Below you will find a calendar with the dates of upcoming SkyWarn Spotter talks scheduled for Central Pennsylvania, presented by the ²©ÌåÓý Office in State College. Please be aware that SkyWarn talks are conducted during the Spring and Fall. Anyone can attend any talk - regardless of where you live!
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SKYWARN TRAINING SCHEDULE
Some important items to note:
• CHECK CALENDAR EVENT FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION.
• BE SURE TO CHECK THIS WEB SITE THE DAY OF THE EVENT:
• GENERAL REMINDERS FOR SKYWARN CLASSES
Any problems or questions...please contact:
Warning Coordination Meteorologist Jonathan Guseman or Lead Meteorologist John Banghoff
ABOUT:
The SkyWarn™ Spotter program is a voluntary program in which the public can participate in storm reporting and interact with your local ²©ÌåÓý Office. Spotters are encouraged to relay critical weather information to their local ²©ÌåÓý Office, in support of the Warning and Forecast Operations. The information spotters provide immensely helps the ²©ÌåÓý Forecasters make better/more informed forecasts and helps them to warn others of impending dangers or hazards.
REPORTING: What we ask our Spotters to report and How to Report.
HOW TO BECOME A SPOTTER:
SkyWarn™ Spotters are asked to receive weather spotter training and safety information during informational sessions, normally conducted by the local ²©ÌåÓý Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM), and Forecasters. These training sessions are usually conducted in the Spring and Summer months, in anticipation of the climatological Severe Weather Season.
Missed an in-person training session? Check out the recorded and training. Let us know if you have watched these videos and would like to become a spotter!
You can also view these . These modules provide baseline training for all spotters by covering the procedures for spotting (including communication and spotter report criteria) and safety considerations for all weather hazards. Within a few weeks of your completion of these national online modules, we will contact you with information regarding becoming a spotter for ²©ÌåÓý State College. Completing the national online training modules typically takes about 2 hours of time.
Many of our SkyWarn™ spotters are also Amateur Radio operators. These spotters use amateur radio frequencies to relay important and time sensitive information to the ²©ÌåÓý. See a map of frequencies listened to by the ²©ÌåÓý.
/media/bis/Weather_Spotter_Field_Guide.pdf
/media/ctp/SpotterReportingGuidelines.pdf
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