Welcome to the Big Spring Amateur Radio Club's Skywarn training page. You will find two YouTube videos that have a total run-time of about and 1.5 hours. These videos cover the essentials for weather identification necessary for accurate reporting to the National Weather Service.

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Skywarn training videos:

Smartphone/tablet reflectivity and reporting apps:

MyRadar Weather Radar ACME AtronOmatic

Above - MyRadar is a fast, easy-to-use, no-frills application that displays animated weather radar around your current location, allowing you to quickly see what weather is coming your way. Just start the app, and your location pops up with animated weather!

RadarScope Base Velocity LLC

Above - RadarScope displays tornado, severe thunderstorm, and flash flood warnings issued by the U.S. National Weather Service. When warnings are in effect, you can tap the warning button in the upper right corner to browse the list of active warnings, select a warning to view the details, and even zoom to the selected warning on the map.

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Skywarn and NWS related links

Click HERE for the Skywarn main website.

Note, the Skywarn page has an expired certificate,
and may cause your browser to issue a warning.

Click HERE for the MIDLAND NWS site.

For Skywarn training schedules in Texas, click HERE.

NOAA ~ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. HERE.
Click HERE for the NWS West Texas Radar Loop.
Current listing of NWS Watches, Warnings or Advisories for Texas, click HERE.

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