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EMWIN Update

• Current Longview weather and forecast (National Weather Service) (updated URL 12-20-1999)
• Weather Underground Forecast for Gregg County
• Graphical 48-hour Forecast for Longview (rev URL 07-02-2002)
• SPC (Storm Prediction Center) Outlook (Updated URL 02-20-2000)
• Fire Weather Forecast - from SPC (Added 07-02-2007)
• EMWIN Houston

         Weather pages from outside the Longview area.

• Abilene - reporternews.com

Current Warnings

• Texas warnings from IWIN (Interactive Weather Information Network)
• Texas Active Warnings and Advisories

Radar/Lightning Links

Local Coverage
• Wundermap - New - Added 8-31-08
• National Weather Service, Shreveport (updated 02-10-2006)
• One-hour LOOP - NWS Shreveport (updated 02-10-2006)

Regional Coverage
• Wundermap - New - Added 8-31-08
• National Weather Service, Shreveport (added 10-25-2003)

National Coverage
• Wundermap - Added 8-31-08
• Intellicast Interactive Map - Earthquakes, Fire, Weather, Everything - Added 02-28-2010
• Image map NEXRAD radar sites (Rev URL 10-05-2004)
• Image map NWS radar sites (added 10-25-2003)
• National Radar 2-hour Loop - Full Resolution (Rev. URL 12-14-2007)
• National Radar non-looping - Full Resolution (Rev. URL 12-14-2007)
• Intellicast Interactive Radar and Satellite Weather Map (added 03-21-2009)

Lightning
• Lightning Strikes in the U.S. - from Intellicast (added 07-10-2010)
• U S Precision Lightning Network (added 07-10-2010)
• Strikestarus.com - from Astrogenic Systems - lightning strikes in the U.S. last 60 minutes (added 07-10-2010)
• Vaisala - Lightning Explorer (added 07-10-2010)
• Current lightning strikes (past hour) - from Accuweather (added 07-10-2010)
• World Wide Lightning Location Network (added 07-10-2010)

Satellite Images

• Global Composite Satellite Image showing sea temps/land mass temps/clouds.
• Sea Surface Temperatures
• East Coast IR High Resolution (fast downloading jpg file)
• East Coast Visible High Resolution (fast downloading jpg file)
• GOES8 Water Vapor image Univ. of Wisc. (updated URL 03-03-2001)
• Operational Significant Event Imagery - from NOAA. Satellite images of current geophysical newsmakers. (Rev URL 03-28-2004)
• Full Disk color image 3-hour updates. (added 03-28-2004)
• NW Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico - animated loop (rev. URL 02-04-2007)
• Real-Time U.S. Composite Satellite Animation (added 07-07-2010)
• GOES East Visible Imagery Loop (added 07-07-2010)
• GOES East IR Imagery Loop (added 07-07-2010)
• GOES East Water Vapor Imagery Loop (added 07-07-2010)
• GOES West Visible Imagery Loop (added 07-07-2010)
• GOES West IR Imagery Loop (added 07-07-2010)
• GOES West Water Vapor Imagery Loop (added 07-07-2010)
• Full Disk Western Hemisphere IR Imagery Loop (added 07-07-2010)
• Full Disk Eastern Hemisphere IR Imagery Loop (added 07-007-2010)
• Full Disk IR Imagery Loop centered over Western Pacific (added 07-07-2010)
• The Cryosphere Today - Polar Sea Ice Cap and Snow (added 07-11-2010)
• National Ice Center (added 07-11-2010)

• Cass County ARES (added 10-07-2005)
• The Lafayette Skywarn Group (Louisiana) (added 05-31-2000)

• Sam Barricklow's Storm Chase Home Page - Excellent photos for spotter training. (updated URL 12-20-1999)
• Texas Severe Storms Association (TESSA) - Added 03-19-1999
• The Tornado Project Online
• Chase-1 - Dedicated to the Texas Severe Storms Intercept Chase Team (added 10-01-2004)
• Spotter Network

• BoatU.S. Hurricane Resource Center (added 07-02-2007)
• Tropical Weather Products from Weather Underground (rev 01-08-1999)
• Hurricane Preparedness Information from FEMA (rev URL 07-02-2002)
• NRL Monterey Tropical Cyclone Page - (updated URL 03-28-2004)

• Getting started in tornado and thunderstorm spotting
• NWS Shreveport Spotter Training Schedule - 2010
• Skywarn Storm Spotter Guides Online Version 2.0
• Basic Spotters Field Guide
• Advanced Spotters Field Guide
• Cloud Boutique from Plymouth State College
• Lightning Facts - from National Geographic (added 07-02-2007)

• KA5BHY. Bob Guffey, E.C. for Delta County, TX (updated 03-20-2002)
• KD5CCH. Kevin Anderson, Nacogdoches, TX (Rev 04-19-2002)
• KD5CEK. Jason Reina, Alto, TX
• KC5DOR. Charlotte Lee, E.C. Sevier County, AR (added 01-27-2000)
• KD5ECM. Jess Freer, E.C. for Lamar County ARES Group, TX (Added 12-12-1998)
• KC5ILO. Tom Trissell, Clarksville, TX (McCurtian Co. ARC) (updated 02-06-2002)
• KD5ING. Tim Lewallen, Nacogdoches, TX (added 07-02-2001)
• N4KI. Jerry Lentz, White Oak, TX
• K5KJ. Sam Barriclow, Dallas, TX (added 12-20-1999)
• K5LOW. Don Simonton, Tyler, TX (Updated 09-23-2004)
• KC5MLC. Gary Hollowell, Ashdown, AR (Updated 09-03-2008)
• KN5R. Butch Graves, Longview, TX (updated 09-15-2000)
• N5REO. Darrell Toland, Longview, TX (Rev. 02-02-1998)
• KC5RHU. Bruce Burkman, Marshall, TX, Skywarn instructor.
• KB5SSW. Don Hale, Little River County Emergency Management Coordinator (updated 03-09-2006)
• N5THS. J. B. Davis, E.C. Howard County, AR (updated 09-03-2008)
• N5VGS. Clay Richardson, Gladewater, TX (updated 03-19-1999)
• N3YNL. Kevin Winslow, District E.C., Lamar County, TX (Rev 12-12-1998)

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Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) EMWIN UPDATE.....East Texas SKYWARN and The Longview/East Texas Amateur Radio Club are proud to announce that our EMWIN Rebroadcast site is on the air! East Texas SKYWARN now has the state-of-the-art GOES8 NOAA weather satellite feed which provides the latest severe weather watch and warning information to our SKYWARN program. Any weather bulletins issued by The National Weather Service in both Fort Worth, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana, as well as the SPC in Norman, Oklahoma, are satellite downlinked and rebroadcast to our area on 150.435 MHz. The retransmission site is equipped with full generator backup and the dish is a full 7' for maximum gain and best signal during heavy rainfall. The retransmit antenna is located 650' MSL and is currently running at 50 watts. The EMWIN datastream can be obtained by anyone with a receiver/demodulator, software and a reasonable outdoor receiving antenna. The purchase and maintenance of this system was made possible by the LETARC Club membership as well as other donors outside the club. For questions or other information about the site, e-mail N5REO (Darrell Toland) .

John Galvin, N5TIM , advises:
FYI...You can take a regular amateur radio TNC and modify it for EMWIN. All it takes is a slight modification to the TNC. Older ones like the PK88 are perfect for this. This should reduce the cost of receiving EMWIN quite a bit.
Visit N5TIM's Dallas Area Public Service Events Page

Here is a Heat Index Calculator and Wind Chill Calculator

Geophysical Sites

• Volcano World
• USGS Earthquake Info - Northern California
• Southern California Earthquake Data Center
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
• Volcanoes. Michigan Tech Volcanoes Page.
• EOS/IDS Volcanology Home Page
• NASA Earth Science Center
• Recent Earthquakes and active Volcanoes
• Tsunami
• Alaska & West Coast Tsunami Warning Center
• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Oceanographic and Polar Research Institutes

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Research Ship Information and Cruise Schedules
• U S Geological Survey
• National/Naval Ice Center
• Naval Oceanography Portal

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