[PPRAANet] SKYWARN Training--2009

[Ben Cruise]

I will be there.  #EL1121, 15220 Leather Chaps Drive, C/s, 80921.  How can I 
help?
N0LNW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sid White" <sidwhite at att.net>
To: <ppraanet at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:12 PM
Subject: [PPRAANet] SKYWARN Training--2009


> All...
>
> <<PLEASE EXCUSE DUPLICATE MESSAGES>>
>
> Announcing the PPARES SKYWARN Spotter Training for 2009.
>
> 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, 4 April, 2009. 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.  Since Pueblo WFO 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.
> This training is also essential, as storm spotting can turn hazardous very
> rapidly.
>
> Tom Magnuson is asking that all spotters attend this year's session as new
> criteria for issuing warnings and related spotter involvement is being
> implemented by the NWS this year.
>
> Also, the Spotter ID program instituted last year has proven to be quite
> useful.  When responding to this e-mail, please include your SPOTTER
> NUMBER(S) and the address(s) represented.  Those who do not yet have a
> spotter number, please include your nine-digit ZIP code and/or your 
> correct
> Latitude and Longitude for the location FROM WHICH YOU WILL BE SPOTTING 
> AND
> REPORTING.  If you will be usually calling in from your work location and
> have only a number for your home location, you may apply for an additional
> number.  Additional spotter numbers will most likely not be related to
> current spotter numbers.
>
> Please remember that a spotter number is based upon a single fixed 
> location
> and should be used to report on conditions for that location only.  Mobile
> reports will still require location descriptors such as address, mile
> marker/road names, major intersections, etc.
>
> 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 April 4th 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-2009" 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
>
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