John Weaver
John Weaver
Research Scientist Emeritus
Phone: (970) 224-2334
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John Weaver
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Colorado State University
1375 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1375
Selected Publications
  • Bikos, D. E., Braun, J. J., Weaver, J. F., Zehr, R. M., 2006: 117 VISIT teletraining sessions delivered to NWS offices and others
  • Bikos, D. E., Braun, J. J., Weaver, J. F., 2006: The role of GOES satellite imagery in tracking low-level moisture, Weather and Forecasting, vol. 21, 232-241
  • Bikos, D. E., Braun, J. J., Weaver, J. F., Zehr, R. M., 2005: 179 VISIT teletraining sessions delivered to NWS offices and others
  • Lindsey, D. T., Bikos, D. E., Weaver, J. F., Zehr, R. M., 2004: 162 VISIT teletraining sessions delivered to NWS offices and others
  • Dostalek, J. F., Phillips, L., Weaver, J. F., 2004: Aspects of a tornadic left-moving thunderstorm of 25 May 1999, Weather and Forecasting, vol. 19, 614-626
  • Weaver, J. F., Bikos, D. E., Lindsey, D. T., Prins, E., Schmidt, C. C., 2004: Fire detection using GOES-11 rapid scan imagery, Weather and Forecasting, vol. 19, 496-510
  • Weaver, J. F., 2004: Heavy snowfall in the midst of a drought, CIRA Magazine, vol. 22, 8-13
  • Connell, B. H., Bikos, D. E., Lindsey, D. T., Mostek, A. J., Weaver, J. F., 2004: National and international training activities at CIRA, CIRA Magazine
  • Weaver, J. F., Lindsey, D. T., 2004: Some frequently overlooked visual servere thunderstorm characteristics observed on GOES imagery: A topic for future research, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 132, 1529-1533
  • Lindsey, D. T., Bikos, D. E., Mostek, A. J., Weaver, J. F., 2004: The VISIT program: Transferring research to operations, 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting.January 11-15, 2004, Seattle, WA
  • Weaver, J. F., 2004: The variety and scope of research taking place at CSU, CIRA/Colorado State University.October 6, 2004, Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Mostek, A. J., Bachmeier, A. S., Bikos, D. E., Ferree, J., Grant, B. N., LaDue, J., Lindsey, D. T., Motta, B. C., Weaver, J. F., Whittaker, T., Zajac, B. A., 2004: VISIT: Bringing training to weather service forecasters using a new distance-learning tool, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 85, 823-829
  • Lindsey, D. T., Bachmeier, A. S., Bikos, D. E., Grant, B. N., LaDue, J., Mostek, A. J., Weaver, J. F., Whittaker, T., 2004: VISIT: Providing teletraining for operational forecasters, 13th Symposium on Education.January 11-15, 2004, Seattle, WA
  • Weaver, J. F., 2003: New focuses in satellite training, COMET Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction (COMAP).October 24, 2003, Boulder, CO
  • Mostek, A. J., Bachmeier, A. S., Bikos, D. E., DeMaria, M., Grant, B. N., LaDue, J., Lindsey, D. T., Weaver, J. F., Whittaker, T., 2003: VISITview: Connecting instructors with operational forecasters, AMS 19th Conference on IIPS.February 10-14, 2003, Long Beach, CA
  • Bikos, D. E., Motta, B. C., Weaver, J. F., 2002: A satellite perspective of the 03 May 1999 Great Plains tornado outbreak within Oklahoma, Weather and Forecasting, vol. 17, 635-646
  • Zajac, B. A., Bikos, D. E., Weaver, J. F., 2002: An overview of lightning training from NWS/VISIT: 1999-2001, AMS 18th Conference on IIPS.January 13-17, 2002, Orlando, FL
  • Mostek, A. J., Bachmeier, A. S., Bikos, D. E., Grant, B. N., LaDue, J., Motta, B. C., Schrab, K. J., Weaver, J. F., Whittaker, T., Zajac, B. A., 2002: Bringing training to the forecasters using VISITview: Review of program since 1999, AMS AWIPS Symposium.January 13-17, 2002, Orlando, FL
  • Weaver, J. F., 2002: Central Colorado's severe downslope windstorms, Colorado Climate Magazine, vol. 3, 1-3
  • Zajac, B. A., Weaver, J. F., 2002: Lightning meteorology I: An introductory course on forecasting with lightning data, AMS AWIPS Symposium.January 13-17, 2002, Orlando, FL
  • Zajac, B. A., Bikos, D. E., Weaver, J. F., 2002: Lightning training from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training: 1999-2001, AMS AWIPS Symposium.January 13-17, 2002, Orlando, FL
  • Weaver, J. F., Bikos, D. E., Knaff, J., 2002: Reply to comments on: Satellite observations of a severe supercell thunderstorm on 24 July 2000 made during the GOES-11 science test, Wea. Forecasting, vol. 17, 1118-1127
  • Weaver, J. F., Bikos, D. E., Daniels, J. M., Knaff, J., Wade, G., 2002: Satellite observations of a severe supercell thunderstorm on 24 July 2000 taken during the GOES-11 science test, Weather and Forecasting, vol. 17, 124-138
  • Motta, B. C., Bachmeier, A. S., Baumgardt, D., Bikos, D. E., Grant, B. N., Grumm, R. H., Junker, N., LaDue, J., Mostek, A. J., Schrab, K. J., Weaver, J. F., Whittaker, T., Wolf, P., Zajac, B. A., Zehr, R. M., 2002: VISIT integrated sensor training: Using AWIPS satellite products and capabilities, AMS AWIPS Symposium.January 13-17, 2002, Orlando, FL
  • Weaver, J. F., Dostalek, J. F., Phillips, L., 2001: Left-moving thunderstorms in a high plains, weakly-sheared environment, AMS 18th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting.July 30-August 2, 2001, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Weaver, J. F., Daniels, J. M., Knaff, J., Wade, G., 2001: Observations of a severe supercell thunderstorm on 24 July using GOES-11 sounder and imagery, AMS 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.October 15-18, 2001, Madison, WI
  • Motta, B. C., Bachmeier, A. S., Baumgardt, D., Bikos, D. E., Bua, B. B., Grant, B. N., Grumm, R. H., Jascourt, S., LaDue, J., Mostek, A. J., Weaver, J. F., Whittaker, T., Wolf, P., Zajac, B. A., Zehr, R. M., 2001: Recent training and results from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training, AMS 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.October 15-18, 2001, Madison, WI
  • Motta, B. C., Bachmeier, A. S., Bikos, D. E., Grant, B. N., LaDue, J., Mostek, A. J., Weaver, J. F., Whittaker, T., Wolf, P., Zajac, B. A., Zehr, R. M., 2001: Recent training and results from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training, AMS 81st Annual Meeting.January 14-19, 2001, Albuquerque, NM
  • Knaff, J., Weaver, J. F., 2000: A mesoscale low-level thunderstorm outflow boundary associated with Hurricane Luis, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 128, 3352-3355
  • Bikos, D. E., Motta, B. C., Weaver, J. F., Zajac, B. A., 2000: A satellite perspective of the 03 May 1999 Great Plains tornado outbreak and comments on lightning activity, National Symposium on the Great Plains Tornado Outbreak of 3 May 1999.April 30-May 2, 2000, Oklahoma City, OK
  • Pielke, R. A., Weaver, J. F., 2000: Chapter 23: Windstorms associated with extratropical cyclones
  • Weaver, J. F., Dostalek, J. F., Motta, B. C., Purdom, J. F. W., 2000: Severe thunderstorms on 31 May 1996: A satellite training case, National Weather Digest, vol. 23, 3-19
  • Weaver, J. F., Gruntfest, E., Levy, G., 2000: Two floods in Fort Collins, Colorado: Learning from a natural disaster, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 81, 2359-2366
  • Weaver, J. F., 1999: Delayed disaster, Fire Chief Magazine
  • Petersen, W. A., Carey, L. D., Doesken, N. J., Johnson, R. H., Knievel, J. C., McKee, T. B., Rutledge, S. A., Vonder Haar, T. H., Weaver, J. F., 1999: Mesoscale and radar observations of the Fort Collins flash flood of 28 July 1997, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., vol. 80, 191-216
  • Weaver, J. F., Doesken, N. J., Petersen, W. A., 1998: Some unusual aspects of the Fort Collins flash flood of 28 July 1997, AMS 8th Conference on Mountain Meteorology.August 3-7, 1998, Flagstaff, AZ
  • Wagenmaker, R., Connell, B. H., Weaver, J. F., 1997: A satellite and sounding perspective of a sixty-three inch lake effect snow event, National Weather Digest, vol. September
  • Dostalek, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., Winston, K. Y., 1997: Nighttime detection of low-level thunderstorm outflow using a GOES multi-spectral image product, J. Weather & Forecasting, vol. 12, 948-951
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., 1997: Reply to comments on "an interesting mesoscale storm-environment interaction observed just prior to changes in storm behavior", J. Weather and Forecasting , vol. June, 373-374
  • Browning, P. A., Connell, B. H., Weaver, J. F., 1997: The Moberly, Missouri tornado of July 4, 1995, J. Weather & Forecasting, vol. 12, 915-927
  • Motta, B. C., Weaver, J. F., 1997: Using WSR-88D radar data and 30-second interval GOES satellite imagery to examine apparent thunderstorm-top rotation observed on May 31, 1996, AMS 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology.September 7-12, 1997, Austin, TX
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., 1996: A preliminary look at the Ardmore, OK tornado of 7 May 1995, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms.February 19-23, 1996, San Francisco, CA
  • Hillger, D. W., Connell, B. H., Dostalek, J. F., Phillips, R. S., Purdom, J. F. W., Vaughn, C. E., Weaver, J. F., Zehr, R. M., 1996: GOES 3.9 µm channel tutorial
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., 1995: An interesting mesoscale storm-environment interaction observed just prior to changes in severe storm behavior, J. Weather and Forecasting
  • Cotton, W. R., Bietler, B. A., Weaver, J. F., 1995: An unusual summertime downslope wind event in Fort Collins, Colorado on 03 July 1993, J. Weather & Forecasting, vol. 10, 786-797
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., Schneider, T. L., 1995: Observing forest fires with the GOES-8, 3.µm imaging channel, J. Weather and Forecasting, vol. 10, 803-808
  • Hillger, D. W., Weaver, J. F., 1994: Analysis of mesoscale satellite soundings with and without clustering, AMS 7th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.June 6-10, 1994, Monterey, CA
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., Smith, S. B., 1994: Comments on "nowcasts of thunderstorms initiation and evolution", J. Weather and Forecasting
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., Szoke, E. J., 1994: Some mesoscale aspects of the 6 June 1990 Limon, Colorado tornado case, J. Weather and Forecasting, vol. 9, 45-61
  • Davis, J. M., Burgess, D. W., Doswell III, C. A., Weaver, J. F., 1994: Some noteworthy aspects of the Hesston, Kansas Tornado Family of 13 March 1990, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., vol. 75, 1007-1017
  • Hillger, D. W., Weaver, J. F., 1993: Analysis of the convective environment utilizing clustering VAS retrievals, AMS 17th Conference on Severe Local Storms.October 4-8, 1993, St. Louis, MO
  • Rockwood, A. A., Brown, J. M., Holmes, R., Jamison, B. D., Weaver, J. F., 1992: An expert system for the prediction of downslope winds in northern Colorado, Preprints, AMS Symposium on Weather Forecasting.4-10 January 1992, Atlanta, GA
  • Brown, J. M., Holmes, R., Jamison, B. D., Rockwood, A. A., Weaver, J. F., 1992: An expert system for the prediction of downslope windstorms, 4th Workshop on Operational Meteorology.15-18 September 1992, Whistler, BC, Canada
  • Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., 1992: Analysis of rapid scan satellite imagery to diagnose tornadic storms and the environment in which they form, Preprints, AMS Symposium on Weather Forecasting.05-10 January 1992, Atlanta, GA
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., 1992: Satellite analysis of the 6 June 1990 Limon, Colorado tornado, Preprints, AMS 6th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.January 5-10, 1992, Atlanta, GA
  • Purdom, J. F. W., Sinclair, P. C., Weaver, J. F., 1991: Appendix I: A satellite perspective of the 26 April 1991 tornado outbreak over Kansas and Oklahoma
  • Weaver, J. F., Doesken, N. J., 1991: High plains severe weather: Ten years after, J. Weather and Forecasting, vol. 6, 411-414
  • Wesley, D. A., Pielke, R. A., Sr., Weaver, J. F., 1991: Reply to comments on "heavy snowfall during an arctic outbreak along the Colorado Front Range", National Weather Digest, vol. 16, 20-21
  • Smith, S. B., Dills, P. N., Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., 1991: Satellite-based convective climatologies over the Florida Peninsula, Preprints, AMS 7th Conference on Applied Climatology.10-13 September 1991, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Moninger, W. R., Bullas, J., DeLorenzis, B., Ellison, E., Flueck, J., Lampru, P. D., Lusk, C. M., McLeod, J. C., Phillips, R. S., Roberts, W. F., Shaw, R., Stewart, T. R., Weaver, J. F., Young, K. C., Zubrick, S. M., 1991: Shootout-89, A comparative evaluation of knowledge-based systems that forecast severe weather, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., vol. 72, 1339-1354
  • Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., 1990: A satellite perspective of the June 15, 1988 tornado outbreak in Denver, Colorado, AMS 16th Conference on Severe Local Storms.22-26 October 1990, Alberta, Canada
  • Weaver, J. F., Phillips, R. S., 1990: An expert system application for forecasting severe downslope winds at Fort Collins, Colorado USA, AMS 16th Conference on Severe Local Storms.October 22-26, 1990, Alberta, Canada
  • Wesley, D. A., Pielke, R. A., Sr., Weaver, J. F., 1990: Heavy snowfall during an extreme arctic outbreak along the Colorado front range, National Weather Digest, vol. 15, 2-19
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., Dalu, G. A., Lee, J. L., Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., 1990: Influence of land use on mesoscale atmospheric circulation, Preprints, AMS 4th Conference on Mesoscale Processes.June 25-29, 1990, Boulder, CO
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., Kittel, T. G. F., Lee, T. J., Weaver, J. F., 1990: Influence of vegetation on the water and heat distribution over mesoscale sized areas, Preprints, AMS 8th Conference on Hydrometeorology.October 22-26, 1990, Kananaskis Park, Canada
  • Wesley, D. A., McAnelly, R. L., Pielke, R. A., Sr., Weaver, J. F., 1990: Low-level stable layers, blocking, and locally heavy snowfall, Preprints, AMS 16th Conference on Severe Local Storms.22-26 October 1990, Kananaskis Park, Canada
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., 1990: Mesoscale convective climatologies as nowcasting aids, AMS 16th Conference on Severe Local Storms.October 22-26, 1990, Alberta, Canada
  • Weaver, J. F., Doesken, N. J., 1990: Recurrence probability: A different approach, Weather, vol. 45, 333-334
  • Weaver, J. F., Toth, J. J., 1990: The use of satellite imagery and surface pressure-gradient analysis modified for sloping terrain to analyze the mesoscale events preceding the severe hailstorms of 2 August 1986, J. Weather and Forecasting, vol. 5, 279-298
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., Kittel, T. G. F., Lee, T. J., Weaver, J. F., 1990: Use of NDVI for mesoscale modeling, Workshop on the Use of Satellite-Derived Vegetation Indices in Weather and Climate Prediction Models.February 26-27, 1990, Camp Springs, MD
  • Lee, R. J., Kessler, R. C., Pielke, R. A., Sr., Weaver, J. F., 1989: Influence of cold pools downstream of mountain barriers on downslope winds and flushing, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 117, 2041-2058
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., 1989: Mesoscale convective climatologies as nowcasting aids (Abstract only), IAMAP Symposium on Mesoscale Phenomena: Analysis and Forecasting.July 31-August 12, 1989, Reading, United Kingdom
  • Segal, M., Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., 1989: Some effects of the Yellowstone fire smoke plume on northeast Colorado at the end of summer 1989, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 117, 2278-2284
  • Weaver, J. F., Segal, M., 1988: Some aspects of nonrandom cloudiness in solar energy applications, Solar Energy, vol. 41, 49-54
  • Weaver, J. F., Toth, J. J., 1988: Some interesting aspects of the severe hailstorm outbreak of 2 August 1986 in Colorado, AMS 15th Conference on Severe Local Storms.February 22-26, 1988, Baltimore, MD
  • Zehr, R. M., Green, R. N., Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., 1988: Use of VAS data to diagnose the mesoscale environment of convective storms, J. Weather and Forecasting, vol. 3, 33-49
  • Weaver, J. F., Kelly, F. P., Klitch, M. A., Vonder Haar, T. H., 1987: Cloud climatologies constructed from satellite imagery, AMS 3rd International Conference on International Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology.January 12-16, 1987, New Orleans, LA
  • Weaver, J. F., Phillips, R. S., 1987: Mesoscale thunderstorm forecasting using RAOB data, surface mesonet observations, and an expert system, European Space Agency International Symposium on Mesoscale Analyses and Forecasting.August 17-19, 1987, Vancouver, BC
  • Kelly, F. P., Mielke, P. W., Vonder Haar, T. H., Weaver, J. F., 1987: Summertime cloud climatologies constructed from satellite imagery, Preprints, AMS 5th Conference on Applied Climatologies.09-13 March 1987, Baltimore, MD
  • Segal, M., Garratt, J. R., Kallos, G., Pielke, R. A., Sr., Rodi, A., Schreiber, W. E., Weaver, J. F., Wilson, J. W., 1987: The impact of crop areas in northeast Colorado on the mid-summer mesoscale thermal circulations, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 117, 809-825
  • Lipschutz, R. C., Moore, G. E., Pratte, J. F., Weaver, J. F., 1986: An operational differential reflectivity product for hail identification at PROFS, Preprints, AMS 11th Conference on Weather Forecasting and Analysis.17-20 June 1986, Kansas City, KS
  • Klitch, M. A., Kelly, F. P., Vonder Haar, T. H., Weaver, J. F., 1985: Convective cloud climatologies constructed from satellite imagery, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 113, 326-337
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., Zehr, R. M., 1985: Mesoscale analysis of low-level temperature and water vapor distribution based on surface and satellite observations, 14th Conference on Severe Local Storms..October 29-November1, 1985, Indianapolis, IN
  • Purdom, J. F. W., Green, R. N., Lubich, D. A., Weaver, J. F., Zehr, R. M., 1985: Satellite data support to the pre-storm operations center, May-June 1985
  • Green, R. N., Weaver, J. F., 1985: Use of a personal computer workstation for short range forecasting: A case study, Preprints, AMS 14th Conference on Severe Local Storms.29 October - 01 November 1985, Indianapolis, IN
  • Purdom, J. F. W., Green, R. N., Weaver, J. F., 1983: Analysis of rapid interval GOES data for the 9 July 1982 New Orleans airline crash, Preprints, AMS 9th Conference on Aerospace and Aeronautical Meteorology.06-09 June 1983, Omaha, NE
  • Caracena, F., Green, R. N., Maddox, R. S., Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., 1983: Multi-scale analyses of meteorological conditions affecting Pan American World Airways Flight 759
  • Weaver, J. F., Purdom, J. F. W., 1983: Some unusual aspects of thunderstorm cloud top behavior on May 11, 1982, AMS 13th Conference on Severe Local Storms.October 17-20, 1983, Tulsa, OK
  • Weaver, J. F., Kelly, F. P., 1982: A mesoscale, climatolgically-based forecast technique for Colorado, AMS 9th Conference on Weather Forecasting and Analysis.June 28-July 1, 1982, Seattle, WA
  • Purdom, J. F. W., Weaver, J. F., 1982: Nowcasting during the 10 April 1979 tornado outbreak: A satellite perspective, AMS 12th Conference on Severe Local Storms.11-15 January 1982, San Antonio, TX
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