SKYWARN ®

What is SKYWARN
 

The United States is the most severe weather-prone country in the world. Each year, people in this country cope with an average of 10,000 thunderstorms, 5,000 floods, 1,200 tornadoes, and two land falling hurricanes. Approximately 90% of all presidentially declared disasters are weather-related, causing around 500 deaths each year and nearly $14 billion in damage. SKYWARN is a National Weather Service (NWS) program developed in the 1960s that consists of trained weather spotters who provide reports of severe and hazardous weather to help meteorologists make life-saving warning decisions. Spotters are concerned citizens, amateur radio operators, truck drivers, mariners, airplane pilots, emergency management personnel, and public safety officials who volunteer their time and energy to report on hazardous weather impacting their community
 

SKYWARN TRAINING

One in Colorado Springs at the Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management 3755 Mark Dabling Blvd. on Friday April 3rd from 5:30pm until 7:00pm (attached pic says until 7:30pm but NWS website says 7:00pm.

These sessions are the basic class, not amateur radio specific. They are open to the public with no registration required.

The Pikes Peak ARES Skywarn mid-day weather advisory nets will officially start for the 2026 season on Wednesday, April 1st at 12:30pm.
This net is held on the CMRG linked repeaters - 147.345MHZ, + offset, 107.2 PL on Cheyenne Mountain and 147.360MHz, + offset, 107.2 PL on Badger Mountain as well as additional repeaters in Salida, Pueblo, and Trinidad.