SKYWARN Newsletter #242

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Hello to all....

NWS Taunton SKYWARN Training 2007 Schedule Update....

Hurricane Awareness Tour P3 Plane Web Site Launched....

NOAA Reports La Nina Taking Hold Over the Pacific....

NOAA Research Plan on Hurricanes Announced....

Dr. Gray to Update Hurricane Outlook Next Week....

Weekly VoIP Hurricane Net Holds Several Presentations on Past weekly Nets...

Dave Cameron-VE7LTD IRLP Inventor Wins Prestigious Technical Excellence Award...

Newsletter Issued: 3/26/2007.

NWS Taunton SKYWARN Training 2007 Schedule Update....

During this week, a new SKYWARN training session was booked in

Falmouth, Massachusetts. In addition, an error was noted concerning

the time for the Marlborough, Mass. session and the time for that

session has been corrected. The latest training schedule can be

seen at the following link:

http://www.wx1box.org/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=8&page_id=1

The schedule is also listed below given the two changes:

Thursday May 3rd, 2007 7-10PM:

Walpole Town Hall

135 School Street

Walpole, Mass

Sponsored by the town of Walpole and Walpole Emergency Management

Monday May 7th, 2007 6:30-9:30 PM:

Six Flags New England HR (Human Resources) Building

Agawam, Massachusetts

Directions Link:

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/newengland/ParkInfo/directions.html

Wednesday May 9th, 2007 7-10PM:

Canton, CT Public Library/Community Center

40 Dyer Avenue

Canton, CT

Sponsored by Canton, CT Emergency Management

***NOTE TIME CORRECTION***

Saturday May 12th, 2007 Noon-3PM:

Marlborough EOC

215 Maple Street

Marlborough, MA

Sponsored by Marlborough Emergency Management

***NOTE TIME CORRECTION***

Monday May 14th, 2007 7-10 PM:

Monadnock Regional High School

580 Old Homestead Highway

Swanzey, NH

Sponsored by Swanzey, NH Emergency Management

****NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR THIS SESSION****

Tuesday May 15th, 2007 6:30-9:30PM:

Hudson, NH Community Center

12 Lions Avenue

Hudson, NH

Sponsored by Hudson, NH Fire Department

****NOTE DATE CHANGE FOR THIS SESSION****

Thursday May 17th, 2007 7-10PM:

SAVE THE BAY-Narragansett Bay

100 Save the Bay Drive

Providence, RI

Sponsored by Save-The-Bay and Providence EMA & OHS

Saturday May 19th, 2007 Noon-3PM:

Falmouth Hospital---Faxon Conference Rooms 1 and 2

100 Ter Heun Drive

Falmouth, MA

Thursday June 14th, 2007 7-10 PM:

Acushnet Community Center

232 Middle Road

Acushnet, MA

Sponsored by the Acushnet Emergency Management Agency

Saturday June 16th, 2007 Noon-3 PM:

Illing Middle School Cafetorium

229 East Middle Turnpike

Manchester, CT

Sponsored by the town of Manchester, CT and Manchester, CT Emergency Management

Hurricane Awareness Tour P3 Plane Web Site Launched....

The Hurricane Awareness Tour P3 Plane Web site has been launched by

NWS Taunton. This is another method of PR for this major event for

the region. Below is the link to the web site information:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/announcement/HAT07WebRelease.htm

A Public Information Statement on the event will be posted and when

it is posted, it will be sent as a separate email to the SKYWARN

email list.

NOAA Reports La Nina Taking Hold Over the Pacific....

In late February, NOAA reported in an announcement on there web site

that La Nina is taking hold over the Pacific. The impact of La Nina

on the Spring and Summer weather will be interesting specific in

relation to the 2007 hurricane season. Below is a link to that

report from NOAA:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2805.htm

NOAA Research Plan on Hurricanes Announced....

NOAA has also announced a new federal research plan on tropical systems

and hurricanes. A link to that NOAA article with information on that

research plan is listed below:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2811.htm

The relevant web sites listed within the link above has more detailed

and technical information on the research plan and on hurricanes in

general.

Dr. Gray to Update Hurricane Outlook Next Week....

Dr. Gray will be updating his hurricane outlook next week on Tuesday

April 3rd. With the information provided by NOAA concerning evolving

La Nina conditions in the Pacific, it will be interesting to see what

impact it has on Dr. Gray's forecast. His December 8th outlook called

for an above normal season. Below is a link to Dr. Gray's forecasts:

http://typhoon.atmos.colostate.edu/forecasts/

NOAA will issue its hurricane outlook in either late April or May.

Weekly VoIP Hurricane Net Holds Several Presentations on Past weekly Nets...

The Weekly VoIP Hurricane Net which meets on IRLP reflector 9219 and

the *WX-TALK* Node: 7203 EchoLink conference server at 8 PM ET or 0000

UTC, has had a couple of very interesting presentations. The first

presentation was an impromptu interview of Mike "Sparky" Leger on

the Central Florida Tornadoes in February. The second presentation

was on the May Floods of 2006 covering Southeast New Hampshire and

Northeast Massachusetts which included a Power Point presentation.

Recordings of these presentations and past presentations held on the

weekly VoIP Hurricane Net can be seen at the VoIP Hurricane Net web

site at http://www.voipwx.net and clicking the VoIP WX Net Presentations

Archive link from the main menu.

Dave Cameron-VE7LTD IRLP Inventor Wins Prestigious Technical Excellence Award...

Its with great pleasure to let folks know that Dave Cameron-VE7LTD,

Inventor of IRLP has won the prestigious Technical Excellence Award

as sponsored by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association. This will be

given at the Dayton Hamvention. A link to the article appears below

and please note that Dave's mention of his award is halfway down the

article:

http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/03/09/101/?nc=1

IRLP has transformed Amateur Radio and VHF/UHF communications into

something that interoperates with the Internet. Along with the

gateway technology that allows IRLP reflectors to interface with

EchoLink conference servers and with the technology to allow for

nodes to be "Echo-IRLP" meaning a node that can do either EchoLink

or IRLP connections, these are powerful tools that have been very

useful for the VoIP Hurricane Net, in Emergency Communications for

SKYWARN here in Southern New England and is being utilized on a

local/regional basis around the US and the globe for Emergency

Communications. This technology has also opened a new world of

fun for VHF/UHF Ham Operators enabling them to talk far greater

distances than they could in the past.

Congratulations to Dave on this well deserved award for a mode

of operation that has provided greater fun to the Amateur

community and a tremendous public service for Emergency

Communications.

That's all for this edition of the SKYWARN email Newsletter!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)

ARES SKYWARN Coordinator

Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator

Pager #: (508) 354-3142

Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)

Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)

Work Phone #: 1-800-445-2588 Ext.: 72929 (8 AM-5 PM)

Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com

http://users.rcn.com/rmacedo

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