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Home weather Stations,Website and SKYWARN

#1 Postby ssmith » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:51 am

Just wondering how many have there own Home Weather stations or a website for theit area.

Also how many are Trained SKYWARN spotters

As for myself I took the corse last week,I have a small weather site and working on getting a Home Weather station up and running online.

http://www.buckroebeach.net
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#2 Postby Scott_inVA » Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:11 am

ssmith wrote:Just wondering how many have there own Home Weather stations or a website for theit area.

Also how many are Trained SKYWARN spotters

As for myself I took the corse last week,I have a small weather site and working on getting a Home Weather station up and running online.

http://www.buckroebeach.net


yep, yep, yep for me.

Congrats on taking a SkyWARN class. Suggest you bookmark this link and maybe print off some material in the "off-season"... very helpful when getting started:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/stormspotting/

Good luck.

Scott
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#3 Postby breeze » Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:50 pm

I have a primitive weather station - an outdoor
thermometer and a rain gauge! No weather
website, but, I'm a certified Skywarn spotter.
And, don't hesitate to take another class for fun,
even though you're already certified. You'll find
facts that you might have missed, in the previous
class! ;)
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#4 Postby Aslkahuna » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:00 pm

Been a SKYWARN spotter for years, have my station, and post my daily temperature and rainfall stats on my homepage. In addition, I also have annual and monthly summaries of my data which goes back 17 years and post my own forecasts (being a retired Met). Also I occasionally post special topics of my own chiefly storm reports and summaries of my monsoon outlooks there as well.

Steve
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#5 Postby ssmith » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:44 pm

Yes,
I plan to take the Advance SKYWARN course when offered and also signed uo to take CERT training.

Yes it is a good course (SKYWARN) and I recomemed that anyone who has not taken it do so..

Thanks for the link I will add it to my Favorites file.

Sam
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#6 Postby Wnghs2007 » Mon Oct 18, 2004 1:38 pm

Thanks for the cool site :D
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Re: Home weather Stations,Website and SKYWARN

#7 Postby jimbo » Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:34 pm

ssmith wrote:Just wondering how many have there own Home Weather stations or a website for theit area.

Also how many are Trained SKYWARN spotters

As for myself I took the corse last week,I have a small weather site and working on getting a Home Weather station up and running online.

http://www.buckroebeach.net


My Wife bought me (us) a weather station in '03 for my b'day. Love playing with it and trying to learn this 'html' thing along the way to post to our website. http://www.casabenbrook.net/weather.htm

Cheers,

Jim
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#8 Postby SouthernWx » Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:33 pm

I've been trained as a Skywarn spotter since 1982.

I have two Davis instruments home wx stations...a Weather Wizard III (since 2000); wireless Davis Vantage Pro (installed last February).
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#9 Postby michaelwmoss » Tue Oct 19, 2004 12:50 am

I am also a Skywarn Spotter for Central Indiana. Seeing I work most evenings, it kind of cuts into my chasing though :(
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#10 Postby vbhoutex » Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:36 pm

We have quite a few certified Skywarn spotters on the site. I am one of them. I haven't got the sation yet, but it is in the works. Kinda need to wait till it is easier to pay my bills before I spend that kind of money.
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#11 Postby ohiostorm » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:19 am

I just took the cert class a month or so ago. I plan on taking an advanced course when they have it available. Very imformative classes. Alot of them were cancelled due to all the massive flooding we experienced a month ago.
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#12 Postby Wnghs2007 » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:25 am

SouthernWx wrote:I've been trained as a Skywarn spotter since 1982.

Currently have several weather related webpages online, mostly dealing with past U.S. hurricanes.

In regards to home weather stations....I have a Davis Weather Wizard III (since 2001); a Davis Vantage Pro (since last February); also have a new Inspeed Vortex anemometer for my chase vehicle.

My dad labeled me a weather nut when I was 17....I wonder why? :lol:



LOL. My parents labeled me that when I was 8 hehe. I still am :P :D
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#13 Postby wlfpack81 » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:19 am

Hey ssmith nice website. I'm from Hampton and still have my parents living there and other friends. I'll definitely bookmark your site and check it out from time to time.
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#14 Postby michaelwmoss » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:52 am

What is ironic is as a kid, I was so scared to death of storms that the sound of rain scared me to the point where I would bury my face in the pillow to keep from seeing Lightning or hearing Thunder. At times I would also pee the bed because of it.

NOW I CHASE TORNADIC STORMS!:)
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#15 Postby Guest » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:00 am

Trained certified skywarn spotter here. And i do plan on attending more classes.

I have been loving and learning the weather for as far back as i can remember. ( Almost 30yrs :eek: )
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#16 Postby azskyman » Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:02 am

Hi there...SKYWARN is a program that has stayed with NWS through many ups and downs. I have been a spotter for 37 years! Taught SKYWARN classes back in the early 1980's. Still call in storm reports to NWS Phoenix occassionally as needed here. Had a full blown weather station from 1974 through 1997, but now just have a rain gauge, handful of thermometers and barometers, and record only precip in my backyard! Would love to put an anemometer back up but the HOA would surely not approve!

In the late 1990's I was invited to review a report on National Weather Service modernization, and part of that had to do with standards for observers. Here's the link...

http://books.nap.edu/html/nws/

Enjoy your time studying weather!
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#17 Postby kg4plk » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:51 pm

Certified Through NWS Birmingham and Huntsville Alabama

Active in Madison County Amateur Radio Emergency Service
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#18 Postby michaelwmoss » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:51 am

Johnson County New Whiteland, IN where I make my weather reports from (Central Indiana)
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#19 Postby Downdraft » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:07 am

SKYWARN Manager for Seminole County, Florida. I have a Davis II at home but either Charley, Frances or Jeanne screwed up the rain collector. For the poster that mentioned taking a CERT class GOOD FOR YOU! CERT is an awesome course for disaster preparation and response.
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