NWS SKYWARN Weather Spotter Training

Greg Heavener and his team from the NWS are scheduled to provide our ARES District’s annual SKYWARN Weather Spotter Training.

The agenda consists of:

• Basics of thunderstorm development
• Fundamentals of storm structure
• Identifying potential severe weather features
• How to contact NWS and submit a weather report to NWS
• Basic severe weather safety.

Even if you have attended this event in past years, SKYWARN training is great refresher of weather features we don’t see every day.  In addition, it kicks off our season for weather spotting within Douglas & Elbert Counties over the Spring, Summer and Fall months.

This training session is open to the public.  Seats fill quickly and there are a limited number of seats available at the venue.

Word to the wise – if you are particular on where you sit, you may wish to arrive a little early.    

If you want to register for the workshop after the NWS activates this link, please go to: https://www.weather.gov/bou/spotters

See you at the workshop!