Jon Davies

Meteorology & Severe Weather Research

Kansas City Area · Active since 1989

Jon Davies is a meteorologist and severe weather researcher whose work on tornado forecasting has influenced operational practice across the United States. Over more than three decades he has published on supercell tornadoes, cold-core systems, and the parameters that distinguish tornadic environments — research developed in the field and built to last.

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Selected Publications

  1. Meteorological setting for a catastrophic event: The deadly Joplin tornado of 22 May 2011

    Davies, J. M.

    Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology, 12 (3), 1-23

  2. Tornadoes with cold core 500-mb lows

    Davies, J. M.

    Weather and Forecasting, 21, 1051-1062

  3. Some noteworthy aspects of the Hesston, Kansas, tornado family of 13 March 1990

    Davies, J. M., C. A. Doswell III, D. W. Burgess, and J. F. Weaver

    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 75, 1007-1017

  4. Hourly helicity, instability, and EHI in forecasting supercell tornadoes

    Davies, J. M.

    Preprints, 17th Conf. Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 107-111

  5. Some wind and instability parameters associated with strong and violent tornadoes. Part 1. Wind shear and helicity

    Davies, J. M., and R. H. Johns

    The Tornado: Its Structure, Dynamics, Prediction, and Hazards. Geophys. Monogr., No. 79, Amer. Geophys. Union, 573-582

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