Posted: 5/14/2012 2:53:54 AM EDT
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Storm Spotters
i got interested in this today... we had a fairly violent storm, with pea-gravel-sized hail. It barely covered the ground where I was but I talked to another ham who was about 5 miles south of me... he had 3 inches on the ground! Said it pretty well wiped out his orchard. |
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I highly suggest taking the Skywarn classes from the National Weather Service. It is a very rewarding program and will teach you the fundamentals of weather formation, radar and its flaws, and strengths. I have been involved in skywarn for over a year now, if you like weather than you will like it.
There are a bunch of non events that will drive you a little crazy, storm warnings and people calling in to say it is raining hard  . But when the weather hits the fan, it provides a valuable service to the NWS and the community.
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I highly suggest taking the Skywarn classes from the National Weather Service. It is a very rewarding program and will teach you the fundamentals of weather formation, radar and its flaws, and strengths. I have been involved in skywarn for over a year now, if you like weather than you will like it. There are a bunch of non events that will drive you a little crazy, storm warnings and people calling in to say it is raining hard . But when the weather hits the fan, it provides a valuable service to the NWS and the community.
i need to take that class one of these days. not one locally though. |
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I highly suggest taking the Skywarn classes from the National Weather Service. It is a very rewarding program and will teach you the fundamentals of weather formation, radar and its flaws, and strengths. I have been involved in skywarn for over a year now, if you like weather than you will like it. There are a bunch of non events that will drive you a little crazy, storm warnings and people calling in to say it is raining hard . But when the weather hits the fan, it provides a valuable service to the NWS and the community.
First certified Skywarn in 1993...it was a great learning experience...we have some local active spotters (that chase-I sit home and listen) and it's always good to have a heads up on what is going on around you. +1 |
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Frank I agree with everyone else Skywarn training is the way to go. Get ahold of the guys at Abq. NWS and find out when they are doing a local Skywarn class. We got the better part of the same storm yesterday and activated a Severe Storm net to keep tabs on things. Ran for about 2 hours then it went further south so we let Eddy County pick it up from us.
73's Sarge |