VoIP Hurricane Net Updated Activation Plans for Hurricane Matthew – 10/2/16 at 915 AM EDT/1315 UTC
Hello to all..
Here are updated VoIP Hurricane Net Activation plans for Hurricane Matthew as of 10/2/16 at 915 AM EDT/1315 UTC:
The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate for Hurricane Matthew no later than 7 AM EDT Monday Morning. The track of Matthew has slowed and the onset of tropical storm force winds to Jamaica and Southern Haiti won’t be until 4 to 5 AM Monday Morning. Given the slowdown in Matthew’s track and the delay in the onset of tropical storm force winds, the activation for Hurricane Matthew has been pushed out to 700 AM Monday Morning. The net will likely be active through late Monday Evening and potentially into Tuesday depending on his track and ability to gather surface reports from areas of Jamaica, Haiti, Eastern Cuba, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands.
We will continue to update VoIP Hurricane Net activation plans for Hurricane Matthew as required. Again, it is too early to say what impacts, if any, Matthew will have on the US East Coast later this week and into the weekend and early next week. Amateur Radio Operators and SKYWARN spotters along the US East Coast should continue to monitor the progress of Matthew by monitoring National Hurricane Center and local National Weather Service products, “unhyped” media sources and satellite trends and weather models though when reviewing weather model data, one model run or one specific model is just a piece of an entire puzzle and should be combined with forecast information and multiple weather models to make reliable decisions.
Advisories on Matthew can be seen off of the Main Menu of the voipwxnet web site, via our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
Hello to all..
Here are updated VoIP Hurricane Net Activation plans for Hurricane Matthew as of 10/2/16 at 915 AM EDT/1315 UTC:
The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate for Hurricane Matthew no later than 7 AM EDT Monday Morning. The track of Matthew has slowed and the onset of tropical storm force winds to Jamaica and Southern Haiti won’t be until 4 to 5 AM Monday Morning. Given the slowdown in Matthew’s track and the delay in the onset of tropical storm force winds, the activation for Hurricane Matthew has been pushed out to 700 AM Monday Morning. The net will likely be active through late Monday Evening and potentially into Tuesday depending on his track and ability to gather surface reports from areas of Jamaica, Haiti, Eastern Cuba, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands.
We will continue to update VoIP Hurricane Net activation plans for Hurricane Matthew as required. Again, it is too early to say what impacts, if any, Matthew will have on the US East Coast later this week and into the weekend and early next week. Amateur Radio Operators and SKYWARN spotters along the US East Coast should continue to monitor the progress of Matthew by monitoring National Hurricane Center and local National Weather Service products, “unhyped” media sources and satellite trends and weather models though when reviewing weather model data, one model run or one specific model is just a piece of an entire puzzle and should be combined with forecast information and multiple weather models to make reliable decisions.
Advisories on Matthew can be seen off of the Main Menu of the voipwxnet web site, via our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Major Hurricane Mathew. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!
73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net