Hurricane Ingrid Update and Possible Net Activation – Sunday 9/15/13 at 1100 AM EDT/1000 AM CDT/1500 UTC

Hello to all..

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team is closely monitoring the progress of Hurricane Ingrid and possible net activation. After steady strengthening on Saturday, Ingrid has weakened Sunday Morning and is currently a 75 MPH Category-1 hurricane. It is now becoming unclear if she will maintain hurricane strength as she approaches the Mexican coast. The shear is foreast to relax as she approaches the Northeast Mexico coast prior to landfall which would allow her to maintain hurricane status but the intensification/weakening process of tropical cyclones remains an area subjected to forecast error. Impacts to land will begin late Sunday Evening with landfall now expected around daybreak Monday Morning.

Review of Echolink and IRLP nodes so far have shown no nodes close enough to the impact area of the coast line. There also appears to be a lack of online weather stations and storm bloggers in this region. We have reached out to a couple of past contacts in Mexico to see if they would be available to support reporting from the affected area of Hurricane Ingrid. If there are Amateur Radio stations with relays into the affected area of Hurricane Ingrid, please contact me directly at kd1cy@voipwx.net. A path way to gain reports into the affected area of Ingrid along with Ingrid’s hurricane status will determine potential net activation later tonight or Monday Morning.

We continue to closely monitor the progress of Hurricane Ingrid. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net

Hello to all..

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team is closely monitoring the progress of Hurricane Ingrid and possible net activation. After steady strengthening on Saturday, Ingrid has weakened Sunday Morning and is currently a 75 MPH Category-1 hurricane. It is now becoming unclear if she will maintain hurricane strength as she approaches the Mexican coast. The shear is foreast to relax as she approaches the Northeast Mexico coast prior to landfall which would allow her to maintain hurricane status but the intensification/weakening process of tropical cyclones remains an area subjected to forecast error. Impacts to land will begin late Sunday Evening with landfall now expected around daybreak Monday Morning.

Review of Echolink and IRLP nodes so far have shown no nodes close enough to the impact area of the coast line. There also appears to be a lack of online weather stations and storm bloggers in this region. We have reached out to a couple of past contacts in Mexico to see if they would be available to support reporting from the affected area of Hurricane Ingrid. If there are Amateur Radio stations with relays into the affected area of Hurricane Ingrid, please contact me directly at kd1cy@voipwx.net. A path way to gain reports into the affected area of Ingrid along with Ingrid’s hurricane status will determine potential net activation later tonight or Monday Morning.

We continue to closely monitor the progress of Hurricane Ingrid. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net