Current Weather Information

The South Canadian Amateur Radio Society (SCARS) has collected weather-related information. This page will refresh every minute, to obtain updated weather information.

Current Convective Watches

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Today’s Severe Weather Outlook

Severe Weather

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Today’s Severe Weather Storm Reports

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NOAA’s Radar.Weather.Gov

NOAA has a composite page of all WSR-88D Nexrad radars sites. You can view this page at this link.

Lightning Maps

A great source of real-time lighting information is available on the LightningMaps.Org website. A network of inexpensive lighting detectors has been built and deployed across the planet. Locally, there’s a sensor at the NWS building, and it is used to help listen for the high-frequency tones of lightning, and send this data back to servers in Germany for comparison to the other detectors, across the globe. When 9 sensors agree on the placement of a lightning pulse, its location is sent back to all of the clients watching the data in real-time. What’s amazing is that depending on conditions, for lightning pulses > 2 miles from your location, you’ll probably see a blip on the screen before you actually hear the thunder.

Spaghetti Models Website

When you just need to overdose on charts, graphs, and weather models, the good people at the SpaghettiModels.com website have you covered. Here you’ll find a number of the NWS maps, and a lot of the hurricane models, so you can keep up with the storms as they move through.

Become a Storm Spotter From Home

If you want to learn more about the weather, severe weather, and storm spotting, you should take a look at the Become a Storm Spotter From Home website. On this page, you’ll find dozens of links that give you a history of storm spotting, the basics of storm spotting, glossaries, cloud catalogs, and a whole lot more. Special thanks to Liam, and his mom for passing this link along!

Gibson Ridge Radar Software

If you’re looking for a better source of real-time doppler weather data for your Win PC, take a look at Gibson Ridge Software. This software displays NWS watches and warnings from across the country, and you can see a number of products from all of the NWS doppler radar units. The only downside is that this software runs about $80. If you use these products, the software is definitely worth it. Also, there are some volume discounts, so order with a friend and save $5 each!

SCARS Weather Net Presentation

SCARS Net Coordinator Phil Sinnett KD5UGO and ARRL OK Section Manager Mark Kleine N5HZR talked about the Cleveland County ARES Weather Nets. This presentation talks about all facets of the weather nets in the county. When the nets originate. Who starts the nets. What to report on the nets. What not to report on the nets. How to prepare for severe weather, and how to monitor the weather in real-time.

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