[Skywarn] NWSchat Versus Weather.IM Verus Twitter

[Keith Brewster]

Good suggestions!  If you're using Twitter you can also use a search for #okwx or the 2-letter postal abbreviation for your state + "wx" to find any tweets related to the wx in your state.  A lot of spotters use that hashtag as well as NWS and TV stations, it seems.

-Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: skywarn-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:skywarn-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lloyd Colston
Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2017 2:36 PM
To: skywarn at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Skywarn] NWSchat Versus Weather.IM Verus Twitter

So you tried to get NWSchat and were denied by your Weather Forecast Office.  https://nwschat.weather.gov/


Never FEAR.  I'm from the Government.  I'm here to HELP!

https://weather.im/iembot/ is a good second choice.

Type the WFO office you wish to monitor.  Click the sound button.  When something post in the window, it beeps and it's time to pay attention to it.

Twitter is a good second choice.

https://twitter.com/iembot_XXX <  replace the XXX with the three letter code for you WFO

Follow it on Twitter and you get instant updates from the WFO.

Neither of these solutions give you full access to NWSchat, ex.
SpotterNetwork and discussion by media and emergency managers.

Still don't know the WFO that serves you?

Go to http://www.weather.gov/, type your zip code in the search field upper left.  The result is page with your forecast from your WFO.  You should be able to find your WFO information at the bottom.

Be safe, by all means!

-- 


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

Præparate Ante malum.
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