Area Skywarn Training 2021

Description: Area Skywarn Classes online this year link in the story

Across Southern Colorado, dedicated volunteers risk their personal safety to provide first-hand severe weather reports to their local officials, and the National Weather Service (NWS) in Pueblo. Their reason, to help protect the lives and property of the citizens in Southern Colorado.

Being a storm spotter not only means dedication, but also training. Each spring the NWS in Pueblo trains members of the public, police, fire department, emergency management, and amateur radio community, in the latest storm spotting techniques, basic weather concepts, and preparedness and planning. Typically the training is coordinated by a local group such as an emergency management agency or HAM radio operator. A NWS meteorologist serves as the guest instructor.

The goal of the training is to prepare the spotter to identify hazardous weather conditions, how to report that information to the local NWS, and personal safety.

There are also a number of in-person seminars scheduled. These seminars are free of charge and many are open to the public. Each seminar is approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours in length and most often held in evening on a weekday. We ask that you pre-register for the classes in order to get a better head count on attendance. You are allowed to attend classes outside your county of residence. If needed, training certificates are provided at each class. We no longer issue Spotter IDs.

For more information contact:
Meteorologist
Brad Carlberg
Phone: 719-948-9429 or
E-mail: Brad.Carlberg@noaa.gov

https://www.weather.gov/pub/spotters 

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