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Michael Hosek

Michael Hosek

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Graduate Research
Assistant

hosek.michael@ou.edu
michael.hosek@noaa.gov
National Weather Center 4340D


  • MS, Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
  • BS, Physics, Hamilton College


Michael's research interests are in the forecasting of severe convection, from short-range timescales through investigating what the climatology of severe convection will look like in the future. In particular, hisinterest is in looking at these problems through the lens of the mechanisms which initiate convective storms in the first place. After focusing on storm-scale supercell dynamics during his master's degree, he is now studying the dryline and its relationship with severe convection for his PhD.


  • Seasonal-to-subseasonal severe weather predictability 
  • Convection initiation 
  • Severe convection variability and future climate projections

  • Subseasonal to Seasonal Predictions for Extreme Weather Events

  • Hosek, M., C. L. Ziegler, M. I. Biggerstaff, T. A. Murphy, and Z. Wang, 2023: Relation Between Baroclinity, Horizontal Vorticity, and Mesocyclone Evolution in the 6-7 April 2018 Monroe, LA Tornadic Supercell During VORTEX-SE. Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 2949-2976, DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-22-0313.1
  • Hosek, M. and C. L. Ziegler 2022: “Kinematic and Thermodynamic Analysis of Updraft Structure and the Streamwise Vorticity Current in a Southeastern Tornadic Supercell Storm.” 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms. Santa Fe, NM. Oral Presentation.