The National Weather Service consists of a National Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and six regional offices in the United States: Eastern, Southern, Central, Western, Alaska, and Pacific. An NWS Public Information Office is located at Weather Service Headquarters. Fifty-two Weather Service Forecast Offices and 209 Weather Service Offices provide warnings and forecasts to the Nation.
SKYWARN is the spotter program sponsored by the NWS. Radio amateurs have assisted as communicators and spotters since its inception. In areas where tornadoes and other severe weather have been know to threaten, NWS recruits volunteers, trains them in proper weather spotting procedures and accepts the volunteers' reports during watches and episodes of severe weather. By utilizing the SKYWARN volunteers, the NWS has "eyes and ears" throughout the affected area in conjunction with NWS sophisticated weather monitoring equipment.
Did you know that Wrightwood has a number of Hams that are trained weather spotters who report severe weather conditions ?
