Special Announcement: ARRL Hurricane Webinar and NWS Taunton Hurricane Workshops

Hello to all..

This special announcement is to cover some opportunities on hurricane education open to all SKYWARN Spotters, Amateur Radio Operators and the general public in July 2015. This announcement covers an ARRL Hurricane Webinar as well as the NWS Taunton Hurricane Workshops being offered across the south coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The American Radio Relay League, ARRL, will be offering a Hurricane Webinar on Monday July 20th, 2015 from 8-930 PM. Details on the hurricane webinar and registration information can be seen via the following link:
http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-2015-hurricane-season-webinar-set-for-july-20

NWS Taunton will be sponsoring hurricane workshops across the South Coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. For the Hurricane Workshop on Monday July 20th in Newport RI, pre-registration is required. For the Massachusetts sessions, no pre-registration is needed. Details on the workshops, can be seen at the following links:

Newport RI Hurricane Workshop – Note Pre-registration link in the PDF Document:
http://www.weather.gov/media/box/officePrograms/outreach/salveregina-final.pdf

Massachusetts Hurricane Workshops:
http://www.weather.gov/media/box/officePrograms/outreach/combinedmacor.pdf

The hurricane workshops provide an opportunity to be reminded on the safety and preparedness information for hurricanes and tropical storms. In the last few years, tropical systems such as Irene and Sandy have affected the region and had potent impacts but their impacts to Southern New England were on the scale of strong tropical storms and the last hurricane to directly impact Southern New England was Hurricane Bob in 1991. While the seasonal forecasts are calling for a below average number of tropical systems, it only takes one hurricane with the ‘right’ track and intensity to make it a ‘bad season’ for a given location. These hurricane workshops are a means to remind of ourselves of safety and preparedness and to also report in weather conditions per the SKYWARN reporting criteria if a hurricane or tropical system strikes Southern New England.

We hope folks can attend one of the hurricane workshops and the ARRL Hurricane Webinar over the course of this month.

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: (508) 346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
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Hello to all..

This special announcement is to cover some opportunities on hurricane education open to all SKYWARN Spotters, Amateur Radio Operators and the general public in July 2015. This announcement covers an ARRL Hurricane Webinar as well as the NWS Taunton Hurricane Workshops being offered across the south coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

The American Radio Relay League, ARRL, will be offering a Hurricane Webinar on Monday July 20th, 2015 from 8-930 PM. Details on the hurricane webinar and registration information can be seen via the following link:
http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-2015-hurricane-season-webinar-set-for-july-20

NWS Taunton will be sponsoring hurricane workshops across the South Coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. For the Hurricane Workshop on Monday July 20th in Newport RI, pre-registration is required. For the Massachusetts sessions, no pre-registration is needed. Details on the workshops, can be seen at the following links:

Newport RI Hurricane Workshop – Note Pre-registration link in the PDF Document:
http://www.weather.gov/media/box/officePrograms/outreach/salveregina-final.pdf

Massachusetts Hurricane Workshops:
http://www.weather.gov/media/box/officePrograms/outreach/combinedmacor.pdf

The hurricane workshops provide an opportunity to be reminded on the safety and preparedness information for hurricanes and tropical storms. In the last few years, tropical systems such as Irene and Sandy have affected the region and had potent impacts but their impacts to Southern New England were on the scale of strong tropical storms and the last hurricane to directly impact Southern New England was Hurricane Bob in 1991. While the seasonal forecasts are calling for a below average number of tropical systems, it only takes one hurricane with the ‘right’ track and intensity to make it a ‘bad season’ for a given location. These hurricane workshops are a means to remind of ourselves of safety and preparedness and to also report in weather conditions per the SKYWARN reporting criteria if a hurricane or tropical system strikes Southern New England.

We hope folks can attend one of the hurricane workshops and the ARRL Hurricane Webinar over the course of this month.

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
Home Phone #: (508) 994-1875 (After 6 PM)
Home/Data #: (508) 997-4503 (After 6 PM)
Work Phone #: (508) 346-2929 (8 AM-5 PM)
Email Address: rmacedo@rcn.com
http://ares.ema.arrl.org
http://beta.wx1box.org
Like us on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/wx1box
Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/wx1box