UCAR/COMET)
- NWS Modernization Award for alternate WSR-88D site acquisition efforts, Beaufort
and Jasper Counties, SC, 1996
- Recognized for WFO
Charleston's outstanding support for forecast operations
at 1996 Summer Olympics marine venue, Savannah, GA
- NOAA Unit Citation - outstanding warning services for southern SC severe thunderstorm outbreak, June
1994
- NOAA
Unit Citations - river and flash flood warning services, Jackson, Miss., 1984 and 1981
- Numerous commendable and outstanding NWS performance ratings and special act/service awards
from 1980 to 2003