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St. Louis County R.A.C.E.S. and SKYWARN
"Taking the County by storm."
Amateur radio tower, St. Louis County Emergency Operations Center
St Louis County: Storm-Ready since 2001!
Amateur Radio R.A.C.E.S. and SKYWARN Operations Room, St. Louis County Emergency Operations Center (WB0AAF)
MONTHLY NETS
Remember to monitor and “check-in” to the monthly RACES & SKYWARN Net on the first Thursday of each month, 7:00PM, 146.940 repeater (or the alternate repeater, 147.360). Hear news, coming events, safety information, training dates, and other activities in the St. Louis County RACES & SKYWARN Programs. The Weather Alert Radio Net Notification System alerting tones are also tested.
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Page created for Michael G. Redman © updated 7/01/09, for the Traveling Weather Show ®
Thank you for visiting our site. The St. Louis County R.A.C.E.S. and SKYWARN Programs are the largest volunteer programs of their kind in the region with just under 2200 trained, active participants!
The objective of the SKYWARN program is to train and maintain volunteers to be severe weather observers, providing vital services in times of severe weather. Our training schedule provides details on the most comprehensive training seminars in the region. This fine program has been in operation since 1975.
The objective of the R.A.C.E.S. (Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) Program is to provide quality emergency volunteer amateur radio support services to the community to augment public safety, schools, government, and medical services as needed. This quality program has been in operation since 1955.
These programs are sponsored by the St. Louis County Police Department, Office of Emergency Management. All classes are free, there is no charge to participate, and one need not be a member of any club/organization to become involved at any level. Your participation is welcomed!
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50 years ago, on February 10, 1959, a devastating tornado passed through the County and then the City of St. Louis. The story, along with pictures, can be found by clicking on the 1959 Tornado button on the left or by clicking here.
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FALL 2009 SKYWARN CLASSES have been finalized! Please visit the Training Schedule Page for details.
Also, if you have a group interested in SKYWARN training please contact Mike Redman at 314-615-5362 to discuss convenient dates and locations,
THIS MONTH: Our new monthly HF Net begins on July 2, 2009 at 6:30pm! Visit the Links & Program News Page for details.
CERT GROUPS: The St. Louis County SKYWARN team is available to provide training, tailored to suit your needs! Contact Mike Redman at 314-615-5362 for further details.
NEW ASTER PROJECT LINK: NASA and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and industry (METI) released the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) to the worldwide public on June 29, 2009. The GDEM was created by processing and stereo-correlating the 1.3 million-scene ASTER archive of optical images, covering Earth's land surface between 83 degrees North and 83 degrees South latitudes. The GDEM is produced with 30-meter (98-feet) postings, and is formatted as 23,000 one-by-one- degree tiles. The GDEM is available for download from NASA's EOS data archive and Japan's Ground Data System. In this colorized version, low elevations are purple, medium elevations are greens and yellows, and high elevations are orange, red and white. (quoted directly from the ASTER Imagery project description.)
What does this have to do with SKYWARN you
might ask? Well, it might appear, not much. But our astronauts, many of whom are
hams, and NASA, which has taken over decades of space flights, thousands of
pictures of Earth, and storms occuring over Earth, partnered in this project. We
are continually learning more and more about the Earth we live on and the
weather we experience. There is a new link on the Links
& Program News Page for the ASTER Project.
For years NASA has helped the NWS and the SPC with severe weather, providing satellite pictures throughout the day and night. They also track all hurricanes and tropical cyclones each year. There is another link below the ASTER link which takes you to the NASA Hurricanes/Tropical Cyclones page. It contains excellent information, pictures and videos. When you have some time, take a look and enjoy!
DON'T FORGET! Show off your great weather pictures and videos on the Pics & Videos page! Attach them in an email to shelleysh1@att.net. For details visit the Pics & Video Page!
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