[HCRA] Skywarn training schedule update

[et-n1qko at juno.com]

Hello to all….

 

The SKYWARN Training Schedule for 2006 has been updated with sites in
Wilmington, Peabody and Gardner added. We will be working on a site on
the South Coast of Massachusetts, Northeast Connecticut and interior
Southeast Massachusetts. A link to the SKYWARN training schedule, which
includes all the sites is listed at the link below:

 

http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo/trsched.htm

 

The schedule also appears below for your conveience

 

The following is an update on SKYWARN training for 2006. Further
updates will be posted on the web site as needed.
 
04/22/2006               Noon-3PM               Western New England
College---Sleith Hall Room 100
Sat.                                                       1215 Wilbraham
Road
                                                             Springfield,
Mass.
 
04/27/2006               630-930PM              American Red Cross New
Hampshire West Chapter
Thurs.                                                    83 Court Street
                                                             Keene, NH
 
05/04/2006               7-10PM                   Walpole Town Hall
Thurs.                                                    135 School
Street
                                                             Walpole,
Mass.
 
05/9/2006                7-10PM                   Glastonbury Town
Hall---Academy School Wing
Tues.                                                     2155 Main
Street
                                                             Glastonbury,
CT
 
05/15/2006               7-10PM                   Gardner Middle School
Mon.                                                      297 Catherine
Street
                                                             Gardner, MA
 
05/16/2006               7-10PM                   Rhode Island Emergency
Management Agency
Tues.                                                     Command
Readiness Center
                                                             645 New
London Avenue
                                                             Cranston, RI
Note: Photo ID (i.e.: Driver’s License required for entrance into the
facility.)
 
05/17/2006               630-930PM              Mascenic Regional High
School
Wed.                                                     175 Turnpike
Road (Route 124)
                                                             New Ipswich,
NH
 
05/18/2006               7-10PM                   South Congregational
Church (Downstairs Meeting Hall)
Thurs.                                                    60 Prospect
Street
                                                             Peabody, MA
Directions can be found on the North Shore Radio Association (NSRA) web
site: http://www.nsradio.org
 
05/20/2006               Noon-3PM               Concord Academy
Sat.                                                       166 Main
Street (Rte. 62)
                                                             Concord,
Mass.
 
05/25/2006               7-10PM                   Roger Williams
University Marine and Science Building
Thurs.                                                    Bristol Campus
                                                             One Ferry
Road
                                                             Bristol, RI
Note: Upon entering the campus, please stop at the guard shack for
building location and parking instructions.
 
06/08/2006               7-10PM                   Worcester Emergency
Management Operations Center
Thurs.                                                    50 Skyline
Drive
                                                             Worcester,
Mass.
 
06/10/2006               Noon-3PM               Wilmington Middle School
Sat.                                                       Carter Lane
                                                             Wilmington,
Mass.   
 
06/17/2006               Noon-3PM               Natick Public Training
Center (In the Rear of Police/Fire Department Complex)
Sat.                                                       20 East
Central Street (Route 135)
                                                             Natick,
Mass.
 
The NWS Taunton web site will be updated with the additional training
sites later this week.

 

In addition, the first in a series of Marine Spotter Classes is being
offered in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Information on the class follows
below:

 

Interested in learning how to develop your own self Marine weather
briefing to ensure safe decision making?  This National Weather Service
course will help you sort out the abundance of weather information now
available and focus on just a few simple but important weather charts and
products.  In addition, you will become familiar with National Weather
Service thresholds for Marine warnings and advisories, along with a
comprehensive explanation of Significant Wave Height.

 

Part two of the course will train Mariners in becoming an official
National Weather Service Marine Observer.  The National Weather Service
office in Taunton, MA is looking to recruit volunteers from the marine
community to report real time weather observations at sea.

 

Your marine weather observation will be an important component in the
data stream which the forecaster analyzes.  Your observation will provide
“sea truth” in that it tells us whether or not we are on track with our
forecasts and it will fill in the gaps between widely separated weather
reporting buoys and ships.  This helps to identify weather conditions
that might otherwise go undetected.

 

The season’s first training session will be held at the following
location and time:

 

Thursday April 20th – 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM: Pier 3, Fishermen’s Wharf,  New
Bedford, MA 

 

The training session is open to the public free of charge and is a 90
minute slide show, which covers interpreting basic weather charts and
products, along with training on reporting Marine weather observations. 


The training stresses what types of weather and thresholds should be
reported. For those 16 and older, identification cards are handed out
along with a special phone number for reporting directly to the National
Weather Service, upon completion of the training.

 
Respectfully Submitted,
 
Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator