Skywarn Activation

NWS Pittsburgh has issued the following-

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY.

WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations between 1 and 3 inches. Ice accumulations between one tenth and three tenths of an inch.

The National Weather Service Pittsburgh has requested that spotters submit ice and snow measurements Friday Morning. Fred has provided the following slide as a reminder on how to properly measure ice.

Please monitor 146.85 as we will be calling one or more Skywarn nets during the warning period.

Skywarn reporting via online form

At our last club meeting, some questions were raised regarding which parts of the online reporting form need to be filled when reporting snowfall totals.

Fred McMullen of NWS Pittsburgh created the following PDF illustrating which parts of the form to fill.

ReportSnow

.pdf

Download PDF • 280KB

Basic Skywarn Virtual Training

For anyone that was not able to attend previous sessions, NWS State College is holding virtual Skywarn training 1/27/2022 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

You can register here-

NWS State College SkyWarn Spotter Training Sessions (weather.gov)