Blue Water Outlook was founded by John Feldt. John is an AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) and has over four decades of professional hydrometeorological experience forecasting, communicating, and warning of weather hazards – from tornadoes and blizzards, to droughts and floods.
John served in a variety of leadership positions within the NOAA/National Weather Service including Meteorologist-in-Charge of the Des Moines, Iowa, Weather Forceast Office and Hydrologist-in-Charge of the Southeast River Forecast Center (SERFC).
His specialty is the integration and communication of weather, water, and climate information to assist in critical decision-making.
Decision Support Services
With a background in both meteorology and hydrology, John can seamlessly integrate a large variety of hydrometeorological data into clear, concise information of use to your organization. He can serve as an expert who is able to filter through hundreds of analyses and models to bring you the ones most important to your decision-making.
He has extensive experience communicating this complex information in an easy-to-understand format. He has briefed hundreds of key officials over the years, including local emergency managers, water management officials, state directors of emergency management, reservoir operators, State Governors, FEMA, and the White House.