[CALV-ARES] WINTER STORM WARNING >CALV-ARES MEETING IS CANCELLED

[N3QHC]

TO: ALL CALV-ARES STATIONS

DATE:  Monday, January 20, 2014

 

Calvert County is expecting a significant amount of snow by tomorrow night.
Roads are expected to be dangerous Tuesday night.  Therefore, our January
ARES Meeting will be CANCELLED.  Please check into the CALV-ARES Net on the
Sunderland Repeater at 7:30 PM (L) on Tuesday, January 21.  

 

ALL STATIONS are expected to be 'shelter in place' during and following the
storm.  No ARES activation is expected. 

 

Please monitor the Sunderland Repeater, 146.985 MHz, (-) PL 156.7 and the 2M
Simplex frequency 146.520 MHz and provide needed communications if
requested.  

 

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the entire 
Metropolitan Area. The Watch is in effect from Tuesday morning through
Tuesday 
evening.  
  
* Precipitation Type...Snow  
  
* Accumulations...Potential for five inches or more.  
  
* Timing...Tuesday Morning through Tuesday Evening. The heaviest snow will
be 
late Tuesday Morning through Tuesday Afternoon.  
  
* Temperatures...Dropping into the teens.  
  
* WINDS...Becoming North 10 to 15 MPH with gust around 25 MPH Tuesday
Afternoon 
and Evening.  
  
* Impacts...Roads will be snow covered and slippery. The combination of snow
and 
blowing snow will reduce visibility to below one-half mile at times.
Travelling 
may be dangerous Tuesday. The morning and evening commute may be impacted by
the 
snow.  
  
Please continue to monitor the latest forecasts.

 

 

Important links:

 

CHART > http://www.chart.state.md.us/TravInfo/trafficcams.php 

 

NWS Sterling, VA > http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx 

 

Be safe!

 

73, Dennis / N3QHC

 

 

When all else fails.Amateur Radio

 

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