[PPRAANet] SKYWARN Training--2008

[Sid White]

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Announcing the PPARES SKYWARN Spotter Training for 2008.

It's that time of year again.  SKYWARN training will once again be presented
by Tom Magnuson, KB0ZWX, Warning Coordination Meteorologist of the Weather
Forecast Office (WFO), Pueblo, Colorado. The training session will take
place in the Community Room at the Colorado Springs Police Department's
Stetson Hills Sub-station located at 4110 Tutt Blvd.  The date will be
Saturday, 29 March, 2008. It will run from 0800-1500.  

SKYWARN Spotter Training is ESSENTIAL for all PPARES operators who want to
participate in spotter activities during severe weather events, even those
who participate only sporadically. Tom Magnuson is asking that all spotters
attend this years session as a new program for issuing warnings and related
spotter involvement is being implemented by the NWS this year. This training
is also essential, as storm spotting can turn hazardous very rapidly. Also,
since WFO Pueblo personnel monitor our SKYWARN nets closely, our operators
need to be well-trained in both weather spotter knowledge and good efficient
radio protocol to provide the information NWS needs without becoming a
distraction to the NWS personnel.

While it is not required that all operators attend each year's training,
that, too, is strongly recommended, as innovations and modifications to
reporting criteria can change how and what we need to report.

Please reserve your spot in the March 29th PPARES session by replying to
this e-mail (Please DO NOT "REPLY ALL") or by e-mailing me at
k4arm at arrl.net, or by calling me at 495-4147.  In any event, please make
sure that "SKYWARN Training-2008" appears in the subject line.

I will be sending additional information as soon as it becomes available.

73,

Sid White, K4ARM
AEC-Weather Operations-PPARES