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Tomas has now strengthend into a hurricane. Tomas has caused significant damage on the island of Barbados. J73WA-Wayne in Dominica provided the following reports forwarded via email to the National Hurricane Center concerning damage on the island of Barbados:

8P6ER reported 100km/h winds at his home close to the airport with gusts to 150km/h.

8P6ET reported roofs flying around his home in Blackrock in the parish of St. Michael. Conditions have deteriorated rapidly after passage of the eye.

Other reports from stormcarib.com bloggers including Amateur Operators have been sent off as well and the reports can be viewed via the following link:

http://report.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records?auth=OK

Tomas will be affecting St. Lucia and St. Vincent with strong tropical storm to minimal hurricane force conditions for the next several hours. Other islands may experience tropical storm force winds sustained or in gusts.

We will be monitoring for reports from the Caribbean islands over the next several hours. Tomas will be largely past the islands by this evening so we will do our regular net as scheduled leaving breaks for any stations or reports from the Caribbean islands.

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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Despite it being late October, the Atlantic Tropics remain quite active. Tropical Storm Shary has formed in the Atlantic and will affect Bermuda with tropical storm force conditions. Shary is not expected to intensify to hurricane strength over any land area so no VoIP Hurricane Net activation is expected. Advisory information can be seen on the voipwx.net web site under the Main Menu under Atlantic Tropical Products. Advisory info can also be seen at the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Another tropical system 360 miles east-southeast of the Southern Windward Islands is much better organized with a high chance 80% of tropical cycleone formation as it moves west-northwestward at 15-20 MPH. Air Force Reserve Unit Reconnaissance Aircraft is scheduled to investigate the system this afternoon.

There is a third system about 1300 miles west-northwest of the norther Cape Verde Islands as well but this system has a low chance of development.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team continues to closely monitor the progress of these systems. 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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..VoIP Hurricane Net activated since 9 PM EDT/1300 UTC Sunday October 24th, 2010 for Impact of Hurricane Richard on Honduras, Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula of Eastern Mexico. Activation will take place on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system for the duration of this event..
..WX4NHC-National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Operations has also been activated since 9 AM EDT/1300 UTC Sunday October 24th, 2010..

Richard became a hurricane as of 11 AM EDT Sunday October 24th, 2010 and has been impacting Honduras and will impact Belize later today. The VoIP Hurricane Net has been activated since 9 AM ET/1300 UTC and we are looking for surface reports from stations in the affected area of Hurricane Richard or from Amateur Radio Operators who have contact with the affected area of Hurricane Richard through any relays or people they know in the area.

For the latest advisory information including watches and warnings, you can go to the VoIPWXNet web site and click Atlantic Tropical Products and click on the advisory information for Hurricane Richard under the Atlantic Tropical Products section. You can also gather the advisory information from the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The reporting criteria and activation policy for our net during hurricane net activations can be found on our web site at http://www.voipwx.net and any reports received via relays or directly from Amateurs in the path of Hurricane Richard would be much appreciated.

Listen Only IRLP/EchoLink capability include the following systems (We ask that listen-only folks please provide this capability and connect by formal activation time if possible):

IRLP:
Reflector 9508 Sydney Australia Reflector channel 8.
Reflector 9129 New England Reflector channel 9.

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SKYWARN Recognition Day (SRD) 2010 will be on Saturday December 4th, 2010 from 0000-2400 UTC (this is Friday late afternoon/Evening into Saturday late afternoon/evening for much of North America). Details can be seen at the following link:

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/hamradio/

Once again, we’ll have a number of VoIP systems available for SRD with NWS offices rotating on an hourly basis on the *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system and the New England and Western Reflector systems available for contacts. Further details on SRD’2010 will be made available in the coming weeks.

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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..VoIP Hurricane Net to activate formally at 12 PM EDT/1600 UTC Sunday September 19th, 2010 for Impact of Hurricane Igor on Bermuda. Activation will take place on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system for the duration of this event. Informal operations and monitoring will begin Sunday Morning leading up to formal activation at Noon EDT Sunday lasting potentially through Monday Morning..
..WX4NHC-National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Operations will activate at Noon EDT/1600 UTC Sunday September 19th, 2010..

Hurricane Igor is a category two hurricane that is unusually large and powerful and is forecast to go near or right over the islands of Bermuda. The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 12 PM EDT/1600 UTC Sunday September 19th, 2010 looking for surface reports from stations in the affected area of Hurricane Igor or from Amateur Radio Operators who have contact with the affected area of Hurricane Igor through any relays or people they know in the area.

For the latest advisory information including watches and warnings, you can go to the VoIPWXNet web site and click Atlantic Tropical Products and click on the advisory information for Hurricane Igor under the Atlantic Tropical Products section. You can also gather the advisory information from the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The reporting criteria and activation policy for our net during hurricane net activations can be found on our web site at http://www.voipwx.net and any reports received via relays or directly from Amateurs in the path of Hurricane Igor would be much appreciated.

Listen Only IRLP/EchoLink capability include the following systems (We ask that listen-only folks please provide this capability and connect by formal activation time if possible):

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..VoIP Hurricane Net to activate formally at 10 AM EDT/1400 UTC Friday September 17th, 2010 for Impact of Hurricane Karl over Eastern Coastal Mexico. Activation is expected to last through late Friday Evening. Activation will take place on the *WX_TALK* Echolink Conference Node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system for the duration of this event..

Hurricane Karl is a category two hurricane headed for the coast of Mexico. The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 10 AM EDT/1400 UTC looking for surface reports from stations in the affected area of Hurricane Karl or from Amateur Radio Operators who have contact with the affected area of Hurricane Karl through any relays or people they know in the area.

For the latest advisory information including watches and warnings, you can go to the VoIPWXNet web site and click Atlantic Tropical Products and click on the advisory information for Hurricane Karl under the Atlantic Tropical Products section. You can also gather the advisory information from the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The reporting criteria and activation policy for our net during hurricane net activations can be found on our web site at http://www.voipwx.net and any reports received via relays or directly from Amateurs in the path of Hurricane Karl would be much appreciated.

Listen Only IRLP/EchoLink capability include the following systems (We ask that listen-only folks please provide this capability and connect by formal activation time if possible):

IRLP:
Reflector 9508 Sydney Australia Reflector channel 8.
Reflector 9129 New England Reflector channel 9.

EchoLink:
*KC4QLP-C* Node: 290251
*VKEMCOMM* Node: 270177
*N5API* Node: 77433
*IRESC* Node: 278173
*N1TAI* Node: 269929

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We have reached the peak of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season and at that peak we have 2 hurricanes and 1 tropical storm in the Atlantic. Here is an update on each system:

Hurricane Igor attained Category-5 hurricane strength last night but has weakened a bit to a large and still powerful category 4 hurricane. Igor is expected to maintain at least major hurricane strength over the next 5 days with a potential significant threat to the island of Bermuda over the weekend. This will be monitored closely for activation of the VoIP Hurricane Net in the Saturday Afternoon through Sunday Afternoon timeframe.

Hurricane Julia has attained Category-4 hurricane strength as it traverses the open waters of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. Julia is expected to weaken a bit as it moves into colder Atlantic waters and experiences shear from Hurricane Igor. Julia is no threat to land and is only a threat to shipping interests.

Tropical Storm Karl is about to make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula as a strong tropical storm. Karl will traverse land over the Yucatan and weaken to a tropical depression but emerge over the Southwest Gulf of Mexico where it will reintensify and is expected to regain hurricane strength and make landfall in Northeast Mexico as a Category-1 hurricane with impact being felt in Northeast Mexico in the late Friday Afternoon through Saturday Morning timeframe. This may also prompt activation of the VoIP Hurricane Net for that timeframe.

Anyone who has contacts in the affected area of Northeast Mexico or Bermuda or who is directly in these areas are asked to closely monitor the progress of Karl and Igor respectively. We ask that they join potential VoIP Hurricane Net activations over the afforementioned timeframes stated above to provide damage and surface weather reports.

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Igor has now intensified into a major hurricane and is currently traversing the open waters of the Central Atlantic Ocean. Igor is expected to remain a major hurricane over the next several days and is expected to be come a large hurricane. The threat of Igor to the Northern Leeward Islands, Bahamas, Bermuda or the US East Coast is unknown at this time. The model spread on Igor is quite wide right now and will be contingent on the strength of the ridge over the Central Atlantic Ocean versus the weakness in the ridge created by a trough that will be going through the regon.

In the past 18 hours, Tropical Depression (TD) #12 formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde Islands and has intensified into Tropical Storm Julia. Julia could brigng tropical storm force wind conditions and heavy rainfall to the Southern Cape Verde Islands where a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect. After that, Julia is expected to remain over the open waters of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and may intensify to minimal hurricane strength.

Advisory information for Igor and Julia can be seen on the VoIPWXNet web site by looking under Atlantic Tropical Products off the Main Menu of the web site. Igor and Julia Advisory information can also be seen off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Beyond Igor and Julia, another area of disturbed weather over the Central Caribbean Sea that is producing heavy rainfall over Jamaica, Cuba, and Hispaniola and has a medium chance for development as it moves over the Northwest Caribbean Sea. This system will be monitored as well.

The VoIP Hurricane Net will continue to closely monitor Igor, Julia, and any other areas of disturbed weather into the Tropics as needed. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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Tropical Strom Igor has formed over the Far Eastern Atlantic Ocean this morning. A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the Southern Cape Verde Islands as Igor is within 95 miles of the southermost islands. After passing near the Cape Verde Islands, Igor will traverse the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean over the next 5 days as a threat to shipping interests. It is unclear whether Igor will affect any land areas at this time but Igor is expected to intensify into a hurricane over the 5-day period as conditions become more favorable over the Atlantic Ocean for tropical cyclone development.

Igor advisory information can be seen on the VoIPWXNet web site by looking under Atlantic Tropical Products off the Main Menu of the web site. Igor Advisory information can also be seen off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management will closely monitor the progress of Igor. 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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The Hurricane Earl Post Storm Report and analysis and Eastern Region Communications Test Results have been posted to the WX1BOX web site. It is posted at the following link:

http://www.wx1box.org/node/337

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

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