Pikes Peak ARES -- Mid-Day Weather Advisory (15 May – 31 August) -- Daily 1230 MDT

Calling the Pikes Peak ARES SKYWARN Mid-Day Weather Advisory Net. This is [CALLSIGN] Net Control with the Mid-day Weather Advisory for El Paso and Teller Counties. This net is held daily from May 15th through August 31st on the Pikes Peak FM Association 146.97 repeater. Should there be a repeater failure, the net will move to the Cheyenne Mountain Repeater Group 147.345 repeater. We will delay taking check-ins until after the briefing information has been read.

Current conditions are as follows:

>INSERT 1230 BRIEFING SHEET INFO HERE<

Is Pueblo National Weather Service on frequency and do you have any comments or updates for us?

(Acknowledge and make notes on comments or updates, if necessary)

In light of this information, there [will] [will not] be a 3:30 update today. Spotters are encouraged to monitor this repeater [as/should] severe thunderstorm conditions develop.

Are there any questions or comments?

Are there any stations wishing to check in-ALPHA through MIKE (Acknowledge and record check-ins)

Are there any stations wishing to check in-NOVEMBER through ZULU (Acknowledge and record check-ins)

We wish to thank the Pikes Peak FM Association (or Cheyenne Mountain Repeater Group) for the use of this repeater.

This is [CALLSIGN] closing the Pikes Peak ARES Mid-Day Weather Advisory Net at ______Local. 73.

(Record net time in minutes and the number of check-ins and report this data to K4ARM either by radio or e-mail)

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Sources for Mid-Day Net Information:

Web:

Outlook, Roundup, and Watch/Warnings (Colorado IWIN site) -- http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/co/co.html

*Significant WX Outlook -- http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/co/special.html

*Hourly Weather Roundup-- http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/co/hourly.html

*Watch/Warning Page -- http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/co/allwarnings.html

Pueblo NWS Web Page -- http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/

* These sites are for individual components from Colorado IWIN site; recommend using Colorado IWIN site:

NOAA Radio 162.475 MHz (Colorado Springs)

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Please contact me at the following if you have questions, need assistance in obtaining Mid-Day Data, need to change an NCS date, or to discuss spotter activation.

Sid, K4ARM

495-4147, 338-7246 (Cell Phone), e-mail: ,

PPARES Mid-Day Net Control Script (Version 30 DOC 100513 K4ARM)