From kc5fm at juno.com  Wed Apr  5 09:31:28 2017
From: kc5fm at juno.com (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 08:31:28 -0500
Subject: [Skywarn] NWS Norman Spotter Training Webinar
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On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 8:09 AM, SR-OUN Weather - NOAA Service Account <
sr-oun.weather at noaa.gov> wrote:

Thanks for participating in this year's NWS Norman Online Advanced Storm
> Spotter Training. We had 648 people who attended, including representatives
> from 21 states, as well as England, Ontario and Brazil. We had attendees
> from 41 of our 56 counties.
>
> The webinar was not recorded, and unfortunately, we are not able to share
> the slides with you. We included some links below that have a lot of
> training materials and information, including a recording of the 2015
> advanced webinar (which is very similar to last night's).
>
> Here are a few of the links we discussed on the webinar:
>
> NWS Norman Spotter Training <http://www.weather.gov/oun/skywarn-spotter>
>
> NWS Norman Spotter Training YouTube Channel
> <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhzMIjoK81fGyAj0gvvZYRjVHEJ9JNJne>
>
> NWS Weather Spotters Field Guide
> <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/brochures/SGJune6-11.pdf>
>
> Storm Prediction Center Mesoanalysis Page
> <http://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/>
>
> Advanced Spotter Training Webinar - recording from 2015
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl3l2P3z0Bc&index=17&list=PLhzMIjoK81fGyAj0gvvZYRjVHEJ9JNJne>
>
> We'd love to hear your feedback on the webinar! And please let us know
> what storm spotting related topics you'd like to discuss on future
> webinars!
>

Our local Skywarn group met at a training facility to view the
presentation.  The links are provided for your review.

It is good to see the National Weather Service offices provide this
training designed to keep SPOTTERS safe during already challenging times.

We are also looking forward to a visit from the German Skywarn team this
spring.  For more information about their work, visit http://www.skywarn.de

Be safe with Skywarn


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Lloyd Colston   director
Altus Emergency Management
Altus, OK      http://www.altusok.gov
Phone:  580.481.2260
Fax:  580.482.4738

It is better to be informed than it is to be afraid.

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From colstonl at gmail.com  Tue Apr 11 07:40:21 2017
From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:40:21 -0500
Subject: [Skywarn] EMP SIG Space Weather Workshop May 3 Broomfield CO
	Registration Open
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Space Weather seminar announced below.


On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 6:24 AM, <infragardteam at ignconnect.org> wrote:

> Registration is now open for The EMP SIG session at the NOAA Space Weather
> Workshop at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield, CO on May 3 from 100
> - 510 PM.  We will hear an update from NOAA staff on the status of the
> Space Weather Action Plan and from national and regional leaders on impacts
> for emergency management on preparations for long-term nationwide blackouts
> due to high impact events such as space weather.  This will include Dr.
> Terbush's review of the After Action Report of the January 13, 2017 table
> top exercise that gathered 100 leaders from around the country at the St.
> Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs. Refreshments will be served.
> Participants in the EMP SIG program will be admitted to the session of the
> NOAA Workshop on "extreme events" on Wednesday at 130.  Afterwards, EMP
> SIG participants will proceed to our own session. See the sign-up page in
> case you would like to register for the full NOAA workshop which is a
> separate registration.
>
>      The registration page can be found on the description in the attached
> document below or simply by going to the website at eventbrite.com on
> space weather workshop at this web address: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
> emp-sig-session-at-the-us-space-weather-workshop-tickets-33578259478
>




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Lloyd Colston   director
Altus Emergency Management
Altus, OK      http://www.altusok.gov
Phone:  580.481.2260
Fax:  580.482.4738

Pr?parate Ante malum.

From colstonl at gmail.com  Mon Apr 24 11:12:08 2017
From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:12:08 -0500
Subject: [Skywarn] Hurricane Awareness Week
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http://www.regions.noaa.gov/secar/index.php/highlights/noaas-2017-hurricane-season-awareness-webinars/
and

http://www.weather.gov/wrn/hurricane-preparedness#tours

Are just two items for Hurricane Awareness week.

Please share with your friends.


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Lloyd Colston   director
Altus Emergency Management
Altus, OK      http://www.altusok.gov
Phone:  580.481.2260
Fax:  580.482.4738

Pr?parate Ante malum.

From colstonl at gmail.com  Wed Apr 26 11:24:31 2017
From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston)
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:24:31 -0500
Subject: [Skywarn] [Cometupdates] New from COMET: Forecast Uncertainty:
 EPS Products, Interpretation, and Communication distance learning course
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Additional training from our COMET friends.

Lloyd


On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Comet Announcements <
comet_announcements at comet.ucar.edu> wrote:

> The COMET Program is pleased to announce the publication of the Forecast
> Uncertainty: EPS Products, Interpretation, and Communication distance
> learning course. The course, targeted at operational forecasters, aims to
> improve their understanding of common ensemble prediction system (EPS)
> products so they can use probabilistic information in the forecast process
> and provide uncertainty information to end users.
>
> The course has several components. The Introduction to EPS Theory
> <http://www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/eps_theory/> lesson teaches the concepts
> needed to understand EPS products. It lays the foundation for the EPS
> Product Reference Guide <http://www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/eps_products/>,
> which describes the following products: mean and spread, box and whisker
> EPSgrams, shaded percentile EPSgrams, spaghetti maps, ensemble
> trajectories, plumes, probability of exceedance/occurrence, extreme
> forecast index (EFI) and shift of tails (SOT), and climatological
> percentiles.
>
> The Reference Guide, in turn, supports two communication lessons. Communicating
> Forecast Uncertainty <http://www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/fcst_uncertainty/> (published
> in 2016) is a comprehensive, scenario-based lesson that discusses research
> findings on the effective communication of uncertainty information and
> provides opportunities for learners to apply the findings to a North
> American case. The newly published Communicating Forecast Uncertainty,
> European Case <http://www.meted.ucar.edu/nwp/fcst_uncertainty_intl/> lesson
> is intended for those who want to apply the findings to a European winter
> weather case.
>
> A culminating EPS Case Studies lesson (to be published in 2018) will
> provide additional opportunities to use EPS products to forecast different
> types of weather phenomena in North America and Europe and communicate with
> various end users.
>
> We welcome comments or questions about the content, instructional
> approach, or use of the lessons. Please e-mail them to Marianne Weingroff
> (marianne AT ucar.edu). For technical support, please visit our
> Registration and Support FAQs at https://www.meted.ucar.edu/
> resources_faq.php.
>




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Lloyd Colston   director
Altus Emergency Management
Altus, OK      http://www.altusok.gov
Phone:  580.481.2260
Fax:  580.482.4738

Pr?parate Ante malum.