We had a very nice inflow of new members into the ABC 33/40 Online Weather Watcher team over the holidays. Seemed like Santa brought some cool new weather equipment to weather lovers across Alabama, and many of those signed up to join our team. We have all of the weather watcher reports available online anytime on the ABC 33/40 web site, and I use them nightly on our 10:00 news. There is no doubt people prefer to see weather data from places where they actually live, instead of some airport or government office. The weather watcher reports are especially critical during winter storm threats and severe weather situations.
If you are interested in joining us, you will need to purchase some good weather equipment that can measure rain to the hundredth of an inch, and record daily high and low temperature observations. You can wind weather stations that can handle this anywhere from $50 to $1000; most good stations are in the $200 dollar range. It is almost impossible to find this kind equipment locally, but there are dozens of online stores that have some pretty good deals. Just do a search for “weather equipment”, and you will have many choices. Then, to sign up with us just go to the ABC 33/40 web site and fill out a simple form. We will e-mail instructions to you on how to report.
I also recommend that all of our online weather watchers go ahead and get their amateur radio license and some SKYWARN training, so they can also be a severe storm spotter. The spotters in the field use amateur radio for communication; getting a license involves taking a fairly simple multiple choice exam, and the radios are relatively inexpensive.
To learn more about ham radio, go here:
http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html
SKYWARN training sessions are given by the NWS in various locations through the year, and we do it in the fall at our Storm Alert XTREME show.
If you are interested in joining us, you will need to purchase some good weather equipment that can measure rain to the hundredth of an inch, and record daily high and low temperature observations. You can wind weather stations that can handle this anywhere from $50 to $1000; most good stations are in the $200 dollar range. It is almost impossible to find this kind equipment locally, but there are dozens of online stores that have some pretty good deals. Just do a search for “weather equipment”, and you will have many choices. Then, to sign up with us just go to the ABC 33/40 web site and fill out a simple form. We will e-mail instructions to you on how to report.
I also recommend that all of our online weather watchers go ahead and get their amateur radio license and some SKYWARN training, so they can also be a severe storm spotter. The spotters in the field use amateur radio for communication; getting a license involves taking a fairly simple multiple choice exam, and the radios are relatively inexpensive.
To learn more about ham radio, go here:
http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html
SKYWARN training sessions are given by the NWS in various locations through the year, and we do it in the fall at our Storm Alert XTREME show.
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