Chalmers, Z. A., and M. D. Parker, 2026: Variability in high-shear, low-CAPE QLCS environments in the Southeastern U.S.  32nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 3-7 August 2026, Madison, WI.

Kouski, R. H., Jr., and M. D. Parker, 2026: Deviant supercell storm motion across ensembles of CM1 simulations.  32nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 3-7 August 2026, Madison, WI.

Toomey, R., M. D. Parker, A. C. Michaelis, and G. M. Lackmann, 2026: Long-term trends in convective weather and environments in the Southeastern U.S.  32nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 3-7 August 2026, Madison, WI.

Chalmers, Z. A., and M. D. Parker, 2026: Variability in high-shear, low-CAPE QLCS environments in the Southeastern U.S.  Wea. Forecasting, 41, 1093-1117.

Congratulations to alumnus Dr. Keith Sherburn (Ph.D. 2018), who is now the acting Mutual Aid Unit Lead for the National Weather Service!

Kouski, R. H., C. M. Patricola-DiRosario, E. Bercos-Hickey, and M. D. Risser, 2026: The influence of African easterly waves on Atlantic tropical cyclone tracks and landfall in large ensembles. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 131, e2025JD044501.

Congratulations to alumnus Zach Chalmers (M.S. 2024) , who will be starting a new position at the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center in January!

Parker, M.D., 2026: Convective storm modeling. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 3rd edition, W. A. Robinson, Ed., Vol. 1, Academic Press, 256-265, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96026-7.00087-4.  

Parker, M.D., 2026: Mesoscale convective systems. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 3rd edition, W. A. Robinson, Ed., Vol. 1, Academic Press, 845-857, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96026-7.00103-X.   

Melanson, S. D., M. D. Parker, P. Robinson, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, J. Wurman, M. I. Biggerstaff, and A. E. Reinhart, 2025: Dual-Doppler time series of QLCS mesovortices observed during PERiLS.  Mon. Wea. Rev., submitted December 2025.

Toomey, R., and M. Parker, 2025: Long-Term Trends in Convective Weather and Environments in the Southeastern United States.  12th European Conference on Severe Storms, 17-21 November 2025, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Parker, M., 2025: Variability in Supercell Motion.  12th European Conference on Severe Storms, 17-21 November 2025, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Silcott, M. K., M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, J. Wurman, and C. C. Weiss, 2025: Properties of cold pools from PERiLS 2022-2023.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 153, 2085-2106.

Werkema, A. D., M. D. Parker, and B. E. Coffer, 2025: Interactions between supercells in multistorm simulations.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 153, 2045-2067.

Blind-Doskocil, L., R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, and J. Wurman, 2025: Characteristics of tornadic and nontornadic QLCS mesovortices observed using radar and pod data from PERiLS. Wea. Forecasting, 40, 2179-2197.

Coffer, B. E., M. D. Parker, M. C. Coniglio, and C. R. Homeyer, 2025: Supercell environments using GridRad-Severe and the HRRR: Addressing discrepancies between prior tornado climatologies. Wea. Forecasting, 1405-1428.

Congratulations to alumnus Dr. Brice Coffer (Ph.D. 2017), who is now a Senior Research Associate at the European Severe Storms Lab!

Wolff, E. C. , R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, and J. Wurman, 2025: On discrete convective updrafts and tornadoes in quasi-linear convective systems.  Wea. Forecasting, 40, 1065-1083.

Congratulations to Nick Goldacker on his successful Ph.D. dissertation defense on 11/1/2024! Nick will soon be starting as a post-doc at Purdue University!

Blind-Doskocil, L., R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, K. A. Kosiba, J. Wurman, and M. D. Parker, 2024: Characteristics of Tornadic and Nontornadic QLCS Mesovortices Observed Using Radar and Pod Data from PERiLS.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Chalmers, Z. A., and M. D. Parker, 2024: Variability in High-Shear, Low-CAPE QLCS Environments in the Southeastern U.S.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Coffer, B. E., M. D. Parker and M. C. Coniglio, 2024: Supercell Environments Using Grid-Rad Severe and the HRRR: Addressing Discrepancies between Prior Tornado Climatologies.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS,  21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Dixon, A. W., P. Skinner, L. J. Wicker, L. Orf, and B. E. Coffer, 2024: Ensemble Simulations of the Tornadic and Non-tornadic VORTEX2 Composite Environments: Characteristics at Different Horizontal Grid Spacing.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Flournoy, M. D., A. Wade, K. T. Halbert, B. T. Smith, R. Edwards, M. Wilson, B. E. Coffer, A. Lyza, L. E. Pounds, R. L. Miller, M. J. Hosek, W. L. Faletti Jr., T. Sandmael, M. C. Brown, A. Gleason, E. Thornton, B. R. Smith, I. Jernigan, W. Cui, M. Krocak, M. A. Wagner, C. J. Nixon, and M. Coniglio, 2024: Building a Comprehensive Database of Observed Supercells and Tornadoes.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Goldacker, N. A., and M. D. Parker, 2024: Impact of Storm-relative Flow vs. Environmental Horizontal Vorticity on Near-cloud Base Updrafts in Right-moving Supercells.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Kosiba, K. A., J. Wurman, P. Robinson, R. J. Trapp, M. D. Parker, S. W. Nesbitt, J. Aikins, and T. White, 2024: PERILS Vortex Climatology.   31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Melanson, S. D., M. D. Parker, P. Robinson, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, J. Wurman, M. I. Biggerstaff, and A. E. Reinhart, 2024: Dual-Doppler Time Series of QLCS Mesovortices Observed During PERiLS.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Sherburn, K., and B. E. Coffer, 2024: Revisiting the Severe Hazards in Environments with Reduced Buoyancy (SHERB) Parameters.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Silcott, M. K., M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Trapp, C. C. Weiss, and J. Wurman, 2024: Properties of QLCS Cold Pools Observed during PERiLS.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Wolff, E. C.,  R. J. Trapp, S. W. Nesbitt, M. D. Parker, K. A. Kosiba, and J. Wurman, 2024: Radar-Based Tools for Predicting Locations of Tornadogenesis within Quasi-Linear Convective Systems.  31st Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 21-25 October 2024, Virginia Beach, VA.

Congratulations to Sean Melanson on his successful M.S. thesis defense on 10/18/2024! Sean will soon be starting as a forecaster at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Caribou, ME!

Kosiba, K. A., and co-authors (M. Parker is 5th author, B. Coffer is 11th author, M. Silcott is 23rd author), 2024: The Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) Project.  Bull, Amer. Meteor. Soc, 105, E1768-E1799.

Fischer, J., J. M. L. Dahl, B. E. Coffer, J. L. Houser, P. M. Markowski, M. D. Parker,  C. C. Weiss, and A. Schueth, 2024: Supercell tornadogenesis: Recent progress in our state of understanding.  Bull, Amer. Meteor. Soc, 105, E1084-E1097.

Congratulations to Zach Chalmers on his successful M.S. thesis defense on 6/19/2024! Zach will soon be starting as a forecaster at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Morehead City, NC!

Campbell, T.  A. , G. M. Lackmann, M. J. Molina, and M. D. Parker, 2024: Severe convective storms in limited instability organized by pattern and distribution.  Wea. Forecasting, 39, 217-240.