June 2020 – Page 2

Severe Weather Coordination Message #1 – Saturday 6/6/20 – Severe Weather Potential

June 5, 2020 Rob Macedo

Hello to all…

..Isolated to Scattered Strong to Severe Thunderstorms are possible Saturday Afternoon and Evening across interior Southern New England. Strong to damaging winds, hail, frequent lightning and brief heavy downpours leading to brief urban and poor drainage flooding are the primary threats..
..Timeframe for thunderstorms will be in the Saturday early to mid-afternoon through early evening timeframe. Any isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorm potential will be contingent on sufficient clearing and destabilization along and ahead of a cold front, frontal timing which is currently expected to be favorable in the mid to late Saturday Afternoon timeframe and whether there will be sufficient mid-level moisture to sustain thunderstorm strength..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor severe weather potential for Saturday Afternoon and Evening. Another coordination message will be posted by 1000 AM Saturday Morning. Below is the NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion with information on the potential..

NWS Boston/Norton Area Forecast Discussion:
https://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.fxus61.KBOX.html

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
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Special Announcement: Start of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season

June 1, 2020 Rob Macedo

Hello to all…

Today, Monday June 1st, 2020, marks the start of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season is expected to be above normal per the NOAA/National Hurricane Center, Colorado State University and Penn State University outlooks among others. To mark the start of Atlantic Hurricane Season, NWS Boston/Norton has published a Public Information Statement with the names of the tropical systems for 2020 as well as some tropical cyclone history in Southern New England and tropical cyclone safety tips. This can be seen at the following link:

https://wx1box.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/pns_start_of_hurricane_season_2020.pdf

The National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center in Miami FL will issue advisories on named systems, Tropical Storm and Hurricane Watches and Warnings when a system threatens a land area, Tropical Cyclone Updates on named systems and Tropical Weather Outlooks for potential areas of tropical cyclone development. Their suite of products and tropical system names are listed in their first couple of tropical weather outlooks and the link from 8 AM EDT – Monday June 1st Tropical Weather Outlook is listed below:

https://wx1box.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/two_at_start_of_hurricane_season_2020.pdf

It is noted that the threat of a hurricane to a land area in the Atlantic basin would cause the activation of WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center, the Hurricane Watch Net on HF and the VoIP Hurricane Net on Echolink and IRLP. Web page resources for these groups are listed below:

WX4NHC – the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center:
http://www.wx4nhc.org/

Hurricane Watch Net:
https://hwn.org/

VoIP Hurricane Net:
http://voipwx.net/

With the COVID-19 pandemic, there is already a strain on public safety resources and if a tropical storm or hurricane threatens our region, our role to provide timely severe weather reporting to protect life and property as SKYWARN Spotters and Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters will be even more critical and our own preparedness will also be critical as well. Please use this time to prepare if a tropical system were to affect Southern New England.

Respectfully Submitted,

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