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Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 3:26 pm
by sp1989
Just copied a transmission that the Skywarn net is active until further notice due to the extreme weather passing through the I.E. Several stations reporting lightning strikes. Skywarn is a batch of ham radio freqs for reporting weather events. Kinda interesting when it's stormy.
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:41 pm
by cvrules90
sp1989 wrote:Just copied a transmission that the Skywarn net is active until further notice due to the extreme weather passing through the I.E. Several stations reporting lightning strikes. Skywarn is a batch of ham radio freqs for reporting weather events. Kinda interesting when it's stormy.
I know the RadioShack PRO163/4 have that feature.
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:06 pm
by brandon
Had a very active night in the Menifee area. Started about 1:30 am and lasted until around 9am or so. Heavy rain, hail and cloud to ground lightning. Storms fired up again this afternoon as well.
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:06 pm
by cvrules90
brandon wrote:Had a very active night in the Menifee area. Started about 1:30 am and lasted until around 9am or so. Heavy rain, hail and cloud to ground lightning. Storms fired up again this afternoon as well.
Was it cold or did it feel muggy?
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:57 pm
by brandon
Felt pretty cool for mid August maybe upper 60s. Humidity not too bad compared to a couple weeks ago when it last rained.
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 1:05 am
by sp1989
I saw the sky flashing bright last night towards the SW, even though there were no clouds in Hemet at the time. Looked a weather radar, and there was a strip of extreme weather aimed right at Hemet. Awesome thunderstorm with hail the size of Atomic Fireballs (the candy) and cool cloud to cloud and cloud to ground lightning this AM about 0600 PDT. Best show I've seen in a long time, thanks, God! It was swell!
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:57 am
by cvrules90
brandon wrote:Felt pretty cool for mid August maybe upper 60s. Humidity not too bad compared to a couple weeks ago when it last rained.
Oooh that's quite pleasant. Must have felt good given all the heat.
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:39 pm
by brandon
Dust storm rolling through the Coachella Valley ~4:30pm
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwat ... 20advisory
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:17 pm
by sp1989
Just started getting really windy here in Valle Vista, too.
Re: Skywarn net has been activated 20/Aug/2014
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:47 pm
by cvrules90
Friend of mine posted photos of his kid swimming in the rain. He lives in Palm Desert.