Hurricane Otto 11/24/16 830 AM EST Update – Landfall in Southern Nicaragua Expected Around Midday or Early Afternoon Today
Hello to all..
On behalf of the entire VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team and Net Control Stations, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!
After dropping below hurricane strength during the day Wednesday, Otto reintensified significantly overnight and is now a Category-2 hurricane with winds of 105 MPH. Otto is expected to make landfall in Southern Nicaragua around Midday or Early Afternoon today. It is noted that the strongest winds from Otto may strike a very rural area but the heavy rainfall and flood threat is significant and could affect more populated areas. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Limon Costa Rica to Bluefields Nicaragua. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for North of Bluefields to Sandy Bay Sirpi Nicaragua and South of Limon to the Costa Rica/Panama border. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for North of Bluefields to Sandy Bay Sirpi Nicaragua and Puntarenas Costa Rica to Puerto Sandino Nicaragua. Interests elsewhere in Costa Rica and Nicaragua are to closely monitor the progress of Otto.
There are no Echolink or IRLP nodes or stations in Nicaragua or Costa Rica. There are a few online weather stations in the area and few posters from storm blogging sites and social media. There will be no formal VoIP Hurricane Net activation for Otto due to limited path ways to gather information though a few net management team members will monitor the *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 reflector system over the course of Thanksgiving in case there are any relayed reports from the affected area of Otto.
On HF, the Hurricane Watch Net is planning to activate at 9 AM today. Their activation plans as noted by KB5HAV-Bobby Graves – HWN Net Manager can be seen at the following link:
http://www.hwn.org/policies/activationplans.html
Hello to all..
On behalf of the entire VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team and Net Control Stations, we would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!
After dropping below hurricane strength during the day Wednesday, Otto reintensified significantly overnight and is now a Category-2 hurricane with winds of 105 MPH. Otto is expected to make landfall in Southern Nicaragua around Midday or Early Afternoon today. It is noted that the strongest winds from Otto may strike a very rural area but the heavy rainfall and flood threat is significant and could affect more populated areas. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Limon Costa Rica to Bluefields Nicaragua. A Hurricane Watch is in effect for North of Bluefields to Sandy Bay Sirpi Nicaragua and South of Limon to the Costa Rica/Panama border. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for North of Bluefields to Sandy Bay Sirpi Nicaragua and Puntarenas Costa Rica to Puerto Sandino Nicaragua. Interests elsewhere in Costa Rica and Nicaragua are to closely monitor the progress of Otto.
There are no Echolink or IRLP nodes or stations in Nicaragua or Costa Rica. There are a few online weather stations in the area and few posters from storm blogging sites and social media. There will be no formal VoIP Hurricane Net activation for Otto due to limited path ways to gather information though a few net management team members will monitor the *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 reflector system over the course of Thanksgiving in case there are any relayed reports from the affected area of Otto.
On HF, the Hurricane Watch Net is planning to activate at 9 AM today. Their activation plans as noted by KB5HAV-Bobby Graves – HWN Net Manager can be seen at the following link:
http://www.hwn.org/policies/activationplans.html
Advisories on Otto can be seen off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site, via the voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will continue to closely monitor the progress of this system. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!
73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net