Kelsey Britt

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Severe Convective Probabilities & Impacts (SCPI)

Job Title:Research Scientist

Affiliation:CIWRO

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Kelsey joined CIWRO in August 2026 as a Research Scientist with the Severe Convective Probabilities and Impacts (SCPI) team in the IMPACT branch. Her research focuses on object-based verification of forecasts from the Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS) for severe convective events, especially QLCSs and supercells. She has also developed a new parameter for forecasting mesovortex tornado potential along QLCSs known as QTor, and has been working on testing and refining this parameter for future realtime forecasting experiments and operations. Kelsey also contributes to the advancement of the Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI) project, which supports forecasters in the warning decision-making process for severe convective events.

Education
Degree (Ph.D, M.S, B.A, etc.) Major Subject University or College Name Year (YYYY) (optional)
Ph.D Meteorology University of Oklahoma 2024
M.S. Meteorology University of Oklahoma 2018
B.S Geography-Meteorology Ohio University 2016
Research Interests
  • Severe Convective Storms
  • Quasi-Linear Convective Systems (QLCSs)
  • Forecast Verification
  • Warn-on-Forecast Project
  • Probabilistic Hazard Information (PHI)
  • Weather-Sensing Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UASs)
Professional Activities
  • American Meteorological Society
Honors & Awards
Award Name Year
Peter Lamb Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024-2026
Outstanding Presentation Award from the WAF/NWP Conference 2023
Selected Publications

 

Britt, K. C., P. S. Skinner, M. C. Brown, P. L. Heinselman, A. J. Clark, 2026: Forecasting Quasi-Linear Convective System Tornado Potential Using the Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS). Weather and Forecasting, 41, 843–876, doi:https://10.1175/WAF-D-25-0092.1.

Britt, K. C., P. S. Skinner, P. L. Heinselman, C. K. Potvin, M. L. Flora, B. Matilla, K. H. Knopfmeier, A. E. Reinhart, 2024: Verification of Quasi-Linear Convective Systems Predicted by the Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS). Weather and Forecasting, 39, 155–176, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-23-0106.1.

Potvin, C. K., B. T. Gallo, A. E. Reinhart, B. Roberts, P. S. Skinner, R. A. Sobash, K. A. Wilson, K. C. Britt, C. Broyles, M. L. Flora, W. Miller, C. N. Satrio, 2022: An Iterative Storm Segmentation and Classification Algorithm for Convection-Allowing Models and Gridded Radar Analyses. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39, 7, 999–1013, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0141.1.

Britt, K. C., P. S. Skinner, P. L. Heinselman, K. H. Knopfmeier, 2020: Effects of Horizontal Grid Spacing and Inflow Environment on Forecasts of Cyclic Mesocyclogenesis in NSSL's Warn-on-Forecast System (WoFS). Weather and Forecasting, 35, 2423–2444, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-20-0094.1