Upcoming SKYWARN Winter Weather Spotter Training

Please see the message below about Winter SKYWARN Training, including a special course about Coastal Flooding:

Hello,

Just wanted to make you aware of two winter weather spotter training sessions coming up along with a coastal flooding specific training session.  I have attached 3 fliers for these courses if you want to share with your friends.  

You can also access the online registration here:  

Here are the registration links for the courses:

• Oct 26th 6 PM –  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8169718174673470550
• Nov 13th 6 PM – https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2244470903414422869
• Nov 15th 6 PM (coastal flooding) –  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8169718174673470550

If you have taken the winter focused course recently, you don’t have to retake the course.  We recommend you take a refresher course every 3 years for each track we offer (winter, summer, ice jam and coastal flooding). 

Donald M. Dumont

Warning Coordination Meteorologist Incident Meteorologist (IMET)

National Weather Service, Gray, MEOffice: 207-688-3216 x223

donald.dumont@noaa.gov

www.weather.gov/gyx

NWS Gray to Offer Virtual SKYWARN Training Focusing on Coastal Flooding

For those Weather Spotters that live on the coast and are impacted by coastal flooding, just wanted you to be aware of a virtual training session next week that will focus on coastal flooding.  If you are interested and available, please join us by registering at this link below.  There will only be one session offered for this series as we are testing out the interest.  Thank you. 

FYI, should have the winter focused series scheduled by next week, so keep your eye on the https://www.weather.gov/gyx/skywarn#fragment-2a training schedule for these classes. 

Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3511135776837021198

Donald M. Dumont
Warning Coordination Meteorologist 
Incident Meteorologist (IMET)
National Weather Service
Gray, ME
Office: 207-688-3216 x223
donald.dumont@noaa.gov
www.weather.gov/gyx

NWS Gray SKYWARN Spotter Training Courses Offered in May

SKYWARN Spotters,

Just wanted you to be aware that we have scheduled our spring classes that will be held in May. You can go to this link to take a look at the schedule and select the registration links to sign up.

We are going to offer an Advanced SKYWARN Spotter class this year for seasoned Weather Spotters. This class will bypass a lot of the intro information and spend more time on content related to storm structure, prediction methods and identification/reporting procedures. There will only be one offering for this course and it will be the May 4th one.

If you are a relatively new spotter and you have only taken the winter focused track that is offered in the fall, we would like for you to take one of the one of the two New SKYWARN Spotter courses being offered as the summer and winter training tracks are quite different. Even if you are a trained spotter and have taken the summer series before, but it has been quite a few years, you can still take the introduction course instead of the Advanced course, that is fine.

Thanks for your time and being a NWS SKYWARN Weather Spotter!

—
Donald M. Dumont
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
National Weather Service, Gray, ME
Office: 207-688-3216 x223
TW: 207-241-9685
donald.dumont@noaa.gov
www.weather.gov/gyx

NWS Gray Announces Virtual SKYWARN Spotter Training

Help your National Weather Service by becoming a SKYWARN storm spotter! Storm spotters report large hail, damaging wind, tornadoes and flooding. Spotter training will teach you how to identify and report severe weather as well as how to maintain awareness, which will help keep you and your loved ones safe, and may even save the lives of others!

Where: Your Home

When: Monday, May 3rd, at 6:00 PM, Thursday, May 13th, at 6:00 PM, & Tuesday, May 18th, at 6:00 PM.

Cost: FREE to all those interested in weather!

Please visit: https://www.weather.gov/gyx/skywarn to register. You can also contact Donald Dumont: donald.dumont@noaa.gov for additional information on this training.