VoIP Hurricane Net Situation Report #6: Hanna Wrap-Up and Hurricane Ike Support
Hello to all…
Tropical Storm Hanna was declared extratropical at 5 AM this morning and this concluded operations from WX1BOX, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Taunton, Massachusetts at that time. Hanna caused minimal Tropical Storm force conditions along the coast and pockets of significant flooding in interior Southern New England. Reports from Tropical Storm Hanna from across the Eastern Seaboard can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at http://www.voipwx.net by clicking on the report viewer off the Main Menu of the web site.
Links to the Tropical Storm Hanna storm reports and rainfall reports from operations in New England can also be seen via the following links:
Local Storm Report from NWS Taunton
Public Information Statement on Rainfall from NWS Taunton
Hurricane Ike has pounded the Southern Bahamas with damage to homes and roofs and winds sustained of 115-135 MPH with higher gusts. Reports have been gathered from storm blogs and local television in the Bahamas. Those reports also appear on the report viewer off the Main Menu of the VoIPWXNet web site.
Hurricane Ike will be moving into Cuba tonight through mid-afternoon Tuesday. Cuba has always been a difficult area for our net to gather reports but we will be looking for any bi-lingual stations that can gather reports from HF, Cuban Shortwave Radio, local Cuban Radio and TV and deliver that information to our net. Hurricane force conditions will be affecting Eastern Cuba by around 2200 UTC today and will affect much of the country through Tuesday Afternoon.
The VoIP Hurricane Net will remain active informally to formally throughout this period looking for relays into Cuba to support WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center. WX4NHC will be active daily from 8-9 AM through 11 PM for Sunday and Monday and will likely be active through mid-afternoon Tuesday as Ike departs Cuba. The threat from Ike for the US Gulf Coast is unknown at this time and his intensity will be gauaged based on how much time is spent over Cuba and how much it can reintensify after being affected by Cuba.
On a different note, Josephine is no longer declared a tropical system at the moment but may have the potential to regenerate. This will need to be monitored.
The VoIP Hurricane Net continues to monitor the situation in the Atlantic Tropics very closely. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!
73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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Hello to all…
Tropical Storm Hanna was declared extratropical at 5 AM this morning and this concluded operations from WX1BOX, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Taunton, Massachusetts at that time. Hanna caused minimal Tropical Storm force conditions along the coast and pockets of significant flooding in interior Southern New England. Reports from Tropical Storm Hanna from across the Eastern Seaboard can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at http://www.voipwx.net by clicking on the report viewer off the Main Menu of the web site.
Links to the Tropical Storm Hanna storm reports and rainfall reports from operations in New England can also be seen via the following links:
Local Storm Report from NWS Taunton
Public Information Statement on Rainfall from NWS Taunton
Hurricane Ike has pounded the Southern Bahamas with damage to homes and roofs and winds sustained of 115-135 MPH with higher gusts. Reports have been gathered from storm blogs and local television in the Bahamas. Those reports also appear on the report viewer off the Main Menu of the VoIPWXNet web site.
Hurricane Ike will be moving into Cuba tonight through mid-afternoon Tuesday. Cuba has always been a difficult area for our net to gather reports but we will be looking for any bi-lingual stations that can gather reports from HF, Cuban Shortwave Radio, local Cuban Radio and TV and deliver that information to our net. Hurricane force conditions will be affecting Eastern Cuba by around 2200 UTC today and will affect much of the country through Tuesday Afternoon.
The VoIP Hurricane Net will remain active informally to formally throughout this period looking for relays into Cuba to support WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center. WX4NHC will be active daily from 8-9 AM through 11 PM for Sunday and Monday and will likely be active through mid-afternoon Tuesday as Ike departs Cuba. The threat from Ike for the US Gulf Coast is unknown at this time and his intensity will be gauaged based on how much time is spent over Cuba and how much it can reintensify after being affected by Cuba.
On a different note, Josephine is no longer declared a tropical system at the moment but may have the potential to regenerate. This will need to be monitored.
The VoIP Hurricane Net continues to monitor the situation in the Atlantic Tropics very closely. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!
73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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