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Storm Coordination Message – Tuesday Evening 12/5/17-Early Wednesday 12/6/17 Strong Wind Potential

December 6, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

..Strong Wind Gusts expected in portions of Southern New England this evening into the overnight hours over portions of Southern New England. Rain is also expected with a few heavier downpours that may cause urban and poor drainage flooding..
..A Wind Advisory is now in effect from 9 PM Tuesday Evening through 7 AM Wednesday Morning for all of Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts including Cape Cod and the Islands as well as the North Shore and Metro Boston area for sustained winds of 15-25 MPH with wind gusts to 40-50 MPH. These winds may cause isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages. A few areas may experience a few strong wind gusts to around 40 MPH overnight..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm system this evening into the overnight hours. This will be the only coordination message on this system unless a significant upgrade to the situation occurs. Below is the NWS Taunton Wind Advisory Statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook..

NWS Taunton Wind Advisory Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/box/ehwo

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator
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Special Announcement: Reminder – SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) 2017 Friday Evening 12/1/17 at 7 PM Through Saturday 12/2/17 at 7 PM

December 1, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all..

**Below is an updated Reminder and Special Announcement on SKYWARN Recognition Day 2017.**

The following is a special announcement on SKYWARN Recognition Day 2017. This will be the final announcement on 2017 SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) activities. This announcement also appears on the WX1BOX home page via the following link:

http://beta.wx1box.org/node/3998

Announcement text is listed below:

The National Weather Service in Taunton Amateur Radio Station, WX1BOX, will once again be active for SKYWARN Recognition Day 2016. In addition, for the eleventh straight year, the National Weather Service Gray, Maine Office will also be active under call-sign, WX1GYX. The Boston Amateur Radio Club will also be active as they have been over the past several years at the NWS Blue Hill Observatory under call-sign WX1BHO from 9 AM-3 PM Saturday December 2nd, 2017.

This will be the 19th year of SKYWARN Recognition Day and its anticipated that 80-100 NWS Forecast Offices will be participating once again this year. A Web link to information on SKYWARN Recognition Day can be seen at the following links:

http://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition

http://hamradio.noaa.gov

WX1BOX will be monitoring the *NEW-ENG3* conference node 9123/IRLP 9123 system throughout the SRD event from 7 PM-12 AM Friday Evening 12/1/17 and from 7 AM-7 PM Saturday 12/2/17. Our HF station will be active on the various HF bands during the same time period. What bands/modes we operate on will be dependent on propagation and operator availability. We will attempt to announce the different HF frequencies will be on via our Facebook and Twitter feeds as well as on the DX Spotter/cluster system dxsummit.fi for people that wish to contact us on HF.

The following is a schedule of repeaters that will be utilized along with simplex being utilized during certain timeframes on Friday Evening 7 PM-12 AM and Saturday 7 AM-7 PM at WX1BOX. We hope Amateurs will utilize this schedule and try and work WX1BOX during these various timeframes. If you don’t hear NWS, feel free to call for WX1BOX and if the office is monitoring, a response will be given. When you make contact, give your current sky condition and temperature as required. Below is the tentative schedule of operations:

Friday December 1st, 2017:
7:00-7:30 PM: 146.970-Paxton Repeater (PL: 114.8 Hz)
7:30-8:00 PM: 147.180-Bridgewater Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz)
8:00-8:30 PM: 147.000-Dartmouth Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz)
8:30-9:00 PM: 146.955-Westford Repeater (PL: 74.4 Hz)
9:00-9:30 PM: 146.79-Vernon, CT Repeater (PL: 82.5 Hz) (linked via IRLP.)
9:30-10:00 PM: 147.225-Killingly, CT Repeater (PL: 156.7 Hz)
10:00-10:30 PM: KA1RCI Repeater System (Primary) 146.760-Scituate, RI Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz) (Alternate)
10:30-11:00 PM: 145.470-Danvers, MA Repeater (PL: 136.5 Hz)
11:00-11:30 PM: 146.955-Barnstable, MA Repeater PL: 88.5 or 147.375-Falmouth Repeater PL: 110.9
11:30 PM-12:00 AM: 146.640-Waltham Repeater (PL: 136.5 Hz)

**Will Attempt to monitor both the New England Network and the *WX-TALK*/IRLP Reflector 9219 systems during this entire timeframe.
**It is possible we may switch off to different repeaters or simplex during time slots if we run out of contacts.

Saturday December 2nd, 2017:
7:00-8:30 AM: 146.595 Simplex
8:30-9:00 AM: Litchfield County Linked System via KB1AEV repeater system
9:00-9:30 AM: 145.230-Boston Repeater (PL: 88.5 Hz)
9:30-10:00 AM: 146.640-Waltham Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz)
10:00-11:00 AM: NWS Taunton will participate in the Eastern Massachusetts Hospital Net
11:00-11:30 AM: 146.895-Walpole Repeater (PL: 123.0 Hz)
11:30-12:00 PM: 147.225-Killingly, CT Repeater (PL: 156.7 Hz)
12:00-12:30 PM: 145.470-Danvers Repeater (PL: 136.5 Hz)
12:30-100 PM: 146.790-Vernon, CT Repeater (Linked via IRLP.)
1:00-1:30 PM: 146.595 Simplex
1:30-2:00 PM: 145.37-Gardner/145.45-Fitchburg/147.39 Repeaters via IRLP 9122
2:00-2:30 PM: 146.685-Plymouth Repeater (PL: 82.5 Hz)
2:30-3:00 PM: KA1RCI Repeater System
3:00-3:30 PM: 146.955-Barnstable (PL: 88.5 Hz) or 147.375-Falmouth Repeater (PL: 110.9 Hz)
3:30-4:00 PM: 146.955-Westford Repeater (PL: 74.4 Hz)
4:00-4:30 PM: 146.970-Paxton Repeater (PL: 114.8 Hz)
4:30-5:00 PM: 145.370-Coventry, RI Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz)
5:00-5:30 PM: 146.760-Scituate, RI Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz)
5:30-6:00 PM: 147.000-Dartmouth Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz)
6:00-6:30 PM: 147.180-Bridgewater Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz)
6:30-7:00 PM: 147.225-Whitman Repeater (PL: 67.0 Hz)

For this year, we will not actively rove 6m repeaters. We may check-in periodically on the 53.31-Mount Wachusett Repeater and the 53.17 Portsmouth, RI KA1RCI Repeater systems.

The following is information EchoLink/IRLP operations during SKYWARN Recognition Day on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system. See the list of NWS offices below:

Time in UTC NWS Office Call-Sign
0000-0100: KL7FWX (Confirmed new time slot for this year – WX0GLD relinquished this time slot)
0100-0200: WX1GYX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0200-0300: WX4MLB (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0300-0400: WX1BOX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0400-0500: WX9GRB (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0500-0600: WX9LOT (Confirmed new time slot for this year – KL7FWX had to relinquish this time slot)
0600-0700: WX4HUN (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0700-0800: WX9LOT (Taking the KL7FWX time slot now relinquished for this year)
0800-0900: Open (WX9LOT relinquishing this time slot from last year)
0900-1000: Open
1000-1100: Open
1100-1200: Open
1200-1300: W7NWS (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1300-1400: WX2PHI (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1400-1500: WX1AW (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1500-1600: WX1BOX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1600-1700: WX4NC (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1700-1800: WX2PHI (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1800-1900: Open (WX6MTR relinquished this time slot)
1900-2000: K0MPX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
2000-2100: WX4MLB (Confirmed time slot for this year)
2100-2300: WX4NHC (Confirmed time slot for this year)
2300-2400: WX6NWS (Confirmed time slot for this year)

There will be other conference systems utilized for SKYWARN Recognition Day. They are as follows:

The New England Reflector Gateway System will be utilized by the NWS Taunton, Mass. and NWS Gray, Maine offices from 0000-0500 UTC and 1200-2400 UTC. The New England Gateway system is on EchoLink Conference server *NEW-ENG3* Node: 9123, IRLP reflector 9123. If other NWS offices would like to join the system, they are welcome to do so and participants in SKYWARN Recognition Day can also use that system to make contact with various NWS offices. This is a great place to move off the *WX_TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system after your scheduled time if other Amateurs or NWS offices whish to make contact with you.

Also, the Western Reflector will be having NWS offices calling CQ as in past years and have multiple reflector channels and Echolink conferences available. There is reflector 9250/Echolink Conference *HI-GATE* node: 357564, IRLP 9251 and the *WORLD* Echolink Conference node: 479886, IRLP 9257/*DCF-ARC* Echolink Conference node: 336037 and IRLP 9258/EchoLink Conference *NV-GATE* Node: 152566 open for NWS offices. Please contact Kent-W7AOR for additional information on the Western Reflector.

A few technical reminders for folks interested in making contacts with the NWS Forecast Offices on the *WX-TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 and New England Reflector Gateway IRLP 9123/*NEW-ENG3* Echolink Node: 9123 systems:

-The system allows both EchoLink and IRLP connections. For EchoLink users, you connect to the *WX-TALK* Node: 7203 conference system. For IRLP users, you would connect to IRLP reflector 9219.

-If you are using EchoLink, the RF node or PC that you’re using must have EchoLink conferencing disabled. If it is not disabled, the system will automatically kick the node or PC off of the system. The reason this occurs is to prevent unintentional interference from a conferencing station that may not know the node is connected somewhere else. This will keep traffic moving on the net and reduce interference considerably.

For more information on VoIP Technical Configuration Tips, please go to our web site at http://www.voipwx.net where we have a link to that information on the main menu of the web site. This announcement will also be on the web site.

We are looking forward to another fun SKYWARN Recognition Day on the *WX-TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP reflector 9219 system, New England Reflector Gateway system and Western Reflector system. Thanks to all for their support!

Respectfully Submitted,

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Special Announcement: Happy Thanksgiving Message & SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) 2017 Friday Evening 12/1/17 at 7 PM Through Saturday 12/2/17 at 7 PM

November 23, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all..

**Happy Thanksgiving to All SKYWARN Spotters and Amateur Radio Operators involved in the SKYWARN program. On behalf of the NWS Taunton forecasters and the entire WX1BOX Amateur Radio Team and Amateur Radio SKYWARN Spotters in the field, we are fortunate to have such a strong and vibrant program with the support of all of you in the field and we appreciate another tremendous of year of service in weather spotting for the community. Thanks for all you do for us and the community!**
**Below is the annual Special Announcement on SKYWARN Recognition Day 2017.**

The following is a special announcement on SKYWARN Recognition Day 2017. This announcement will be updated either Thursday Evening 11/30/17 or Friday Morning 12/1/17. This announcement also appears on the WX1BOX home page via the following link:

http://beta.wx1box.org/node/3997

Announcement text is listed below:

http://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition

Again this year, the ARRL will be hosting a Webinar on SKYWARN Recognition Day 2017 on Monday November 27th, 2017 at 800 PM. The Press Release for this webinar can be seen at the following link:
http://www.arrl.org/news/skywarn-recognition-day-webinar-set-for-november-27

To sign-up for this webinar, go to the following link:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5263200920866289410

WX1BOX will be monitoring the *NEW-ENG3* conference node 9123/IRLP 9123 system throughout the SRD event from 7 PM-12 AM Friday Evening 12/2/16 and from 7 AM-7 PM Saturday 12/3/16. Our HF station will be active on the various HF bands during the same time period. What bands/modes we operate on will be dependent on propagation and operator availability. We will attempt to announce the different HF frequencies will be on via our Facebook and Twitter feeds as well as on the DX Spotter/cluster system dxsummit.fi for people that wish to contact us on HF.

For this year, we will not actively rove 6m repeaters. We may check-in periodically on the 53.31-Mount Wachusett Repeater and the 53.17 Portsmouth, RI KA1RCI Repeater systems.

The following is information EchoLink/IRLP operations during SKYWARN Recognition Day on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system. Further updates to follow as we get closer to the event. See the list of NWS offices below:

Time in UTC NWS Office Call-Sign
0000-0100: KL7FWX (Confirmed new time slot for this year – WX0GLD relinquished this time slot)
0100-0200: WX1GYX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0200-0300: WX4MLB (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0300-0400: WX1BOX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0400-0500: WX9GRB (Time slot from last year)
0500-0600: KL7FWX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0600-0700: WX4HUN (Confirmed time slot for this year)
0700-0800: Open (KL7FWX has relinquished this time slot from this year)
0800-0900: WX9LOT (Time slot from last year)
0900-1000: Open
1000-1100: Open
1100-1200: Open
1200-1300: W7NWS (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1300-1400: WX2PHI (Time slot from last year)
1400-1500: W1AW (Time slot from last year)
1500-1600: WX1BOX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1600-1700: WX4NC (Confirmed time slot for this year)
1700-1800: WX2PHI (Time slot from last year)
1800-1900: Open (WX6MTR relinquished this time slot)
1900-2000: K0MPX (Confirmed time slot for this year)
2000-2100: WX4MLB (Confirmed time slot for this year)
2100-2300: WX4NHC (Confirmed time slot for this year)
2300-2400: WX6NWS (Confirmed time slot for this year)

There will be other conference systems utilized for SKYWARN Recognition Day. They are as follows:

-The system allows both EchoLink and IRLP connections. For EchoLink users, you connect to the *WX-TALK* Node: 7203 conference system. For IRLP users, you would connect to IRLP reflector 9219.

Respectfully Submitted,

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Storm Coordination Message #1 – Late Saturday Night 11/18/17-Sunday Evening 11/19/17 Strong to Damaging Wind/Heavy Raifall Potential

November 19, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

..Strong storm system will bring a period of heavy rainfall with the potential of urban and poor drainage flooding and two period of strong to damaging winds, one round with and ahead of the heavy rainfall and a possible fine line of strong thunderstorms and then behind the storm system as it intensifies in Northern New England..
..A High Wind Warning is in effect from 1 to 10 AM Sunday for sustained winds of 20-30 MPH with gusts to 55-60 MPH for all of South Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island including Cape Cod and the Islands. These winds will be capable of isolated to scattered pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated to scattered power outages..
..A Wind Advisory is in effect from 11 PM Saturday Night through 10 PM Sunday Night for sustained winds of 15-25 MPH with gusts to 50-55 MPH for Northern-Central Bristol, North-Central Plymouth Counties of Massachusetts and Bristol, Kent and Southeast Providence Counties. These winds will be capable of isolated to scattered pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages..
..A Wind Advisory is in effect from Noon to 10 PM Sunday for the remainder of the NWS Taunton Coverage area for sustained winds of 10-20 MPH with gusts to 50 MPH. These winds will be capable of isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor for any heavy rainfall and urban/poor drainage flooding issues overnight and the strong to damaging wind potential overnight through Sunday Evening. This will be the only coordination message on this system unless a significant upgrade to the situation occurs. Below is the NWS Taunton High Wind Warning/Wind Advisory Statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook..

NWS Taunton High Wind Warning/Wind Advisory Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/box/ehwo

NWS Taunton Facebook Infographics:
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/pcb.1541746915919674/1541746575919708/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/pcb.1541746915919674/1541746859253013/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/pcb.1541746915919674/1541746862586346/?type=3&theater

Respectfully Submitted,

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Storm/Severe Weather Coordination Message #1 – Thursday 11/16/17 – Heavy Rain/Strong Wind Potential

November 16, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

..Strong storm system will cause a 6-8 hour period of heavy rainfall with the possibility of urban and poor drainage flooding and strong to damaging winds in portions of Southern New England late this morning through early evening..
..A Wind Advisory is in effect from 10 AM Thursday Morning through 8 PM Thursday Evening for South Coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Cape Cod and the Islands for sustained winds of 20-30 MPH with gusts to 45 MPH and higher wind gusts in any convective showers and thunderstorms. These winds could cause isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor storm conditions for late Thursday Morning through early evening. This will be the only coordination message for this system unless a significant upgrade to the situation occurs and time allows for an update. Below is the NWS Taunton Wind Advisory Statement, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook..

NWS Taunton Wind Advisory Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/box/ehwo

Respectfully Submitted,

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Special Announcement: Fall Prevailing Winds SKYWARN and Cocorahs Newsletters and NWS Taunton Winter Weather Preparedness Week Information from 10/30/17-11/3/17

November 12, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

With the late October Coastal Storm and all the post storm work done after the event and still ongoing, we’d like to get caught up on several key items that have been posted over the last couple of weeks.

NWS Taunton has posted the Prevailing Winds SKYWARN Newsletter and the Southern New England Cocorahs Newsletter. The links below will bring you to these newsletters for your reading pleasure:

NWS Taunton Prevailing Winds SKYWARN Newsletter:
https://www.weather.gov/media/box/PrevailingWindsFall2017.pdf
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/Issue7_volume_2_PrevailingWindsFall2017.pdf

Southern New England Cocorahs Newsletter:
https://www.weather.gov/media/box/officePrograms/cocorahs/Nov2017SNEWeb.pdf

Also the week of October 30th-November 3rd 2017 was Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Southern New England and NWS Taunton posted 5 Public Information Statements and Infographics on Winter Weather Safety Information as well as winter weather hazard simplification. The links below have all of this information:

NWS Taunton Public Information Statements – Winter Weather Preparedness Week:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/PNS_Winter_Weather_Preparedness_Week_2017.txt

NWS Taunton Winter Weather Preparedness Week Facebook Infographics:
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/a.178319238929122.42608.122106561217057/1524280350999664/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/a.178319238929122.42608.122106561217057/1525083480919351/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/a.178319238929122.42608.122106561217057/1525970987497267/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/a.178319238929122.42608.122106561217057/1526876417406724/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/a.178319238929122.42608.122106561217057/1527704783990554/?type=3&theater

We hope everyone finds this information useful regarding updates to the SKYWARN and Cocorahs programs and the Winter Weather Safety tips and changes to the winter weather hazard watch and warning information.

Respectfully Submitted,

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Wind and Cold Weather Coordination Message #1 – Friday 11/10/17-Saturday Morning 11/11/17

November 10, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

..Strong Cold Front will bring in the coldest air this winter season and strong winds with isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages..
..A Wind Advisory is in effect through 600 PM Friday Evening for the entire NWS Taunton Coverage Area for sustained winds of 15-25 MPH with gusts to 40-45 MPH and possibly isolated gusts. These winds will be capable of of isolated pockets of tree and wire damage and isolated power outages..
..A Freeze Warning is in effect from 7 PM Friday to 8 AM Saturday for Cape Cod and the Islands. This will mark the end of the growing season for this area..
..The strong winds and cold air will combine to produce wind chills in the single digits and teens with wind chill indices near zero in the higher terrain of Southern New England. This will be quite a change from the mild fall conditions over the last several weeks..
..SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor for strong winds and isolated wind damage in the area Friday Morning through early Friday Evening. This will be the only coordination message unless a significant upgrade to the situation to occurs. Below is the NWS Taunton Wind Advisory/Freeze Warning Statement, Special Weather Statement on Bitter Cold Wind Chills, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook..

NWS Taunton Wind Advisory/Freeze Warning Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Special Weather Statement – Bitter Cold Wind Chills:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus81.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/box/ehwo

Respectfully Submitted,

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Post Storm Coordination Message #1 – Sunday Evening 10/29/17-Monday 10/30/17 Major Coastal Storm Event

November 4, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

..Major Coastal Storm caused numerous pockets of wind damage, wind gusts in the 50-80 MPH range with isolated higher wind gusts Sunday Evening 10/29/17 through Monday 10/30/17, significant rainfall of 2-5″ across Southern New England which led to urban and poor drainage flooding as well as flash flooding and a number of boats were run aground from area beaches in the South Coast of Massachusetts from high winds and waves. At the height of the storm 320,000 people were without power in Massachusetts and over a 1 Million people across New England. Most power has been restored at least in Southern New England..
..Photos and/or videos of wind damage, flooding, road washouts and coastal impacts can be sent over the WX1BOX Social Media, as a reply to this email or via the email address alias of pics@nsradio.org. Credit will be given to the SKYWARN Spotter/Amateur Radio Operator for providing the pictures and video..
..One more update to this post coordination message will be posted by Sunday Evening 11/5/17. Below is the NWS Taunton Local Storm Report, Public Information Statement, WX1BOX Facebook Album and partial WX1BOX Amateur Radio Log..

NWS Taunton Local Storm Report:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/LSR_10_30_17.txt

NWS Taunton Public Information Statement:
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/PNS_10_30_17.txt

WX1BOX Facebook Photo Album:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/wx1box/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1738841039483240

WX1BOX Report Log (Partial Listing):
http://beta.wx1box.org/local/reports_10_29_17.txt

Respectfully Submitted,

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Storm Coordination Message #3 – Sunday 10/29/17-Monday 10/30/17 Coastal Storm Impacts

October 29, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

..Significant coastal storm is on track to affect Southern New England with heavy rainfall and the potential for flooding of urban and poor drainage areas and smaller rivers and streams with the potential for strong to damaging winds and scattered pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages Sunday Afternoon into Monday Afternoon..
..A High Wind Warning is now in effect from 6 PM Sunday to 6 AM Monday for the entire NWS Taunton coverage area. For Essex, Suffolk, Southeast Middlesex, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties of Massachusetts and Southeast Providence, Bristol, Eastern Kent, Washington and Newport Counties of Rhode Island, it is for sustained winds of 25-35 MPH with wind gusts of 60-70 MPH and isolated higher gusts possible. For the rest of the NWS Taunton Coverage Area, it is for sustained winds of 15-25 MPH with wind gusts of 55-60 MPH. These winds will cause scattered to numerous pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages and could also be enhanced by any strong to severe thunderstorms that organize with this system..
..A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the entire NWS Taunton Coverage Area through late tonight. Total rainfall of 2-4″ of rain with isolated higher amounts are possible. Rainfall closer to the 2″ range is expected in eastern areas though higher amounts could occur with any thunderstorms and associated heavy downpours. A more widespread area of heavier rainfall of up to 4″ with isolated higher amounts remain more likely over portions of the Connecticut River Valley and the eastern slopes of the Berkshires. This amount of rainfall and any higher amounts in thunderstorms could cause flooding of urban and poor drainage areas and smaller rivers and streams..
..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence by 400 PM EDT Sunday Afternoon and will last into early Monday Morning. SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm from Sunday morning through mid-afternoon and during the day on Monday through the afternoon hours. Pictures and video of storm damage and flooding can be sent as a reply to this email, via the WX1BOX Facebook/Twitter feeds and through the email address pics@nsradio.org and credit will be given to the spotter providing the pictures/video unless otherwise indicated. This will provide high situational awareness to NWS, the media, Non-Govermental organizations and emergency management..

A significant coastal storm is on track to affect Southern New England Sunday Afternoon into Monday Afternoon. The headlines of this coordination message detail the latest information with high wind warnings now posted for the entire NWS Taunton coverage area. The storm track and rapid storm intensification is expected to cause damaging winds across a widespread area with scattered to numerous pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages. There could even be a few strong to severe thunderstorms which would enhance the wind damage potential in areas affected by these thunderstorms. The one key item that remains uncertain is the influence of Tropical Storm Phillipe and how much moisture and energy from Phillipe interacts with this coastal storm and whether it further enhances the explosive development of this coastal storm.

Strong winds will likely extend past 6 AM Monday Morning as the coastal storm tracks into Northern New England and southern Canada. This will likely require additional wind headlines that will likely be issues later tonight or Monday Morning.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence by 400 PM EDT Sunday Afternoon and will last into early Monday Morning. SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm from Sunday morning through mid-afternoon and during the day on Monday through the afternoon hours. Pictures and video of storm damage and flooding can be sent as a reply to this email, via the WX1BOX Facebook/Twitter feeds and through the email address pics@nsradio.org and credit will be given to the spotter providing the pictures/video unless otherwise indicated. This will provide high situational awareness to NWS, the media, Non-Govermental organizations and emergency management.

This will likely be the last coordination message on this storm for Sunday. A shortened coordination message will be issued if time allows and additional wind headlines are posted for Monday. Below is the NWS Taunton High Wind Warning/Watch and Flash Flood Watch Statements, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook and the WX1BOX Facebook Infographics:

NWS Taunton High Wind Warning Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Flash Flood Watch Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wgus61.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/box/ehwo

NWS Taunton Facebook Infographics:
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/posts/1523226221105077
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/photos/a.178319238929122.42608.122106561217057/1523325617761804/?type=3&theater

Respectfully Submitted,

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Storm Coordination Message #2 – Sunday 10/29/17-Monday 10/30/17 Coastal Storm Impacts

October 29, 2017 Rob Macedo Leave a comment

Hello to all…

..Potentially significant coastal storm to affect Southern New England with heavy rainfall and the potential for flooding of urban and poor drainage areas and smaller rivers and streams with the potential for strong to damaging winds and scattered pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages Sunday Afternoon into Monday Afternoon..
..A High Wind Warning is now in effect from 6 PM Sunday to 6 AM Monday for Essex, Suffolk, Southeast Middlesex, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket Counties of Massachusetts and Southeast Providence, Bristol, Eastern Kent, Washington and Newport Counties of Rhode Island for sustained winds of 25-35 MPH with wind gusts of 60-70 MPH. A High Wind Watch remains in effect for the rest of the NWS Taunton Coverage Area for sustained winds of 15-25 MPH with wind gusts of 50-60 MPH. These winds will cause scattered pockets of tree and wire damage and power outages and could also be enhanced by any strong to severe thunderstorms that organize with this system..
..A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the entire NWS Taunton Coverage Area. Total rainfall of 2-4″ of rain with isolated higher amounts are possible. Rainfall closer to the 2″ range is expected in eastern areas with the heavier rainfall of up to 4″ with isolated higher amounts more likely over portions of the Connecticut River Valley and the eastern slopes of the Berkshires. This amount of rainfall and any higher amounts in thunderstorms could cause flooding of urban and poor drainage areas and smaller rivers and streams..
..SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence by 400 PM EDT Sunday Afternoon and will last into early Monday Morning. SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm from Sunday morning through mid-afternoon and during the day on Monday through the afternoon hours..

The potential exists for a significant coastal storm to affect Southern New England Sunday Afternoon into Monday Afternoon. The headlines of this coordination message detail the latest information. Key items that will bear watching as we get closer to this storm system’s impacts include the following:

1.) Exact track of the coastal system. Some models are indicating a track up the Hudson River Valley or Western New England while other models are closer to Eastern New England. This will affect where the heaviest rainfall occurs and how widespread the damaging wind threat is in the region.
2.) How quickly the storm system intensifies as it tracks into and north of the region. This will also affect the rainfall/flooding and damaging wind impacts though it appears more likely that this intensification will occur near and south of Southern New England.
3.) Influence of Tropical Storm Phillipe and how much moisture and energy from this system interacts with the coastal storm and its explosive development.

High Wind Watches have been converted to High Wind Warnings across much of Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island with High Wind Watches for the rest of the NWS Taunton Coverage area. Further changes in watches and warnings as we get closer to the storm event.

SKYWARN Activation with Ops at NWS Taunton will commence by 400 PM EDT Sunday Afternoon and will last into early Monday Morning. SKYWARN Self-Activation will monitor the storm from Sunday morning through mid-afternoon and during the day on Monday through the afternoon hours. Another coordination message will be posted by 1130 AM Sunday Morning. Below is the NWS Taunton High Wind Warning/Watch and Flash Flood Watch Statements, Hazardous Weather Outlook and Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook and the WX1BOX Facebook Infographics:

NWS Taunton High Wind Warning/Watch Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wwus71.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Flash Flood Watch Statement:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.wgus61.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Hazardous Weather Outlook:
http://kamala.cod.edu/ma/latest.flus41.KBOX.html

NWS Taunton Experimental Enhanced Hazardous Weather Outlook:
https://www.weather.gov/box/ehwo

NWS Taunton Facebook Infographics:
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/posts/1522860727808293
https://www.facebook.com/NWSBoston/posts/1522755274485505

Respectfully Submitted,

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