National Weather Service, NOAA - 1980-2004

• Aviation Met Tech - WSO JFK - Jamaica, NY - 1980

• Met Tech - E Reg Hq, Scientific Services Div, - Garden City, NY - 1981-1982

• Systems Analyst - E Reg Hq, Data Acquisition Div - Garden City, NY - 1983-1986

• Observations Program Manager - E Reg Hq, Data Acquisition Div - Garden City, NY - 1986-1989

• Systems Analyst - E Reg Hq, Sys Ops Div, Sys Integration Br, Info Sys Sec - Bohemia, NY - 1989-1998

• WFO OKX, Upton, NY - 1998-2004

  • Senior WFO Hydrometeorological Technician

• WFO OKX Upper Air Focal Point

Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York at Albany- 1976-1979

• Technical Specialist - Cloud Physics Section - Albany, NY

Air Weather Service, USAF - 1968-1990

• Weather Observer Course - Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL - 1968

• Upper Air Observer Course - Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL - 1969

• Upper Air Observer - Eglin AFB, Ft Walton Beach, FL - 1970

• Aviation Weather Observer - Reese AFB, Lubbock, TX - 1971

• Aerial Weather Observer - 54 Weather Recon Sq - Typhoon Chasers - Andersen AFB, Guam - 1971-1974

• Instructor Aerial Weather Observer - 53 Weather Recon Sq - Hurricane Hunters - Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS - 1975

• Weather Observer - 201st Weather Flt (SA), NYANG - AASF#1, Ronkonkoma, NY - 1976-1979

• Instructor Aerial Met Tech - 403RWRW / 920WRG / 815WRS / 34 Air Weather Flt, AF Reserve - Storm Trackers - Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS - 1979-1980

• Aviation Weather Team Leader - 201st Weather Flt (SA), NYANG - AASF#1, Ronkonkoma, NY - 1980-1983

• Station Chief - 201st Weather Flt (SA), NYANG - Gabreski ANGB, Westhampton Beach, NY - 1983-1988

Publications:

• IFLOWS Integrated Flood Observation and Warning System - paper presented to the 2nd International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology of the AMS - Miami, FL - 1986

Affiliations:

• American Meteorological Society - 1976 - Sec-Tres - Capital Region of NY Chapter - 1977-1979
• Air Weather Association - 1987
• Air Weather Reconnaissance Association - 1988 - Membership Chair 2007-2009
• National Weather Service Employees Organization - 1986-2004
• PATCO - 2006

Other Weather Links:

• Lockheed WC-130 and other C-130 Meteorological Research Hercules
• Aerial Weather Reconnaissance and Airborne Meteorological Research
• Lockheed LC-130 Skibird Hercules

Address e-mail to: Joseph Tabaco-

• I wish to thank my son, Jon, and my daughter, Anisa, for their help with this page when I started working on it back in 1997 at my WFO OKX work website.
• last updated 11/15/14