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About Metstat
Metstat and our partners provide accurate, innovative, and detailed precipitation information to help private and public clients make cost-effective decisions given complex hydrometeorologic problems. Metstat, along with our sister company Applied Weather Associates, LLC utilize state-of-the-science meteorological methods to aid in the optimize and design of hydrologic infrastructure, thereby achieving regulatory compliance and public safety.

Tye W. Parzybok – President, Chief GIS Meteorologist
E-mail tyep@metstat.com
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With nearly 20 years of GIS and meteorological/climatological experience, Tye is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) with a bachelor's degree from Oregon State University (OSU). Author of "Weather Extremes of the West", as well as several other technical articles, Tye has been a weather hobbyist since childhood. His expertise in spatial interpolation, GIS, meteorology/climatology and quality control have played key roles in several projects for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) , USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), National Forest Service and NOAA's National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS). Tye is also lead programmer/developer of the Storm Precipitation Analysis System (SPAS) and a cost-effective derivation algorithm used to spatially interpolate precipitation frequency estimates as part of NOAA Atlas 14.

Douglas M. Hultstrand, MS - Senior Hydrometeorologist
E-mail dmhultst@metstat.com
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With nearly ten years of hydrology and hydrometeorological experience, Doug has received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) (Physical Geography, and Hydrology Certificate), a Master of Science degree from Colorado State University (CSU) (Watershed Science), and is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Earth Sciences at Colorado State University (CSU). Doug has worked with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Alpine Hydrology Research Group (AHRG), the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), and the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS). Doug has a passion for scale and spatial variability in precipitation processes as related to hydrology and hydrometeorology. His research and expertise are in modeling the spatial variability in snowpack processes and rainfall as function of terrain parameters and atmospheric energy to better understand and model hydrologic regimes.

Christina Callaway - Staff Meteorologist
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Christina has over nine years of combined experience in operational meteorology, support and system maintenance of practical meteorological applications and GIS. Christina holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Northland College (Meteorology, Earth Science). Previous to her time at Metstat, Christina spent four years at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) working with a team of scientists and engineers in the implementation and maintenance of a high-resolution mesoscale modeling, short-term thunderstorm prediction, multi-dimensional integrated display, and fine-scale climatological analysis system (4DWX). Christina has also worked as an operational meteorologist for WeatherData and the North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board, as well as a research intern for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Steven V. Finley - Systems Engineer
E-mail finley@metstat.com
With over 20 years of scientific computing experience and a background inmeteorology, Steve isa systems engineer with a master's degree in Agricultural Meteorology from IowaState University.He draws experience from a diversity of areas, that are well grounded in hisbasic interests inweather, climate, and aviation. He has played key roles in supporting research,education, systemsdevelopment, and systems operations across a spectrum of projects with IowaState University,Colorado State University, the Federal Avaiation Administrationr (FAA), theNational Aeronauticsand Space Administration (NASA), the Defense Treat Reduction Agency (DTRA), andotherentities. This has led to the development a unique skill set, enabling him tocontribute withinall phases of a project life cycle.