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Skywarn
Rick Tharrington KD4JRX, Glenn Cox KE4BMY, and Tim Waters KE4EDU, are the three operators who man the Skywarn office at the National Weather Service Forecast Office at the New Hanover County airport in Wilmington,N.C. The office serves 14 counties in North and South Carolina.
People sometimes ask what we do there. In some ways were are like telephone operators. We send out almost as much information as we receive via Amateur Radio on the 146.820 repeater. We send some of this information to Emergency Management, companies like G.E., Corning, several fire depts, and media people as well. This information also comes across the 146.820 repeater.
We have helped some individuals with storm related information in there travels throughout Northeastern S.C. and Southeastern N. C.. But the true heart of this or, any other Skywarn operation is the people in the field. If it were not for them we would have very little information to pass on to the public,or even less to pass on to the Weather Service personnel who need this ground truth information for accurate reporting.
It some times gets a little blurry at the Weather service because information travels two ways, from the Skywarn Spotters in the field, to Rick, Glenn, and Tim, and to the meteorologists,hydrologists,and forecasters. Then we reverse this procedure and go from the Weather Service, To Rick,Glenn and Tim, to the Skywarn Spotters in the field.
We can look at the Doppler Radar and see what is coming into the County Warning area, Let people know what to expect in there area as to a storms movement, severe lightning, hail and it's approximate size.If you are interested in learning about weather, go to the weather page at ac4rc.org and check out the Basic Skywarn training program on the weather page. This is the place to start, then if your still interested, contact me at ke4bmy, I'll definetly get you going in the right direction. The most important need we have is a need for more volunteers in the field. Remember if it's important to you, it's important to us. On behalf of Rick,Tim and myself
I wish you all safe weather. Glenn M. Cox, KE4BMY A.E.C. Skywarn Interim P.I.O