[ARRL-OK] Re: Weather Warnings

[Kim Elmore]

I'm a research meteorologist at the National Severe Storms Lab (NSSL) in 
Norman, OK, right across the street from the National Weather Service 
Forecast Office (NWSFO).  We're also co-located with the Storm Prediction 
Center (SPC). E-mail repeats of information directly available on the NWS 
web site may not be an efficient way to disseminate the information.

The NWS and SPC provide timely information on their web sites about the 
weather.  The NWS site is

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/

from which you can see standard WSR-88D images. You may also see detailed 
forecast discussions here, along with hazardous weather discussions and 
any/all active warnings and watches.

The Norman (OUN) NWSFO also maintains an enhanced web page at

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/enhanced.php.

Note that this is a graphics-rich page and may take time to load. The 
enhanced web page automatically reloads itself every two minutes or so. 
These pages bear monitoring during severe weather episodes. Every weather 
spotter should be familiar with them.

The SPC web pages are at

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/

from which you can examine watches, along with their discussions, mesoscale 
discussions, convective outlooks for days 1, 2 and 3, and various 
non-operational and experimental products.

I respectfully suggest that monitoring these web pages, along with some 
others previously mentioned, along with NOAA Weather Radio, will be far 
more effective than any e-mail, no matter how well intentioned. Of course, 
this approach requires active participation (monitoring), instead of 
passive participation (waiting for an e-mail). During this time of year, a 
passive approach is a sure-fire way to get burned (or worse).

73,

Kim Elmore, N5OP

At 07:04 PM 4/11/2005, D C Macdonald wrote:
>One thing to remember, most folks who have SAME
>capable weather radios probably have them set to
>recieve warnings for their home counties plus maybe
>the immediate surrounding counties.  Posts of the
>general NOAA advisories provides for advanced and
>more detailed data on possible weather conditions.
>
>My thought, echoed by some others, is that the info
>may be valuable to many as a tipoff to what's likely
>to be headed their way anywhere from 1/2 hour to
>8 or 10 hours ahead of time.
>
>73  ---  Mac, K2GKK/5
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "M. Schneider" <k5mar at brightok.net>
>Reply-To: ARRL Oklahoma Section List <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>
>To: "ARRL Oklahoma Section List" <arrl-ok at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [ARRL-OK] FW: SEVERE 
>THUNDERSTORMWARNINGUNTILSUNAPR10200508:30PMCDT...
>Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:10:09 -0500
>
>Well, I wouldn't recommend WeatherBugsme, but I listed it in the interest of
>fairness.  I use MyCast and EmergencyEmail.  The list was a quick check of
>my favorites folder and the Big 6 Oklahoma TV stations.  I also have
>WeatherTap for the radar, but that's a paid service.
>
>I still highly recommend a NOAA WX Radio w/SAME alert, then you don't need
>an internet connection.  Come on, we're amateur RADIO operators, what could
>be more natural than receiving alerts via NOAA RADIO!
>
>Mark Schneider  - K5MAR
>Asst. Emergency Coordinator, Payne County,
>Amateur Radio Emergency Service
>
>Chapter Liaison, Payne-Noble County Chapter,
>American Red Cross
>
>
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                           Kim Elmore, Ph.D.
                        University of Oklahoma
         Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
"All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The
greatest of these is Maybe" The original Latin appears to be garbled.