From colstonl at gmail.com Tue Dec 1 22:35:24 2020 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 21:35:24 -0600 Subject: [Skywarn] SRD VIDEO Message-ID: https://www.gotostage.com/channel/897b0d4c7ce64649a0dff6aa5c106658/recording/ba15085626834485bf459e8837fe03dc/watch?fbclid=IwAR1i4e35myYWDke6DVLYrSz5Xqu8frNT1kcWJlFTSs1h2C_rENuVLhtWifU&d=n From colstonl at gmail.com Wed Dec 2 09:44:25 2020 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 08:44:25 -0600 Subject: [Skywarn] Winter weather webinar Message-ID: https://www.weather.gov/aly/skywarn?fbclid=IwAR2Nu7fhe5vBKyRb-qSQATv5OemIV32EJwTz7bVKigUekSfnZRc_5pSXySk From colstonl at gmail.com Wed Dec 2 10:08:13 2020 From: colstonl at gmail.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 09:08:13 -0600 Subject: [Skywarn] More SRD INFORMATION Message-ID: https://www.illinoissupport.org/skywarn/srd2020/?fbclid=IwAR1GDC23WjprcWjqrAJWtYGCg-PUHpIDmT9JTr1ORIwy6tuo4Sprm6xhJyY From kc5fm at juno.com Wed Dec 2 10:19:46 2020 From: kc5fm at juno.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 09:19:46 -0600 Subject: [Skywarn] Fwd: Skywarn Recognition Day: Webinar Recording and Other Details In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Michael Lewis - NOAA Federal Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 09:18 Subject: Skywarn Recognition Day: Webinar Recording and Other Details To: Good day. First I want to thank you all for registering for the Skywarn Recognition Day event coming up this weekend. There are a lot of changes that needed to be made to make this work this year, and rather than just scrap SRD completely, we have tried to incorporate other ways to make it work. The link to the recording is online at the Facebook Group page and included here for your reference. *Recorded Webinar* To that end, here are some answers to some of the more frequent questions: *SRD Event Numbers* - these will be provided ONLINE later today. There have been a number of technical difficulties that cropped up over the past week that have prevented updates to the Skywarn Recognition Day webpage. Where will these be listed? https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition *Operating Procedures* - this is probably where the greatest changes have occurred. The NWS offices will not have volunteers in their facilities this year, so we had to improvise. The idea this year, for amateur radio operations, reach out to as many registered Skywarn Spotters (again, the list of registered participants will be online at the link above) and NWS offices as you can. There are almost 800 registered participants. *What about Skywarn Spotters without amateur Radio Licenses? *How do I participate? Join in on the local NWS office social media pages, work with local spotter groups, have Zello or other communications tools in place? Lacking those options, the *Skywarn Recognition Day Facebook Group * will be hosting a number of live events (a schedule will be released and posted online after we have finalized the speakers - Thursday or Friday of this week.) I haven't gotten any information - Much of the information has been sent via e-mail using the e-mail provided during the registration for SRD. I have had to research and correct over 30 mistyped e-mail addresses, so there have been some lost e-mails. I have tried to correct as many as I can; but there are some that just can be recovered. A lot of information is being pushed to the Facebook Group (see links above.) *This is disorganized and chaotic *- Yes it has been. We had to make adjustments and felt it was time to incorporate some of the other methods of communication. Skywarn Recognition is about Skywarn Spotters and given the current situation, we have a chance to encourage and recognize *all *Skywarn Spotters. The amateur radio component is different, because honestly there are only a handful of NWS offices participating this year. That being said, almost 700 amateur radio operators have signed up to participate. *Who can you reach?* Above all else, this is meant to be fun. We have participants from across the NWS service area AND Canada registered to participate. This is more than one region, one state, one county, one city, one person, this is the community of Skywarn Spotters, spanning shoreline to shoreline, from ocean to highest mountains. It will be inherently messy - and that's what we are called to do, make it work and bring out the best in us in service to our country. Thank you for your consideration, participation and encouragement. *==* *Michael S. Lewis* Warning Coordination Meteorologist NWS Northern Indiana *Currently Teleworking M-F* *Google Hangout/Meet Office Hours* : *Daily*: 10:30 to Noon and 1:30 to 3:00 (EDT) [image: https://www.weather.gov/iwx] [image: https://www.weather.gov/wrn/ambassadors] [image: https://www.weather.gov/StormReady] Proudly Serving 37 Counties in Northern Indiana, Southwest Lower Michigan and Northwest Ohio *==* *Michael S. Lewis* Warning Coordination Meteorologist NWS Northern Indiana *Currently Teleworking M-F* *Google Hangout/Meet Office Hours* : *Daily*: 10:30 to Noon and 1:30 to 3:00 (EDT) [image: https://www.weather.gov/iwx] [image: https://www.weather.gov/wrn/ambassadors] [image: https://www.weather.gov/StormReady] Proudly Serving 37 Counties in Northern Indiana, Southwest Lower Michigan and Northwest Ohio *==* *Michael S. Lewis* Warning Coordination Meteorologist NWS Northern Indiana *Currently Teleworking M-F* *Google Hangout/Meet Office Hours* : *Daily*: 10:30 to Noon and 1:30 to 3:00 (EDT) [image: https://www.weather.gov/iwx] [image: https://www.weather.gov/wrn/ambassadors] [image: https://www.weather.gov/StormReady] Proudly Serving 37 Counties in Northern Indiana, Southwest Lower Michigan and Northwest Ohio -- Lloyd Colston KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052 From kc5fm at juno.com Tue Dec 15 14:23:04 2020 From: kc5fm at juno.com (Lloyd Colston) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:23:04 -0600 Subject: [Skywarn] Fwd: EMWIN - SCN20-117: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended on EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FYI. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: John Simensky - NOAA Federal Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 13:10 Subject: EMWIN - SCN20-117: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended on EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020 To: EMWIN users and Stakeholders, Please below SCN 20-117 concerning static radar image files being temporarily suspended on EMWIN services. Also attached in word format for easier sharing. *Questions on the information in this bulletin may be addressed to*: *nws.emwin.support at noaa.gov * *Questions on the Ridge 2 radar products may be address to*: - product comments and feedback: *nwsradarfeedback at noaa.gov * - operational service issues: *nco.ops at noaa.gov * - product support issues: *idp-support at noaa.gov * National Service Change Notices are online at: *https://www.weather.gov/notification/ * Thanks JS NOUS41 KWBC 151720 PNSWSH Service Change Notice 20-117 National Weather Service Headquarters Silver Spring MD 120 PM EST Tue Dec 15 2020 To: Subscribers: -NOAA Weather Wire Service -Emergency Managers Weather Information Network -Satellite Broadcast Network/NOAAPort Other NWS partners and NWS employees From: Michelle Mainelli Director, Office of Dissemination Subject: Static Radar Image Files Temporarily Suspended on EMWIN Services, Effective December 16, 2020 On or about December 16, 2020, NWS is temporaily suspending 10 static Radar Image files sent over the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-East and West High Rate Information Transmission (HRIT) / Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) satellite broadcast on virtual channel 21. These products are published on the enterprise EMWIN File Transfer Protocol (FTP) archive file server. The products will be suspended pending completion of the NWS migration to the new Ridge 2 radar product generation services. The suspended Radar products are listed/documented under Title-03 through 12, in the EMWIN Image and Text Data Capture Catalog: https://www.weather.gov/media/emwin/EMWIN_Image_and_Text_Data_Capture_Catalog_v1.3b_r180817.pdf The static Radar Image files should return to the EMWIN services by February 26, 2021. NWS will send an updated Service Change Notice when the suspended static Radar files have been reinstated on the EMWIN services. In the interim and effective on or about December 16, 2020, Users may obtain Ridge 2 static radar image files for individual radar sites at the following Ridge 2 services URL: https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/lite/ Questions on the information in this bulletin may be addressed to: nws.emwin.support at noaa.gov Questions on the Ridge 2 radar products may be address to: - product comments and feedback: nwsradarfeedback at noaa.gov - operational service issues: nco.ops at noaa.gov - product support issues: idp-support at noaa.gov National Service Change Notices are online at: https://www.weather.gov/notification/ NNNN -- John Simensky Meteorologist National Weather Service Dissemination & Outreach Silver Spring Maryland (301) 427-9318 -- Lloyd Colston KC5FM Hamshack Hotline 50052