Hello to all…

The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will now be on weekly on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference server node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system as Hurricane Season started on June 1st, 2009. For this week, there will be no training presentation. It is hoped to have a training presentation on the next 1-2 nets and those presentations will be announced ahead of time on the email list and on the web site.

A reminder notice has been put in the VoIPWXNet Yahoogroups calendar. Please note that the calendar has its limitations as far as time zones. The weekly net will take place every Sunday at 0000 UTC which is Saturday Evening at 8 PM EDT/7 PM CDT/6 PM MDT/5 PM PDT across portions of North America.

We are hoping for a quiet 2009 Hurricane Season but will be prepared for any activity the new season brings. 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….

Today marks the official start to the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The National Hurricane Center will now begin regular issuances of its Tropical Weather Outlook now that the Atlantic Season has begun. The first Tropical Weather Outlook for the Atlantic Season for 2009 is listed below and includes the 2009 Season Names as well as the listing of products the National Hurricane Center will issue for tropical systems in 2009 and a quick note on the NHC’s 2009 seasonal forecast. See the outlook below:

000
ABNT20 KNHC 011134
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT MON JUN 1 2009

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC…CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO…

TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON…WHICH WILL RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER 30.  LONG-TERM ANNUAL AVERAGES OF TROPICAL STORMS…HURRICANES…AND MAJOR HURRICANES IN THIS BASIN ARE 11…6…AND 2…RESPECTIVELY.

THE LIST OF NAMES FOR 2009 IS AS FOLLOWS:

NAME          PRONUNCIATION     NAME          PRONUNCIATION
————————————————————–
ANA           AH- NAH           LARRY
BILL                            MINDY
CLAUDETTE     CLAW DET-         NICHOLAS      NIK- O LAS
DANNY                           ODETTE        O DET-
ERIKA         ERR- REE KA       PETER
FRED                            ROSE
GRACE                           SAM
HENRI         AHN REE-          TERESA        TE REE- SA
IDA                             VICTOR        VIC- TER
JOAQUIN       WAH KEEN-         WANDA
KATE

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Hello to all…

On Monday Evening 6/1/09 from 7-9 PM EDT, there will be the Massachusetts Statewide Hurricane Exercise. The New England Reflector system Echolink Conference *NEW-ENG* Node: 9123/IRLP 9123 will be tied together with the Echolink Conference *WX_TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system for this exercise. WX4NHC will be active in support of the statewide exercise and we’ve asked some of our net controls to send in reports from the exercise using our reporting form.

Folks are welcome to listen into the exercise this evening. We are hoping for a good test of the capabilities within the state of Massachusetts to prepare for the 2009 Hurricane Season which starts today.

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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