Central Carolina Skywarn

You are invited to join us on the Central Carolina SKYWARN Information Net on Tuesday, April 17, at 9:15pm on the 146.88 repeater.  After the Weekly Weather Impact Briefing by Warning Coordination Meteorologist Nick Petro WX3H, we will take check-ins on the 146.88 repeater and then conduct a test with check-ins on two of our back up repeaters, the K4ITL 147.105 (tone of 82.5) in Broadway and the K4ITL 147.135 (tone of 82.5) in Chapel Hill.  This will be a great opportunity for spotters to check their ability to get into our back up repeaters, perhaps even testing more than one radio.  We encourage you to program your radios ahead of time if you have not already done so.

Folks can now take advantage of on-line Spotter training through the Comet MetED program at https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_course.php?id=23.   The course includes two modules: “Role of the SKYWARN Spotter” and “SKYWARN Spotter Convective Basics” and takes about 2 hours to complete. The Raleigh NWS will honor this training and include individuals who take this online training as part of its database of SKYWARN spotters for central North Carolina.

This is the anniversary of the April 16, 2011 tornado outbreak that devastated NC.  For a detailed summary of the event, please visit http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nwsfo/storage/cases/20110416/.

Folks can listen to our Tuesday night SKYWARN nets and all activations  via live internet feed at www.radioreference.com.  On the website, please follow these menu choices:  live audio feed> north carolina> wake county> central carolina skywarn

73,
Virginia Enzor
NC4VA
Emergency Coordinator
Central Carolina SKYWARN

Beginning Tuesday, February 7, Warning Coordination Meteorologist Nick Petro will present on weekly weather impact briefing for the Central Carolina Skywarn Net.  Find out about potential weather impacts and prepare accordingly as you make your plans.   To see the accompaning slides for his presention each week, please visit  please check http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/skywarn/WeeklyBriefing/SkywarnWeeklyBriefing.pdf.

When Central Carolina Skywarn activates, spotters and weather enthusiasts can now listen to transmissions on the WB4TQD 146.88 repeater via the internet by visiting www.radioreference.com or by clicking here.   Folks can also listen to the Central Carolina Information Net each Tuesday evening at 9:15pm.

  To hear your local station, please click here.

CoCoRaHS is a new  program for volunteer weather observers that began September 1 in North Carolina.  Participants measure precipitation daily and enter their reports online.  Users of the data include the National Weather Service, hydrologists, emergency managers, city utilities (water supply, water conservation, storm water), insurance adjusters, USDA, engineers, teachers, and more.  Training is available online at the CoCoRaHS website.  To learn more, please visit www.cocorahs.org

Central Carolina SKYWARN welcomes your photos of severe weather and damage taken in any CCS county (Chatham, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Harnett, Johnston, Lee, Nash, Person, Orange, Sampson, Vance, Wake, Wayne, Warren, Wilson).  Please email photos to Emergency Coordinator Virginia Enzor at nc4va@nc.rr.com; don’t forget to include a brief description, the location of the event, the date and time of the event, and the name of the photographer.  Your photo may be posted to the SKYWARN website, featured in a newsletter, or used in a PowerPoint training presentation. Credit will be given to the photographer. The photo below was taken by spotter Rob Rousseau KI4BKE of Holly Springs on May 20, 2008 at about 5:20PM; the location was Rouse Road and Oliver Creek Parkway.  It depicts the range in size of hail that fell at his location; he wisely included coins for size comparison.