Basic Spotter Training will be offered on the Central Carolina SKYWARN
Information Net on April 21 & 28 at 9:15 PM on the 146.88 repeater. Part
1 of Basic Training will be April 21; Part 2, April 28. The instructor
will be Jeff Orrock, KI4KKX, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the
Raleigh National Weather Service.
To fully benefit from this training and *to receive a spotter
certificate participants must:
A. have PowerPoint or a PowerPoint viewer,
B. listen and check in at the end of both nets, and
C. email CCS Emergency Coordinator Virginia Enzor at nc4va@....
<mailto:nc4va@....
and phone number. *
Scanner listeners may participate by emailing Virginia Enzor immediately
at the close of each training session.
Powerpoint presentations Parts 1 & 2 may be downloaded from
www.centralcarolina
The National Weather Service recommends that spotters refresh their
spotter training at least once every 3 years.
All spotters are invited to a a SKYWARN Spotter Dinner at 6:30pm on
Thursday, May 14, at the Golden Corral Restaurant on 6129 Glenwood
Avenue in Raleigh. A program will follow the dinner at 7pm on "Radar
Training" with Warning Coordination Meteorologist Jeff Orrock KI4KKX.
Virginia Enzor
NC4VA
Emergency Coordinator
Central Carolina SKYWARN