[PPRAANet] SKYWARN Training 2011

[Rob Roller N7LV]

Announcing the PPARES SKYWARN Spotter Training for 2011.

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. (east of Powers Blvd. 
between Barnes and North Carefree).  The date will be Saturday, 2 April, 
2011. 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.

Also, the Spotter ID program 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 2nd PPARES session by e-mailing me at 
k4arm at ppares.net, or by calling me at 495-4147.  In any event, please make 
sure that "SKYWARN Training-2011" 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

1420 North Gate Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO  80921

 TEL: 719-495-4147
CELL: 719-338-7642

EMAIL IDs IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE:

sid at integratedsolutions.org
K4ARM at PPARES.net
K4ARM at hotmail.com and, for a while longer... sidwhite at att.net