Professional Meteorologist
Amateur Astronomer
Associates of Science...Clarendon College 1997
Bacholers of Science in Meteorology and Minor in Mathematics...University of Oklahoma 2001
National Weather Service Forecast Office Amarillo, Texas 1995-1997 Meteorological Aid
National Weather Service Forecast Office Norman, Oklahoma 1997-2001 Student Meteorologist
National Weather Service Forecast Office Tulsa, Oklahoma 2001-2002 Meteorologist
National Weather Service Forecast Office Midland, Texas 2002-2005 General Forecaster
National Weather Service Forecast Office Lubbock, Texas 2005-Present Senior Meteorologist
Severe Local Storms
Sun - Earth Relationship/Space Weather/Geomagnetic Storms
Extreme Mountain Winds
Fire Meteorology
Technical Publications & Presentations
The Hall County, Texas, Isolated Supercell of May 6, 1996: A Low Precipitation Updraft (LPU) Storm Resulting in Very Large Hail. Donald Baker and Todd Lindley.
- National Weather Association 21st Annual Meeting, Cocoa Beach, Florida - December 1-6, 1996
A Tri-State Fair NWS Survey
...NOAA/NWS/Technical Attachment SR/SSD 97-10 - March 1, 1997
Effects of Texas Panhandle Topography on Dryline Movement
...NOAA/NWS/Technical Attachment SR/SSD 97-37 - September 1, 1997
The Pecos County, Texas Hail Storms of 10 May 2002: A Null Tornado Event From a Warning Decision Perspective
...The Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology 2004-EJ1 - February 2, 2004
Observations of a Tropical Storm in West Texas
...The Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology 2005-EJ2 - February 17, 2005
The Permian Basin Haboob of 3 June 2003: An Analysis Using Modern Remote Sensing and Photographic Observations. Seth Nagle, Todd Lindley et. al.
- National Weather Association 30th Annual Meeting - St. Louis, Missouri - October 16-20, 2005
WFO Midland's Expansion of School Outreach Through Volunteerism
...NOAA/NWS/Technical Attachment SR/MSB 2005-03 - November - 2005
Operational Practices During the January 12, 2006, Wildfires and Frontal Passage in West Texas
...NOAA/NWS/Technical Attachment SR/SSD 2006-02 - February 2006
An Operational Technique Used to Detect "Mountain Wave Signatures": A Forecasting Methodology for Severe Westerly Winds in the Mountains of West Texas
Todd Lindley, Cody Lindsey, and Jeffrey Cupo...AMS 12th Conference on Mountain Meteorology - Santa Fe, New Mexico - September 2006
Operational Implications of Model Predicted Low-Level Moisture and Winds Prior to The New Year's Day 2006 Wildfire Outbreak in The Southern Plains
Todd Lindley and Mark Conder et al. ...Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology - 2006-EJ7 - November 18, 2006
Preliminary Observations of Weak Three-Body Scatter Spikes Associated With Low-End Severe Hail
Todd Lindley and Les Lemon...Electronic Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology - July 3, 2007
A Case Study of Nonmesocyclonic Tornadogenesis Along Convergence Boundaries: West Texas 25 March 2007
Mark Conder and Todd Lindley et al...National Weather Association's 32nd Annual Meeting - Reno, Nevada - October 18, 2007
West Texas Mesonet Observations in proximity to dangerous wildfire and windshift interaction
Ken Widelski and Todd Lindley...American Meteorological Society Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology - Bar Harbor, Maine - October 23, 2007
Significant Errors in Numerical Weather Predictions Prior to the New Year's Day 2006 Southern Plains Wildfire Outbreak
Todd Lindley, Mark Conder, and Greg Murdoch...American Meteorological Society Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology - Bar Harbor, Maine - October 25, 2007
A Meteorological Composite of the 2005/06 Wildfire Outbreaks in the Southern Plains
Todd Lindley and Jared Guyer et al...American Meteorological Society's Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology - Bar Harbor, Maine - October 25, 2007
Amateur Astronomy Accomplishments
Designed and constructed a homemade six inch dobsonian reflector telescope
Photographed four low latitude auroral displays as far south as 31.4N.
Awarded the Honorary Messier Certificate ( #2201 since 1964) from the Astronomical League for independently observing/documenting the entire Messier deep space catalogue (110 objects).
Awarded the Sunspotters Certificate ( #93 since 1992) from the Astronomical League.
Awarded the Lunar Observing Certificate ( #490 since 1995) from the Astronomical League.
Awarded the Double Star Observing Certificate ( #374 since 1995) from the Astronomical League.
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