Weather "Down on the Farm"

Ray Wolf is the Science and Operations Officer for NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) in Davenport, Iowa.  He is responsible for operations, staff training, and local research in support of the local office.  Prior to arriving in Davenport in 1994, Ray was a forecaster at the NWS office in Denver,CO where he evaluated new forecast and warning technologies that formed the basis of the NWS Modernization.  He also served as an agricultural forecaster in the Midsouth, supporting farmers and producers in the region.  Ray received an M.S. in Agricultural Climatology in 1985 and a B.S. in Meteorology in 1982 from Iowa State University.