A new feature for 2021 SKYWARN Recognition Day is the Nationwide Check-in.
SRD organizers and the NWS want to see where all of our SKYWARN Spotters are across the country! Check in using this simple form and represent your community.
All SKYWARN spotters are encouraged to participate! This is a fun way that SKYWARN Spotters who aren’t ham radio operators can also take part in the SRD activities.
73′
Tim Watson
KB1HNZ
2021 SKYWARN Recognition Day is December 4, from 0000Z – 2359Z
For 22 years, SKYWARN™ Recognition Day, developed jointly by the National Weather Service and the American Radio Relay League, celebrates the contributions that volunteer SKYWARN™ radio operators make to the National Weather Service.
Similar to last year, because of COVID-19 restrictions, ham operators will not have access to the NWS Gray facility, but we encourage you to take turns activating the WX1GYX call sign, either from your home stations, portable, or mobile, during the event.
If you’d like to use the WX1GYX call sign during SRD, please click here to sign up for a time/band slot. We hope to have at least one operator from each of the counties in the NWS Gray Weather Forecast area, so spread the word!
Participants are asked to log contacts in an electronic logging program, such as N1MM, and submit to kb1hnz@yahoo.com in an ADIF format.
During the periods that you’re not using the WX1GYX call sign, operators may also use their personal call signs to exchange their name, SRD number (which can be obtained here) and current weather conditions with other participating stations.
The event website provides complete operating guidelines, including the suggested exchange. SRD is a fun on-air activity that feels very much like a contest, but its informal. There’s no rules or band limitations. You can even use repeaters!
73′
Tim Watson
KB1HNZ
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Gray ME
205 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
MEZ018-023-NHZ006-008>010-012>014-122000-
Interior York ME-Coastal York ME-Merrimack NH-Belknap NH-
Strafford NH-Coastal Rockingham NH-Southern Carroll NH-
Interior Rockingham NH-Eastern Hillsborough NH-
205 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
…Heavy showers and downpours will impact portions of York,
Rockingham, Strafford, southeastern Hillsborough, Belknap,
southeastern Merrimack and southeastern Carroll Counties through 300
PM EST…
At 203 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking heavy showers along a line
extending from near Laconia to near Pelham. Movement was east at 40
mph.
HAZARD…Winds in excess of 40 mph and heavy rainfall.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include…
Derry, Rochester, Portsmouth, Laconia, Hampton, Durham, Exeter,
Kittery, Alfred, Sanford, Salem, Northwood, Dover, Somersworth,
Kennebunk, Barrington, Berwick, Farmington, Epping and Lebanon.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 93 between mile markers 1 and 12.
Interstate 95 between mile markers 1 and 22.
Interstate 95 in New Hampshire between mile markers 0 and 16.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT…LON 4270 7133 4325 7138 4341 7148 4346 7155
4359 7150 4368 7066 4322 7055 4287 7079
4286 7085 4289 7092 4286 7103 4281 7107
4282 7113 4281 7116 4279 7119 4275 7118
4274 7124 4272 7127
TIME…MOT…LOC 1903Z 278DEG 36KT 4356 7141 4272 7128
MAX HAIL SIZE…0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST…40 MPH
$$
MSC
URGENT – MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
918 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
ANZ152-154-130430-
/O.CON.KGYX.GL.W.0030.000000T0000Z-211113T0500Z/
Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out
25 NM-
Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out
25 NM-
918 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
…GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions.
Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the
vessel for severe conditions.
&&
$$
URGENT – MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
918 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
ANZ151-153-130430-
/O.CON.KGYX.GL.W.0030.211112T1600Z-211113T0500Z/
Penobscot Bay-Casco Bay-
918 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
…GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions.
Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the
vessel for severe conditions.
&&
$$
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Gray ME
925 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
.A strong frontal system will quickly move across the area this
afternoon. Rainfall will begin this morning, with strong low level
winds enhancing rainfall rates and totals in the higher terrain.
Rain rates may exceed 1 to 1.5 inches per hour, tapering into the
evening hours.
MEZ012-NHZ003-004-122230-
/O.CON.KGYX.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-211113T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Southern Oxford-Northern Grafton-Northern Carroll-
Including the cities of Bethel, Bryant Pond, Hanover, Locke Mills,
Milton, Newry, Rumford, Norway, Fryeburg, Oxford, Bethlehem,
Lincoln, Littleton, Sugar Hill, Thornton, Waterville Valley,
Woodstock, Jackson, North Conway, Albany, Conway, Chatham, and
Crawford Notch
925 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.
&&
$$
MBC
URGENT – MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Gray ME
918 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
ANZ150-130430-
/O.CON.KGYX.SR.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211113T0500Z/
Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM-
918 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021
…STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Mariners should remain in port, alter course, and/or secure the
vessel for severe conditions.
&&
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