SKYWARN
Coconino County, AZ
After a prolonged absence,
SKYWARN is back in Coconino County! Conducted under the
auspices of the Flagstaff Office
of the National Weather Service, SKYWARN is an affilliation of
trained observers who report unsual or potentially hazardous weather
phenomena to the National Weather Service and can be called upon in
times of crisis to provide local weather conditions as they pertain to
emergency or disaster situations.
Reporting criteria can be
found at :
Summer Reporting Criteria
Winter Reporting Criteria
The
Coconino County SKYWARN is managed by Scott Martin, KE7BIT.
Coconino County SKYWARN meets each Monday night at 1900 MST
(Arizona) for practice and information pertinent to SKYWARN operations.
Coconino County SKYWARN uses the 146.980 repeater, which
requires a negative offset and a PL tone of 162.2. This
repeater
is located atop Mount Elden and is maintained by the Arizona
Repeater Assosciation.
In the event of repeater failure the SKYWARN Net will be conducted on
146.980 simplex, with close-in stations relaying for outlying stations.
All licensed amateur radio operators residng in or visiting
Northern Arizona are invited and encouraged to participate in the
weekly SKYWARN Net. For data readouts from portable remote operated Weather Stations on Scultz Pass, follow this link and enter call sign WX3H-1 or WX3H-3.
