The Raleigh National Weather Service has directed Central Carolina SKYWARN to activate for the 17 January 2018 Winter Weather event. We will hold hourly nets, beginning at 6AM and running through 6PM, all on the 146.88 repeater.

If needed, our first backup will be the 147.105 repeater with tone of 82.5 Hz. Secondary backup will be the 147.135 repeater with a tone of 82.5 Hz. Tertiary backup will be the Carolina 440 UHF Link System; frequencies can be found at www.carolina440.net.

We will be asking for the following criteria for each net:

*Callsign (if any) and name

*Location – Street/Cross street, city & county or lat/long.

*Precipitation type -snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain and any changeovers in precipitation.

*Accumulation of snow/ice accretion (If you have both, you may report X number of inches of snow and x number of inches as sleet. If unsure how much of each, just report your total as combination of sleet and snow.

*Impacts such as road conditions (particularly any roads that are closed or impassable, sustained power outages (not just blinking) and downed limbs/trees.

It will NOT be necessary to report the intensity of precipitation, or temperature.

Reports will also be accepted on the Central Carolina SKYWARN Facebook page. Your winter weather photos are welcome too!

Thanks in advance spotters! Please stay warm and safe.