The inaugural issue of the The Coastal Front Newsletter is out! It's a quarterly newsletter produced by Gray NWS staffers of interest to weather spotters. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the NWS GYX website here. Looks good!
A weather spotting training sessions has been scheduled but not as yet (as of 6/9/PM) been posted on the NWS GYX website. It is on July 6th, in Lebanon, NH. Check back here and on the NWS GYX website for updates.
Proposed NOAA Climate Service article here.
Mission Statement of the WX1GYX SKYWARN® Program
The Mission of the WX1GYX SKYWARN® Program is to provide the Portland/Gray Maine National Weather Service Office (GYX) with additional communication capacity. Primarily relaying severe weather spotter reports for the the GYX Service area in Maine and New Hampshire and additionally provide backup communication when necessary for other National Weather Service Offices
How to Participate
Who is Eligible
The National Weather Service encourages anyone with an interest in public service and access to communication, such as HAM radio, to join the SKYWARN® program. Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches, nursing homes or who have a responsibility for protecting others are also encouraged to become a spotter.
How Can I Get Involved?
NWS has 122 local Weather Forecast Offices, each with a Warning Coordination Meteorologist, who is responsible for administering the SKYWARN® program in their local area. Training is conducted by these local offices at various locals throughout the Gray office forecast area and covers :
- Basics of thunderstorm development
- Fundamentals of storm structure
- Identifying potential severe weather features
- Information to report
- How to report information
- Basic severe weather safety
Classes are free and typically are
about two hours long. To find out when a SKYWARN® class will be
conducted in local your area, contact your Snow and Storm Spotter Coordinator Mike Cempa
National Weather Service
Gray Weather Forecast Office
P.O. Box 1208
Gray, ME 04039
(207) 688-3216
SKYWARN® is a registered
trademark of NOAA's National Weather Service. Rules for the
usage of the SKYWARN® name and logo are available here.
Coordinators;
Jerry, K1WTX wxman46@gmail.com
Ken, N1DOT n1dot1@gmail.com
Tom, N1KTA wxtomb@yahoo.com
John, KB1NYC kb1nyc@yahoo.com
Webmaster;
Comments, suggestions and broken links to;
Rich, KG1ZR webmaster@wx1gyx.cushnoc.net
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