PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1100 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2007

...DAVID MCSHANE TO OVERSEE NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MOBILE, ALABAMA...

METEOROLOGIST DAVID MCSHANE HAS BEEN APPOINTED
METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE (MIC) OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS)
FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE, ALABAMA. MCSHANE REPLACES RANDALL MCKEE,
WHO RETIRED AUGUST 3.

A METEOROLOGIST-IN-CHARGE IS THE FRONT LINE OFFICER CARRYING OUT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSION OF SERVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BY
HELPING PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY, SAID MARY M. GLACKIN, ACTING
DIRECTOR OF NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE
DAVID MCSHANE SERVING IN THIS IMPORTANT ROLE.

MCSHANE LAUNCHED HIS NOAA/NWS CAREER AS A QUALITY CONTROL CONTRACTOR
FOR NOAAS NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTER AT STENNIS SPACE CENTER,
MISSISSIPPI (2000-2001). HE THEN BECAME A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE,
SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER OBSERVING SHIP (VOS) PROGRAM TECHNICAL LEAD
(2001-2004. IN 2004, HE ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF MIC AT THE WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA AND, LATER THAT YEAR,
MOVED ON TO BECOME THE MIC FOR THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN GRAND
FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA.

PRIOR TO HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, MCSHANE
SPENT NEARLY 22 YEARS IN A VARIETY OF POSITIONS IN THE U.S. NAVY,
UTILIZING HIS SKILLS AS AN OCEANOGRAPHER AND METEOROLOGIST.
HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS NAVY CAREER INCLUDE SERVING AS DIRECTOR OF THE
BASIC OCEANOGRAPHY AND METEOROLOGICAL ACCESSION TRAINING PROGRAM,
DIRECTOR OF THE NAVY METEOROLOGY LABORATORY AND COMMANDER OF THE
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY SHIP USNS CHAUVENET (T-AGS-29) DURING DESERT
SHIELD/ DESERT STORM IN 1991.

AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY, HE SERVED AS A NAVAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR
FOR THE PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL DISTRICTS NAVAL JUNIOR RESERVE
OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (1994-1995). HE ALSO WORKED AS FINANCIAL
COUNSELOR (1995-1997) AND AS A CONTRACT WEATHER OBSERVER (1997-2000)
FOR BOTH THE FAA AND NWS.

DAVID MCSHANE OFFERS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE THAT WILL
HELP PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI, SOUTH ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA, SAID STEVEN COOPER
ACTING DIRECTOR NOAA'S NWS SOUTHERN REGION.

MCSHANE EARNED A BACHELORS DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS FROM AUBURN
UNIVERSITY IN AUBURN, ALABAMA (1979), A MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION FROM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
(1985) AND A MASTERS DEGREE IN METEOROLOGY AND PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
FROM THE NAVAL POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA (1989).