From lpennington at tampabay.rr.com Tue Feb 2 10:21:47 2010 From: lpennington at tampabay.rr.com (Laura Pennington) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:21:47 -0500 Subject: Special Edition Practice Net, 2/2/10 Message-ID: <009601caa434$97145ff0$0201a8c0@Pavilion> Hello, Here is the report from the Special Edition Practice net, held today at Noon: Check Ins: KJ4DSQ Roger W4JGC KI4EFL Don AB4JM Jim KL7FU Bob KT2T Mike KI4NPJ Jamie KI4QVZ Landon KG4YNI Ernie (Control Operator at Sleepy Hill Elementary School with 8 student check ins: Andrea - 10 years old, Danielle - 11 years old, Cheyenne - 9 years old, Annelisa - 7 years old, Jeremiah - 10 years old, Jerrell - 11 years old, Devon - 11 years old, and Dustin - 9 years old) KG4YJJ Jim KD4EFM Evans KQ4KX Richard KI4EFL offered a reminder of the Skywarn training being held tonight at the Lakeland Linder Airport FAA building, and also being webcast. Total of 12 checkins from Hams, and 8 student checkins. Great Turnout! Don't forget, additional practice nets will be held Wed. - Fri., 2/3 - 2/5, at 10 AM. Each day there will be a different group of students. Please check in if you are able and assist these kids with their first "on air" experience. I will also upload the preamble I used to the files section of the list, for those who will be acting as Net Control over the next few days. Laura NO4OO -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kg4yni at arrl.net Tue Feb 2 11:15:22 2010 From: kg4yni at arrl.net (Ernie) Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:15:22 -0500 Subject: FW: post to Yahoo Message-ID: <000f01caa43c$112c7640$338562c0$@net> From: George Mann [mailto:George.Mann at treattusa.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 1:46 PM To: KG4YNI at arrl.net Subject: post to Yahoo Ernie, There is a professional networking group called LinkedIn. They also host user groups this was an answer to a post on the ARRL Ham group. I might be of interest to the members of our Yahoo Group. I am unable to post to the group from work. Also, some might want to join the LinkedIn group at www.linkedin.com. Here is the question a one of the posts: LinkedIn Groups * Group: ARRL HAM Radio Operators * Subject: New comment (20) on "I am wanting to learn about and get started in HAM radio for emergency purposes. I know I need to get licensed but then what? I just need someone to point me in the right direction." (1) I agree with a previous poster, and strongly suggest you find out if your city/county/rural area has a CERT organization, and if so contact them for training & volunteer membership. Arguably the most important initial aspect of a CERT group is getting the Incident Command System (ICS) training that you will likely need to provide emergency communications during a disaster in your area. By this I mean that you may likely be denied your offer of volunteer services of any kind by police, fire, CERT teams, and even some ARES teams unless you have completed certain training courses on ICS (eg, this happened to a number of hams during the hurricane Katrina disaster); in fact, it has become difficult to even obtain emergency worker credentials (badge permitting you to appear on-site or cross first responder barriers) from our state Emergency Management Division here without such certification of completion of required ICS courses, whether you're a CERT member or not. Good news is that ICS courses are available online, or in person at training classes delivered by CERT teams. (2) The suggestions posted here of getting a mobile radio vs. handheld is biased by the locale of the posters. There are places where a handheld (HT) is the preferred radio to have, because the most frequent or likely emergencies rise out of natural events that exclude or severely impede vehicle travel (floods, ice storms, severe earthquakes (we're seeing that now in Haiti where it's impossible to drive and people are moving by air, foot, donkey, etc) , volcano/lahars, "snow jams", etc. Even cities where population >100,000 that lose their streets during disasters. I happen to live in such an area, plus I emcomm volunteer to hospitals (can't drive your car into the hospital or run down a flight of stairs and a block away to a car every time you need to send/receive messages). SO...look at where you live and what historical emergencies that have occurred as a guide, then imagine whether you'll either have practical access to or the ability to move your vehicle around in those situations. You may find that the HT is clearly the best way to go (I have both, but started with an HT because it's a better choice for my locale). (3) The ARRL has some good emcomm courses that you can take either online or from a local ARES team that does training (I've had all 3). Useful, but in the end meaningless to state/county/city/federal emergency workers (they want to see ICS training certification). Some ARES teams require you complete 1 or more of these AREC courses (check with your local ARES team). (3) Be aware that there are certain volunteer emcomm "specialties" that may require additional non-radio training. Eg, one of the ARES teams I belong to specializes in supporting hospitals, and they require certificated training in HIPPA (a requirement that frequently originates with hospital policy; HIPPA is federal law that among other things addresses privacy of patient information, ie what/how it is communicated). Another: Search And Rescue teams may require their ham volunteers to be trained in helicopter safety and CPR (such is the case here). The bright side of this is that you can be trainined and exposed to a new and fund area at someone else's training or equipment expense (eg, swift water rescue, ski patrol, emergency operations centers, riding a fire engine (another example of HT required). SO...you may wish to think about the type of emergency or public service communications volunteer work you're most interested in focusing on (community general purpose, fire, search & rescue, medical, river, civil air patrol, military, mountaineering/ski, etc); if you live in a rural area with few hams, then you may best serve in a general purpose ARES team. I hope that this is helpful & stimulates more imagination for you. 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Many people with long terms in the IT workplace make this mistake, and honestly should know better. If you get into the EmComm world, and have to refer to this, that's how it is written. 73 Bob k2euh From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Fri Feb 5 06:27:48 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:27:48 -0500 Subject: Another Arctic Blast?! Message-ID: Hi Melissa yep six more weeks of winter and with El Nino it could last even longer. Another arctic blast is probable beginning some time next week around the 15th. Will it be a repeat of the first two weeks of January 2010? Statistically from a standpoint of climatology no! However if I were still running my weather consulting business I would have already warned all of my customers in Florida that a repeat is very possible but probably not of the same duration. We did have hard freezes in January and February 1996. I'm not the only Meteorologist calling for it. Check out: http://www.examiner.com/x-17371-Raleigh-Climate-Examiner~y2010m2d4-Trouble-in-paradise-indicates-a-extended-cold-and-stormy-winter-season?cid=examiner-email Take Care, Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA nz4o at arrl.net CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.wcflunatall.com/index1.html Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org From ki4nbe at yahoo.com Sat Feb 6 12:33:47 2010 From: ki4nbe at yahoo.com (George) Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:33:47 -0000 Subject: WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!!! Message-ID: Right now 20:30 utc Dan WZ1P is on 14.195 from Saint Lucia. I just made Contact and had a Great Qso with him. He was coming in at 59 and very good Audio. It's your chance, don't let it pass by. I didn't and Got my 1st J6. From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Sun Feb 7 09:44:33 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 12:44:33 -0500 Subject: Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast Message-ID: <35743BB749BF4C9BB2F6A8B578841A0C@YOUR5BFDF7BC50> Fri 12th- 54/37 60% rain chance Sat 13th- 63/35 50% rain chance Sun 14th- 65/44 30% rain chance However it is still to far away to say for sure, especially with a raging El Nino. Take Care, Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA nz4o at arrl.net CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.wcflunatall.com/index1.html Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Sun Feb 7 13:27:00 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:27:00 -0500 Subject: Florida Weather Discussion Returns Message-ID: <2508733EE10843BAAC63E32D3C272EAD@YOUR5BFDF7BC50> After a three year hiatus I have decided to resurrect my "Florida Weather Discussion". It is accessible at http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com . This is a one time email announcement, as unlike in the past I will not send out an email notice every time that a new weather discussion is produced. You will have to check the web page on a regular basis. NOTE!!! Standard Disclaimer. As I officially retired from "for profit" weather forecasting in 2004, I do not expend the $$$ resources necessary for access to in depth raw weather forecasting data nor the time necessary to conduct an in depth daily meteorological synoptic analysis. Therefore my day to day accuracy will be less then in past years, when I had a 48 hour forecast accuracy in the high 90% range and a 120 hour forecast accuracy in the low 90% range. To put it in simple terms my weather forecasting skill is a bit rusty {:<)) This discussion is billed as daily and I generally will publish by 11:00 AM EDT/EST and then again as further updates are necessary. On some days I will not publish anything at all, it will always depend on what's going on with the weather. Also this discussion looks into the near and mid range time wise and also at times the distant future, as well as discusses a bit of the past. It is not intended to be a resource for in depth daily weather forecasts for every location in Florida. For that consult your local National Weather Service forecast office. As weather forecasting is still an inexact science, these "not for profit" discussions, forecasts and outlooks are not for use in lieu of official sources, are not for protection of life or property, are for educational purposes only and are subject to human error and acts of God, therefore no guarantee or warranty implied. This discussion herein is my intellectual property and copyrighted ? 1988-2010 by Thomas F. Giella, retired Meteorologist, all rights reserved. Reproduction of information herein is allowed without advanced permission as long as proper credit is given. Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.wcflunatall.com/index1.html Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Wed Feb 10 02:46:44 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:46:44 -0500 Subject: Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast Message-ID: <50B52A887E6146238248E874B6DA0E55@YOUR5BFDF7BC50> Date Max/Min Temp Rain Chance Fri 12th- 49/36 70% rain chance, snow showers possible in Gainesville Sat 13th- 57/37 60% rain chance, ending by around 12:00 noon Sun 14th- 62/36 Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgiella.com Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org From k4byf at aol.com Wed Feb 10 12:20:50 2010 From: k4byf at aol.com (k4byf at aol.com) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:20:50 EST Subject: [LakelandARC] Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast Message-ID: Do meteorologists still use a dart board?? In a message dated 2/10/2010 6:50:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, nz4o at tampabay.rr.com writes: Date Max/Min Temp Rain Chance Fri 12th- 49/36 70% rain chance, snow showers possible in Gainesville Sat 13th- 57/37 60% rain chance, ending by around 12:00 noon Sun 14th- 62/36 Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgiella.com Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org ------------------------------------ Lakeland Amateur Radio Club has a web site located at http://www.LakelandARC.org Meetings are the first monday of every month. See our web site for info. Radio Net on Thursdays at 7:30 PM - Repeater Frequency 146.685 (PL 127.3)Yahoo! Groups Links -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Wed Feb 10 12:48:45 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:48:45 -0500 Subject: [LakelandARC] Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast References: Message-ID: Look at my weather forecasting blog and then tell me if you think that I throw darts at a board. http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com . I choose to use a two headed quarter. 73, Thomas, NZ4O ----- Original Message ----- From: k4byf at aol.com To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [LakelandARC] Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast Do meteorologists still use a dart board?? In a message dated 2/10/2010 6:50:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, nz4o at tampabay.rr.com writes: Date Max/Min Temp Rain Chance Fri 12th- 49/36 70% rain chance, snow showers possible in Gainesville Sat 13th- 57/37 60% rain chance, ending by around 12:00 noon Sun 14th- 62/36 Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgiella.com Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org ------------------------------------ Lakeland Amateur Radio Club has a web site located at http://www.LakelandARC.org Meetings are the first monday of every month. See our web site for info. Radio Net on Thursdays at 7:30 PM - Repeater Frequency 146.685 (PL 127.3)Yahoo! Groups Links -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k4byf at aol.com Wed Feb 10 16:57:08 2010 From: k4byf at aol.com (k4byf at aol.com) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:57:08 EST Subject: [LakelandARC] Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast Message-ID: <1886f.21b8033e.38a4afe4@aol.com> Hi Thomas, I was just kidding you. When I worked at NWS Hq. that was a big joke between the engineers and meteorologists because the Director, Dr. Halgren, had a big dartboard on his wall with the generic forecasts on it. 73 de Jack In a message dated 2/10/2010 3:50:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nz4o at tampabay.rr.com writes: Look at my weather forecasting blog and then tell me if you think that I throw darts at a board. _http://www.floridawhttp://www.florihttp_ (http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com/) . I choose to use a two headed quarter. 73, Thomas, NZ4O ----- Original Message ----- From: _k4byf at aol.com_ (mailto:k4byf at aol.com) To: _LakelandARC at LakelandARC@Lak_ (mailto:LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com) Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [LakelandARC] Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast Do meteorologists still use a dart board?? In a message dated 2/10/2010 6:50:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, _nz4o at tampabay.nz4o@t_ (mailto:nz4o at tampabay.rr.com) writes: Date Max/Min Temp Rain Chance Fri 12th- 49/36 70% rain chance, snow showers possible in Gainesville Sat 13th- 57/37 60% rain chance, ending by around 12:00 noon Sun 14th- 62/36 Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at meteorolometeor Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridawFlorida Weather Flor Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandhttp://www.lakehtt Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgLakeland Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunathttp://www.wcflhtt Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwahttp://wwhtt ------------------------------------ Lakeland Amateur Radio Club has a web site located at http://www.LakelandLakelan Meetings are the first monday of every month. See our web site for info. Radio Net on Thursdays at 7:30 PM - Repeater Frequency 146.685 (PL 127.3)Yahoo! Groups Links -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Wed Feb 10 17:02:29 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:02:29 -0500 Subject: [LakelandARC] Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast References: <1886f.21b8033e.38a4afe4@aol.com> Message-ID: <1308364425A842A5B71F60FBED70BEAA@YOUR5BFDF7BC50> Hi Jack yes I know that you were. That's why I mentioned the two headed quarter :<) 73, Thomas, NZ4O ----- Original Message ----- From: k4byf at aol.com To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [LakelandARC] Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast Hi Thomas, I was just kidding you. When I worked at NWS Hq. that was a big joke between the engineers and meteorologists because the Director, Dr. Halgren, had a big dartboard on his wall with the generic forecasts on it. 73 de Jack In a message dated 2/10/2010 3:50:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, nz4o at tampabay.rr.com writes: Look at my weather forecasting blog and then tell me if you think that I throw darts at a board. http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com . I choose to use a two headed quarter. 73, Thomas, NZ4O ----- Original Message ----- From: k4byf at aol.com To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [LakelandARC] Orlando Hamcation Weather Forecast Do meteorologists still use a dart board?? In a message dated 2/10/2010 6:50:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, nz4o at tampabay.rr.com writes: Date Max/Min Temp Rain Chance Fri 12th- 49/36 70% rain chance, snow showers possible in Gainesville Sat 13th- 57/37 60% rain chance, ending by around 12:00 noon Sun 14th- 62/36 Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgiella.com Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org ------------------------------------ Lakeland Amateur Radio Club has a web site located at http://www.LakelandARC.org Meetings are the first monday of every month. See our web site for info. Radio Net on Thursdays at 7:30 PM - Repeater Frequency 146.685 (PL 127.3)Yahoo! Groups Links -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Thu Feb 11 08:49:15 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:49:15 -0500 Subject: Orlando Hamcation Final Weather Forecast Message-ID: Date Max/Min Temp Rain Chance Fri 12th- 49/38 90% Sat 13th- 50/34 30%, rain ending by around 8:00 am Sun 14th- 58/27 Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgiella.com Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Thu Feb 11 12:19:45 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:19:45 -0500 Subject: Orlando Hamcation Final Final Weather Forecast Message-ID: Date Max/Min Temp Rain Chance Fri 12th- 51/39 90% Sat 13th- 53/34 30%, rain ending by around 6:00 am Sun 14th- 58/27 Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgiella.com Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org #10 Published Thursday February 11, 2010 at 2:00 pm EST at http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Well I have been mentioning the possibility of some frozen precipitation across portions of north Florida since Sunday 2/7. Well having said that I'm not even sure where to begin with this discussion/forecast. It could be a reputation maker or buster for any Meteorologist, especially a retired and rusty one like myself. After looking at the latest weather forecast model runs, the current synoptic situation and some climatology, I guess that I'll just jump into the doo doo straight away. Parts of north Florida could see a record breaking measureable snowfall event during the next 24-36 hour period. When one looks at the overall deep layered synoptic pattern, though it may seem to defy the laws of physics, it looks probable that a weak to moderate strength surface extra-tropical low pressure system will form along the central Texas coast and move due east or even ESE towards the Florida peninsula. It could cross the peninsula west to east as far north as say Sarasota to Ft. Pierce or as far south as say Everglades City to Ft. Lauderdale. Normally climatology would argue against such a low latitude track but during a moderate to strong El Nino it does happen. Snow could break out late Thursday evening-Early Friday morning 2/11-12 beginning at Pensacola and then moving ENE-ward to near Marianna and points northward to the Florida-Alabama state line. Measureable snow of 1-3" is possible in this zone and if you believe the latest NAM forecast model, upwards of 5-6" of snow could fall. Of course I'm not forecasting that kind of snowfall event as the most snow ever officially observed in the panhandle west region is 4.0" at Milton and a couple of other locations. However unofficial amounts of 5-8" did fall north of Pensacola in February 1973 and again in March 1993. It appears as though the winter storm will be a two part scenario, with flakes falling from Pensacola to the Apalachicola River Thursday night into Friday morning and then further eastward on Friday evening and Saturday morning 2/12-13. A mix of rain and snow could fall as far east as Tallahassee before sunrise on Friday morning with no accumulation. Then a mix of light rain and snow could fall along a line between Monticello to Jasper to Fernandina Beach and points northward Friday evening-Saturday morning. A flake or two could also fall as far south as a line say from Cross City to Gainesville to St. Augustine. What ultimately happens depends on the strength and track of the surface extra-tropical low pressure system. Weak surface lows are more conducive to snow in north Florida, as warm air advection in the SE-E quadrants of the storm is weaker to nearly non existent. During the day on Friday maximum temperatures could hover in the low to mid 30's across the panhandle west region and mid 30's to low 40's across the non peninsula north region. With temperatures hovering in the low to mid 40's, a significant rainfall event could occur across portions of the north and central peninsula region. It would be an isentropic lift (warm moist air lifted over a shallow cold air mass) rain. Once again depending on the track of the surface extra-tropical low pressure system, the weather across the south central peninsula could range between the 50's and rain to 60's and rain, with possibly some thunderstorms. The south peninsula weather could range between temperatures in the 60's with rain, with possibly a few thunderstorms to temperatures in the 70's with thunderstorms, some of which could be severe. There will be plenty of high (>300 m2s-2) helicity (vertical spin) values. The saving grace against severe weather would be the lack of low level instability and therefore lack of thunderstorm formation. That's my .05 cents on the issue now due to inflation. I will continue to monitor the situation as the day progresses. Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgiella.com Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org From nz4o at tampabay.rr.com Thu Feb 11 14:31:57 2010 From: nz4o at tampabay.rr.com (Thomas F. Giella NZ4O) Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:31:57 -0500 Subject: Orlando Hamcation Final Final Final..... Message-ID: <59EC68FD794D4429A3D4FF004BB32A10@YOUR5BFDF7BC50> Date Max/Min Temp Rain Chance Fri 12th- 51/39 90% Sat 13th- 52/32 50% snow flurries/showers ending by around 9:00 am, min. wind chill temps. 20-24 deg. Sun 14th- 58/27 #11 Published Thursday February 11, 2010 at 5:00 pm EST at http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Strong cold air advection will occur early Saturday morning 2/13 behind the departing strengthening surface low pressure system. There is a distinct possibility that some snow flurries/showers will fall across the north peninsula and parts of the central peninsula early on Saturday morning, along and north of approximately S.R. 50. Take Care, Thomas F. Giella Retired Meteorologist Lakeland, FL, USA meteorologist at tampabay.rr.com Amateur Radio C/S NZ4O NWS Tampa Bay Skywarn #POL-10A NWS-APRS-CWOP #AR692/NZ4O CoCoRaHS #FL-PK-18 Florida Weather Discussion: http://www.floridaweatherdiscussion.com Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: http://www.lakelandfloridaweather.com Lakeland FL Weather Observations: http://www.thomasfgiella.com Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: http://www.globalwarminglie.org From ki4nbe at yahoo.com Thu Feb 11 17:25:39 2010 From: ki4nbe at yahoo.com (George) Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:25:39 -0000 Subject: LARC 2 METER NET LOG Thu Feb 11, 2010 Message-ID: 1. KI4NBE GEORGE AUBURNDALE, FL. [NET CONTROL] 2. W4ITA BILL LAKELAND, FL. [SHORT TIME] 3. KJ4DSQ ROGER LAKELAND, FL. [SHORT TIME] 4. N7SD ERNIE LAKELAND, FL. [SHORT TIME] 5. KI4SGK EARL PLANT CITY, FL. [SHORT TIME] 6. KF4FRU MARCIAL LAKELAND, FL. [SHORT TIME] 7. KI4NPJ JAMIE LAKELAND, FL. [SHORT TIME] 8. K4BHE PHILL PLANT CITY, FL. [SHORT TIME] 9. KJ4RDN DAVE LAKELAND, FL. [NEW HAM,LESS THEN 60 DAYS] 10. KJ4RNJ JOY AUBURNDALE, FL. [NEW HAM,LESS THEN 60 DAYS] 11. KI4CDZ MARVIN LAKELAND, FL. [BASE] 12. K2DEF ART HAINES CITY, FL. [BASE] 13. KG4YJJ JIM LAKELAND, FL. [BASE] 14. KI4MTQ JON LAKELAND, FL. [BASE] 15. KJ4NEF BRUCE TAMPA, FL. [BASE] 16. AF1RE ROBIN LAKELAND, FL. [BASE] 17. WB8JPD DICK LAKELAND, FL. [BASE] Check in's from 14 Polk County, Florida 3 Hillsborough, County florida From kt2t at arrl.net Sun Feb 14 20:32:58 2010 From: kt2t at arrl.net (KT2T - Mike Oliver) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:32:58 +0000 Subject: Fwd: Thinking day on the Air In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8c64b8d21002142032p57791d9cpf39d685fbb63bbcc@mail.gmail.com> FYI 73, Mike, KT2T ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: clive wilkinson Date: Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 22:16 Subject: Thinking day on the Air To: info at lakelandarc.org Hi, Please excuse me for emailing you. My name is Clive? I am from north Wales?UK and a member? of North Wales Armature? Radio society. We? have an event running in UK? on the?20?Feb,? with the local Brownie Guides? Girl scouts, for the centenary? of guiding,? the call sign is? GG100ACD. This event takes place all over UK and the world. 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URL: From edwincx at yahoo.com Thu Feb 18 17:20:12 2010 From: edwincx at yahoo.com (edwincx) Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:20:12 -0000 Subject: test gear for tube equiptment Message-ID: to af1re i have tert equiptment not working but nothing removed one item is knight signal tracer i also have a knight battery charger that puts out 10 volts i have a resirtor substition and capactor substition box and other items i would like to find a home for just pick them up From kj4iai at tampabay.rr.com Sun Feb 21 05:40:15 2010 From: kj4iai at tampabay.rr.com (Kj4IAI) Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:40:15 -0500 Subject: [LakelandARC] test gear for tube equiptment In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1266759615.3314.1.camel@bill-desktop> Would you have any type of grid dip meter?, I am trying to homebrew traps for my dipole and need to tune them. Thanks 73, Bill, KJ4IAI On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 01:20 +0000, edwincx wrote: > > to af1re > > i have tert equiptment > not working > but nothing removed > one item is knight signal tracer > i also have a knight battery charger that puts out 10 volts > i have a resirtor substition and capactor substition box > and other items i would like to find a home for > just pick them up > > > > > From k4byf at aol.com Mon Feb 22 13:15:17 2010 From: k4byf at aol.com (k4byf at aol.com) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:15:17 EST Subject: [LakelandARC] test gear for tube equiptment Message-ID: <149cd.595b9f27.38b44de5@aol.com> I have an old, unused, like new, grid dip built by Thoro Test in its original box. It's free if you want it. In a message dated 2/21/2010 8:40:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, kj4iai at tampabay.rr.com writes: Would you have any type of grid dip meter?, I am trying to homebrew traps for my dipole and need to tune them. Thanks 73, Bill, KJ4IAI On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 01:20 +0000, edwincx wrote: > > to af1re > > i have tert equiptment > not working > but nothing removed > one item is knight signal tracer > i also have a knight battery charger that puts out 10 volts > i have a resirtor substition and capactor substition box > and other items i would like to find a home for > just pick them up > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kj4iai at tampabay.rr.com Mon Feb 22 15:10:14 2010 From: kj4iai at tampabay.rr.com (Kj4IAI) Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:10:14 -0500 Subject: [LakelandARC] test gear for tube equiptment In-Reply-To: <149cd.595b9f27.38b44de5@aol.com> References: <149cd.595b9f27.38b44de5@aol.com> Message-ID: <1266880214.4549.4.camel@bill-desktop> Thank you Jack, K4BYF. I will have someone get in contact with you so we can put it to use. 73 Bill, KJ4IAI On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 16:15 -0500, k4byf at aol.com wrote: > > I have an old, unused, like new, grid dip built by Thoro Test in its > original box. It's free if you want it. > > In a message dated 2/21/2010 8:40:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kj4iai at tampabay.rr.com writes: > > Would you have any type of grid dip meter?, I am trying to > homebrew > traps for my dipole and need to tune them. > > Thanks > 73, > Bill, KJ4IAI > > On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 01:20 +0000, edwincx wrote: > > > > to af1re > > > > i have tert equiptment > > not working > > but nothing removed > > one item is knight signal tracer > > i also have a knight battery charger that puts out 10 volts > > i have a resirtor substition and capactor substition box > > and other items i would like to find a home for > > just pick them up > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From mjcjohn at juno.com Thu Feb 25 18:33:52 2010 From: mjcjohn at juno.com (ki4cdz) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:33:52 -0000 Subject: Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Drill Message-ID: The training officer for the American Red Cross Office in Winter Haven is planning an emergency preparedness drill for their personnel and also to include all licensed amateur radio operators in Polk County. A committee composed of the training officer and several ARES members will be meeting to work out the details. A date has not as yet been determined but it is expected to be held prior to the start of this year's hurricane season. All licensed hams in Polk county are encouraged to be involved. Further information will be provided when received. 73 Marvin Johnson KI4CDZ