Welcome to WX1GYX.org

Amateur Radio Station of the National Weather Service Forecast Office - Gray, Maine
Gray Weather Forecast Office
P.O. Box 1208
1 Weather Lane, Route 231
Gray, ME 04039
207-688-3216
SKYWARN LogoWeather Instrument Placement
WX1GYX SKYWARN® News
Weather Spotter Training
Radar Links
Weather Forecast Offices
2009 WX1GYX SKYWARN® Operations Manual(4169645 bytes,pdf)
CWOP-Citizen Weather Observer Program Manual(2350185 bytes, pdf)
Hurricane Links and Publications Page
Links Page
Manuals
Weather Spotter Training Presentations Page
Training Net Topics Archive Page
Weather,River and Snow Page
Weather,River and Fire Danger Page

WX1GYX Discussion group gyx-skwarn on Googlehttp://groups.google.com/group/gyx-SKYWARN®/
Dave Hawke KQ1L Augusta,Maine Weather Data http://www.kq1l.com/wxdata/kq1lweather.html
Jerry Hume K1WTX Turner, Maine Weather Data http://www.megalink.net/%7Ewxman46/

Frequencies for Operations:

KQ1L Buckfield 146.880 Repeater Receive Only on Internet

KQ1L Broadband Streaming Audio http://www.kq1l.com:88/broadwave.asx?src=1&kbps=56
KQ1L Dialup Stream http://www.kq1l.com:88/broadwave.asx?src=1&kbps=24

Maine-VHF 146,88, 146.85, and 146.67MHz -100Hz KQ1L Repeater System http://kq1l.com/
Sanford, Maine KQ1L 146.805/441.500-156.7Hz

Southern Maine-VHF 145.21-156.7Hz WA1ARN System http://www.wa1arn.net/

3940/7262 kHz Maine ARES http://maineares.org/

Mt Cranmore W1MWV 145.450 pl tone 100hz
Mt-Washington W1NH 146.655-100Hz
3945/7273 kHz New Hampshire ARES http://ares.arrlnh.org/
Gunstock NH Repeater 53.77-71.9Hz http://www.gemoto.com/cnharc/gunstock.htm

3965/7275 kHz Vermont ARES
3980/7280 kHz Vermont RACES
http://www.vtares.org/ and http://ares.n1www.com/members.shtml

News

Are you Ready ... for Lightning

http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/lightning.html
http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/week.htm
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/grounding.html
http://www.iceradioproducts.com/10.html Thanks W1AUX-Mark
National Fire Protection Association NFPA-780 Standard for the Installation of Lightning Protection Systems, 2008 Edition

Are you Ready .... for Wildfire

http://www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/firedanger/fire.shtml
http://www.wx1gyx.org/topics/fire/prepared.pdf

Are you Ready....for Flooding

http://www.ready.gov/america/beinformed/floods.html

Be Prepared - American Red Cross Preparedness Information

http://www2.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_500_,00.html

Prepare for all Disaster Types

http://www2.redcross.org/services/prepare/0,1082,0_79_,00.html

Lat/Long http://whatsmygps.com/

Geocode http://geocoder.us/

SKYWARN® Training Net

Wednesday 8:30pm and Saturday at 7:30pm on the KQ1L Linked Repeater System http://kq1l.com/
Frequency (pl tone)
146.88 - (100)Buckfield, 146.85 - (100)Dixfield , 146.82 - (100)Camden
146.67 - (100)Augusta and Topfield
147.000  + (100) Lincoln
146.805-/441.500+ (156.7) Sanford 145.170- (123.0) Island Falls

Flashing LightningWeather Spotter Training


http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/spotters_skywarn/skywarn.shtmlWe need more local input for locations and times for training. Please use the link below to contact us:
"Jerry K1WTX " <wxman46 @gmail.com>
"Ken N1DOT " <n1dot1@gmail.com>
Mike.Cempa@noaa.gov,
"Thomas Berman N1KTA" <wxtomb@yahoo.com>

Working on ....

South Portland Maine

Looking for Locations and Dates for....

New Hampshire Counties

Belnap
Sullivan
Merrimack
Coos
Strafford

Maine Counties

Northern Somerset
Franklin
Northern Oxford

One and half hour presentation by NWS meteorologist on reporting weather effects on the ground that are not seen on radar or other weather instruments. Information is used to varify, adjust and at times initiate weather warnings and advisors. All Weather Spotter Training is Free of Charge and Open to the Public. 


Weather Forecast Offices

WX1GYX Gray, Maine http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/

GYX-Forecast Discussion GYX Hazardous Weather Outlook

WX1CAR Caribou, Maine http://www.erh.noaa.gov/car/

CAR-Forecast Discussion CAR-Hazardous Weather Outlook

WX1BTX Burlington, Vermont http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/
WX1BOX Boston, Massachusetts http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/
WX2ALY Albany, New York http://www.erh.noaa.gov/aly/
WX4NHC National Hurricane Center http://www.wx4nhc.org/

Mount Washington http://www.mountwashington.org/
Sargent's Purchase, Coos County, New Hampshire

Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS) http://www.weather.gov/ahps/

National Hurricane Center (NHC) http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Northeast River Forecast Center (NERFC) http://www.erh.noaa.gov/nerfc/

Storm Prediction Center(SPC) http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/

Radar and Weather Data

Local (WX1GYX area) Radar
Local Radar Loop (longer loading, more data)
Boston Loop
Caribou Loop
Northeast Loop
Regional Radar at Weather Underground
COLA Weather and Climate Data http://wxmaps.org/
WWA Watches, Warning and Advisories for GYX http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=GYX&wwa=all

Local (GYX) Storm Reports Text View: http://www.weather.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=LSR&node=KGYX

Local (GYX) Storm Reports Map View:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/lsr/index.php?wfo=gyx

Central Maine Power Outage Page: http://www3.cmpco.com/Outage/ 

New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc. Outage Map http://www.nhec.com/oms.php

Snow Estimate Page

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gyx/StormTotalSnow/StormTotalSnow.php

URL: http://www.wx1gyx.org
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