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Good day CANWARN Members,

Feb 16, 2024
This email is to regrettably inform you that we will not be proceeding with in-person CANWARN (severe weather spotting) sessions this year in light of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic until further notice

We are sorry for this disappointing news. We are grateful for your support. You can contact us at ec.canalerteontario-canwarnontario.ec@canada.ca if you have any questions or would like to coordinate a virtual session; someone on our team will triage your request.

In the meantime, here are some websites that may be of interest to you:

National Weather Service Spotter Guide: https://www.weather.gov/media/bis/Weather_Spotter_Field_Guide.pdf

National Weather Service Spotter Glossary: https://www.weather.gov/oun/spotterglossary

Environment Canada Lightning Safety:
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/lightning/safety.html

In addition, Environment Canada has a weather app called WeatherCAN available for both Apple and Android devices. This app represents the most direct way to receive our various severe weather watches and warnings. The app can be found in the app store on your Apple or Android device. More information on the app can be found here…
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/weathercan.html

Network Radio, the next new phase in Ham Radio.

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If you have forgotten or been away as some us us do, no problem. Please contact Doug for information on updating your dues.

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Canwarn Report Guide
Reporting Tip Sheet

How to Report
- Amateur radio network (if applicable)

By phone at 1-800-444-WARN (9276)
Email at storm.ontario@ec.gc.ca

What Your Report Should Contain

Who – your name, CANWARN ID, contact number
Where – your location and approx. location of what you are reporting
What – describe what are witnessing/what you witnessed
When – time of occurrence of event and duration
Movement – where phenomenon came from and where it is going

What to Report – Spring/Summer

Hail (use coins to describe size…dime, nickel, quarter, loonie for larger hail…golf ball etc..)
Heavy rain that has resulted in local flooding
Damaging winds (damage from tree branches down to more significant tree or structural damage)
Large scale rotation in a thunderstorm
Wall Cloud
Funnel Cloud
Waterspout
Tornado
Dense fog – visibility less than 1 km

Note: if unsure of rotation or presence of wall cloud or funnel cloud…watch area for a few minutes if safe to do so to verify situation

What to Report – Fall/Winter

Dense fog – visibility less than 1 km
Any occurrence of freezing rain or freezing drizzle
Heavily accumulation snow (2 or more cm/hr)
Whiteout conditions in snow/blowing snow (visibility near zero)
Rapid freezing of water on road surfaces

- Weather Resources –

Storm Spotter Websites

http://spotterguides.us/
(SKYWARN spotter guides…American equivalent to CANWARN)

www.nws.noaa.gov/om/brochures/SGJune6-11.pdf
(NOAA Weather Spotters’ Field Guide)

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=spotterglossary
(Weather glossary for storm spotters)

Lightning Information and Safety

http://www.ec.gc.ca/foudre-lightning/default.asp?lang=En&n=73364E34-1

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/outdoors.htm

http://safety.dri.edu/FieldSafety/Guidelines/Lightning_Safety_Guideline.pdf

More Internet Weather sites

Environment Canada’s Weather website: http://weatheroffice.gc.ca

Weatheradio Information: http://ec.gc.ca/weatheradio

Types of Weather Alerts in Canada:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=D9553AB5-1

Jetstream – Online Weather School http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/

WW2010 – Online Meteorology Course    http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml

The Ohio State University (OSU) Current and Forecast Weather Information - http://asp1.sbs.ohio-state.edu/

Unisys Weather – Current and Forecast Weather Information
http://weather.unisys.com/

Weather Underground Current and Forecast Weather Information http://www.weatherunderground.com/

Intellicast Current and Forecast Weather Information http://www.intellicast.com/

The USA Today Weather Book: An Easy-To-Understand Guide to the USA’s Weather, by Jack Williams, Vintage Publishing

The Weather Handbook, by Alan Watts, ISBN 0-924486-76-7 Sheridan House Publishing

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather, by David Ludlum, Knopf Publishing

Practical Weather Forecasting by Frank Mitchell, Christie Barron’s Publishing

Guide to Weather Forecasting: All the Information You’ll Need to Make Your Own Weather Forecast, by Storm Dunlop, Firefly Books

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hi all i guess some people have heard me speaking with bob ve3yco just had a look at your web site very good are weather getting better cant wait for summer as iam into vhf dx just starting too get better know are local club web site is http://www2.vk7ax.id.au/ are node is 6616 so if any one wants a chat down here in tassie give me a call hope u can put this on the bulletin board alex 73s from vk7fway my email is vk7fway at hotmail.com
(Sept 02/-8)

Hello again Alex!

Well, just back from Brancroft. My son (VE3LCJ) and I used the Bancroft repeater to keep in touch during our vacation (Jul 19-30). I also used it to keep in touch with the 'boys' in niagara both direct (niagara using the BAL repeater), and through IRLP. I waited a few seconds before issuing the DTMF codes, and sure enough, the IRLP worked like a dream. I hooked up my dual receive dual band transciever to a J-Pole thrown up in the trees (using cheap RG-6 COAX!), and I was able to hit the TBF repeater in Haliburton at 1/2 scale, and the Bancroft repeater at full scale. It was nice to have communications like that into the cottage. I will do it again next year.
Thanks for your help in the IRLP stuff. It worked great.

The COARC is a great system, and the fine people who put it together should be congratulated many times. I only use it 1 week out of the year, but it performed flawlessly.

Thanks again. Conrad ve3los
July 31/08

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