How can I get involved with storm spotting? Weather observing is a serious undertaking, with emphasis on spotter safety, and accurate reporting. In order to participate in our program, you need to become an amateur radio operator (HAM), and then you need to attend severe weather training classes. To find out more information, please click here.
Welcome to the Packerland Amateur Skywarn Society!
Announcements
2010 information will be coming out soon. Stay Tuned! In the meantime, please check out the NWS GRB Training page, so that you may attend one of many scheduled classes to learn about severe weather. WX9GRB recommends yearly training to remind us all about the dangers of severe weather, and how to remain safe.
APRS coverage in NE Wisconsin has grown tremendously in 2009. Because the area lacked severe weather, we are going to consider 2010 as a prototype year for working with APRS based reports. Please stay tuned for details.
During severe weather, PASS now uses IRLP Reflector 9625 to link Wausau, Green Bay, Merill, and Shawano together. We hope to expand the system to cover into Oneida / Vilas, and Forest / Florence / Marinette counties in 2009. A graphical coverage map of these systems may be found here.
Contact info: kc0arf@new.rr.com
The Packerland Amateur Skywarn Society is a collection of net control operators and repeater owners who manages amateur radio's participation in SKYWARN operations at the Green Bay office of the National Weather Service. We do not manage local spotting groups, rather we provide informational paths using amateur radio from the field, to the weather office.
We operate our nets on several repeaters in NE Wisconsin, and utilize IRLP reflector 9625.
This website explains our programs, and provides system information to our spotters. We also offer a "current weather" section that details the latest imagery available about present weather conditions.
Website launched March 24, 2006 and was last updated Feb 15, 2010 by KC0ARF