After a very informative and successful spotter training class earlier this week, we are proud to offer the newly updated spotters reference guide for members involved in the W5YM University WeatherNet.  As of January 5th, new changes have been made regarding the criteria by which hail is classified as severe, and having this guide handy will help spotters accurately report "ground truth" conditions.

From the guide:

Ed Calianese, Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM) from the
National Weather Service Office in Tulsa OK, will present storm spotter
training in ENGR 209 at 7pm this coming Monday, January 25th.  This is
the real deal - training by the folks who know!

ARCUA has sponsored this event for at least the past ten years and good
participation by the membership has bolstered the reputation of the
Club in the local community.

W5YM hosts two local area nets on its repeater.

Scripts

Weather

Standby Mode - Tulsa NWS has issued a watch for Washington County, but weather has not approached our western neighbor counties in Oklahoma. This is the time to make contacts with spotters and preset the location of mobile spotters. Make this announcement every 30 minutes on the hour and on the half hour when there are no reports coming in.