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Tropical Storm Francine has formed in the Southwest Gulf of Mexico. Francine is expected to intensify into a hurricane with impacts to the Texas and Louisiana Coast Wednesday into Thursday. VoIP Hurricane Net and WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) activation is likely some time Wednesday AM/Early PM lasting through late Wednesday Evening/Thursday Morning. Any stations in the affected area or stations with relays into the affected area of Francine are asked to join our net and give reports based on the SKYWARN reporting criteria to support surface reporting into NHC and other partner agencies/entities. We will post a definitive activation plan some time during the day Tuesday. Advisories on Francine can be seen off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site under Atlantic Tropical Products, via the voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds and via the NHC web site at the following link:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of Francine. 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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With no imminent tropical cyclone formation expected during the next 7 days in the Atlantic basin (one area of disturbed weather being monitored in the Central Tropical Atlantic with a 20% chance for development) and the US Labor Day Holiday Weekend, the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday 8/31/24 will be canceled to allow US Amateur Radio Operators that support our net to enjoy the long holiday weekend. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday 9/7/24 at 8 PM EDT. Have a great holiday weekend and 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 VoIP Hurricane Net Activation for Hurricane Ernesto and impacts on Bermuda was closed on Saturday 8/17/24 at 12 PM EDT/1600 UTC. Bermuda had about 73% of the country or about 26,000 people without power. Coastal storm surge and wave action battered coastal areas. Sustained hurricane force conditions of 74.4 Knots (86 MPH) with a wind gust to 94.7 knots or 109 MPH was recorded at the National Museum of Bermuda on the Northwest part of the island. Hurricane force wind gusts were also recorded at the National Bermuda Library of 86 MPH with hurricane force wind gusts at St. David’s Island of 75 MPH and Spanishport Bermuda of 74 MPH. These weather station reports were relayed by our net along with social media reports of trees down and some structural damage. The tropical storm conditions with gusts to hurricane force lasted an extended period of time as Ernesto slowed after making landfall on Bermuda. A total of 21 reports were sent in via our net. Special thanks to K2DCD-Dennis, KC5FM-Lloyd, WX9VOR-Debby and AE4WX-Mark for monitoring the network for this hurricane and helping with overall net operations. Approximately 40 volunteer hours of service were logged by the team. A list of reports gathered from this net can be seen via the VoIP Hurricane Net Report viewer at the following link:

https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

Ernesto is expected to make a close pass to Southeast Newfoundland Canada while undergoing post tropical transition. At this time, we will watch Ernesto’s progress but based on his track and intensity, it appears a VoIP Hurricane Net activation for Southeast Newfoundland Canada will not be necessary but we will coordinate with the Canadian Hurricane Centre in addition to the WX4NHC Amateur Radio team on support. If no support is required, this will be the last message concerning Ernesto.

Elsewhere in the tropics, no tropical cyclone formation is expected over the next 7 days but as we get to late this week into next week, there could be tropical waves to monitor and we will be drawing closer to the mid-September peak of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, so now is the time to be prepared. 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 VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 8 PM EDT Friday Evening through about 5 PM EDT Saturday Afternoon for Hurricane Ernesto and impacts on Bermuda. The net, on *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system and other VoIP radio systems via the KC5FM-R node is supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. Note during overnight hours Friday Evening into Saturday Morning, we will be in an activation monitoring mode for any stations that call on the system**
**WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well during this timeframe.**
**The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 8/17/24 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 8/24/24 unless a hurricane net activation is required.**

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Ernesto as of Friday Morning 8/16/24 at 735 AM EDT:

The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 8 PM EDT Friday Evening through about 5 PM EDT Saturday Afternoon for Hurricane Ernesto and impacts on Bermuda. The net, on *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system and other VoIP radio systems via the KC5FM-R node is supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. Note during overnight hours Friday Evening into Saturday Morning, we will be in an activation monitoring mode for any stations that call on the system. WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well during this timeframe.

The VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday Evening 8/17/24 has been canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will be Saturday Evening 8/24/24 unless a hurricane net activation is required.

Any Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Ernesto or with relays into the affected area of Ernesto are asked to provide surface and damage reports into the VoIP Hurricane Net for relay into WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center. We appreciate any and all support from Amateur Operators in the affected area or Amateur Operators with relays into the affected area. We are looking for reports based on the National Weather Service SKYWARN Reporting criteria. This can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at the following link:

VoIP Hurricane Net Reporting Criteria

Any pictures or videos of wind damage, river/stream/urban/storm surge flooding etc. can be sent to our voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds or the following email address: pics@nsradio.org and credit will be given to the Amateur Radio Operator, weather spotter or individual that took the photos and media and be shared with the Amateur Radio team at the National Hurricane Center and other agencies and outlets.

Advisories on Ernesto can be seen off of the Atlantic Tropical Products menu selection on the voipwxnet web site, via our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Reports as obtained via the VoIP Hurricane Net from Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area, relays from the affected area or from APRS/CWOP Weather Station feeds and other social media outlets can be found at the following link:
https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

APRS, Winlink, AllStar, Hamshack Hotline resources that can be monitored are as follows:
APRS kc5fm-9
Winlink KC5FM
Allstar 28848
Echolink KC5FM-R 906281
Hamshack Hotline 94032
DMR TGIF 31207
P25 31207
DSTAR XLXOKL C
Yaesu Fusion 31207
M17-SUN module A

Stations outside the affected area that do not have relays into the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes and can connect on either Echolink or IRLP:
*NEW-ENG3* Echolink conference node: 9123/IRLP 9123
*SKY_GATE* Echolink conference node: 868981/IRLP 9252
*KC4QLP-C* Echolink conference node: 290251
*ARERT* Echolink conference node: 902723 (Also bridged to Allstar on Node 273660 and on the YCS311 C4FM Server at http://c4fm.mntrbo.net ID:74)
*FLORIDA* Echolink conference node: 3082

These two streaming audio feeds should be available. Those streaming audio feeds are as follows:
Streaming feed 1: http://74.208.24.77:8000 -Provided by KC4QLP-Bob Carter
Streaming feed 2: http://radio.arert.net:8000/ARERT -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops
Streaming feed 3: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/38868 -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops

Video streams will be provided by ARERT if they find video feeds from the affected area and will have audio from the hurricane net on it. Those streams are below:
Video stream feed 1: https://www.twitch.tv/pp93news
Video stream feed 2: https://dlive.tv/ARERT
Special thanks to N0VZC-Mike Norrbom and the ARERT sysops for their support of these feeds.

Please note that there could be additional listen only nodes and streaming feeds. If time allows, this info will be updated via the voipwxnet web site and social media feeds.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Hurricane Ernesto. 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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Due to Hurricane Ernesto and impacts on Bermuda, the VoIP Hurricane Prep Net for Saturday 8/17/24 will be canceled. The next VoIP Hurricane Prep Net will take place Saturday 8/24/24 barring a net activation for a landfalling hurricane. The Hurricane Ernesto activation plan will be posted within the next hour. 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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Tropical Storm Erneseto has formed in the Atlantic. Tropical Storm Warnings are posted for portions of the Caribbean Islands including the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. At this time, Ernesto is expected to be below hurricane strength as it affects the islands and as it turns northwest and northward away from the islands, Ernesto will strengthen into a hurricane. Given this forecast scenario, VoIP Hurricane Net activation is not expected as it affects the islands but the VoIP Hurricane Net Management team will closely monitor Ernesto’s progress in case he intensifies into a hurricane sooner. There is also a possible hurricane impact to the island of Bermuda as we get towards this weekend that will bear watching for possible VoIP Hurricane Net Activation. This will be updated as we get closer to this weekend. Advisories on Ernesto can be seen of the main menu of the voipwx.net web site under Atlantic Tropical Products, via our voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds or directly via the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

The VoIP Hurricane Net will closely monitor the progress of Ernesto and any new developments in the Tropics. Thanks to all for their continued support for the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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

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Tropical Storm Debby is slowly intensifying offshore of the Georgia and South Carolina coast but lacks a good inner core to allow for reintensification and is currently expected to remain below hurricane strength when it makes a second landfall on the South Carolina coast late tonight or Thursday. Where Debby will remain below hurricane strength, no further VoIP Hurricane Net activations are anticipated for Debby. After the second landfall as a tropical storm, Debby will then get merged and swept into a frontal system and track north through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US with significant flooding and severe weather possible. Debby has caused significant flooding from heavy rainfall and storm surge and scattered tornadoes along its path after making landfall as a hurricane in the Big Bend area of Florida and is being handled at the local and regional level by ARES and SKYWARN groups.

Advisories on Debby can be seen off the main menu of the voipwx.net web site, via our Facebook and Twitter social media feeds and via the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Elsewhere in the Atlantic tropics, a tropical wave in the southwestern Caribbean Sea only has a low chance, 10% of development over the next 7 days as it track towards the Central America and Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico coastline. The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team will continue to monitor all developments in the tropics. 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 VoIP Hurricane Net activated informally at 6 AM EDT and went to a formal net at 8 AM EDT Monday Morning for Hurricane Debby as her landfall occurred approximately 7 hours earlier than originally forecast. Nonetheless, 11 reports were sent into WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center. This included an online weather station report of a 98 MPH Wind Gust with Sustained winds of 68 MPH at Horseshoe Beach, FL and a wind gust to 91 MPH a few miles south of Steinhatchee, FL. Storm surge flooding, and wind damage were also reported. Wind gusts of 60-70 MPH extended inland into Mayo through Madison FL and included Valdosta GA from an Amateur Radio APRS Station and those reports were submitted via our net. Special thanks to AE4WX-Mark, N1YLQ-Sparky and KC5FM-Lloyd for their support during this net activation. Full details on reports sent into WX4NHC can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net Report Viewer at the following link:

https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

The VoIP Hurricane Net will closely monitor the progress of Debby as it causes record breaking flooding in the Southeast US in Southeast Georgia and much of South Carolina and potentially North Carolina. If our network can assist and local and regional groups in the area, this system is available for use. While the current forecast keeps Debby from regaining hurricane strength, there are some weather models that bring Debby to hurricane strength and this will be watched closely as it will depend how much of the system remains over water to regain strength. The VoIP Hurricane Net Management Team will closely monitor the progress of Debby. 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 VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 8 AM EDT Monday Morning and remain active for as long as necessary for Debby as it is expected she will strengthen into a hurricane on approach to the Florida Big Bend Coast and could intensify rapidly before landfall. The net, on *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system and other VoIP radio systems via the KC5FM-R node is supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida.**
**An additional activation for the Carolinas is possible later in the week but will largely depend on Debby’s track which will be slow and erratic and may or may not be over the ocean waters which will determine her eventual strength in the Carolinas.**
**WX4NHC will also be active with their Amateur Radio Station as well during this timeframe.**

Here are the VoIP Hurricane Net Plans for Debby as of Sunday 8/4/24 at 1020 AM EDT:

The VoIP Hurricane Net will activate at 8 AM EDT Monday Morning and remain active for as long as necessary for Debby as it is expected she will strengthen into a hurricane on approach to the Florida Big Bend Coast and could intensify rapidly before landfall. The net, on *WX_TALK* Echolink conference node: 7203/IRLP 9219 system and other VoIP radio systems via the KC5FM-R node is supporting WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida.

An additional activation for the Carolinas is possible later in the week but will largely depend on Debby’s track which will be slow and erratic and may or may not be over the ocean waters which will determine her eventual strength in the Carolinas.

Any Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area of Debby or with relays into the affected area of Debby are asked to provide surface and damage reports into the VoIP Hurricane Net for relay into WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio station at the National Hurricane Center. We appreciate any and all support from Amateur Operators in the affected area or Amateur Operators with relays into the affected area. We are looking for reports based on the National Weather Service SKYWARN Reporting criteria. This can be seen on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at the following link:
https://voipwx.net/voip-hurricane-net-reporting-criteria

Any pictures or videos of wind damage, river/stream/urban/storm surge flooding etc. can be sent to our voipwxnet Facebook and Twitter feeds or the following email address: pics@nsradio.org and credit will be given to the Amateur Radio Operator, weather spotter or individual that took the photos and media and be shared with the Amateur Radio team at the National Hurricane Center and other agencies and outlets.

Advisories on Debby can be seen off of the Atlantic Tropical Products menu selection on the voipwxnet web site, via our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and off the National Hurricane Center web site via the following link:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Reports as obtained via the VoIP Hurricane Net from Amateur Radio Operators in the affected area, relays from the affected area or from APRS/CWOP Weather Station feeds and other social media outlets can be found at the following link:
https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

APRS, Winlink, AllStar, Hamshack Hotline resources that can be monitored are as follows:
APRS kc5fm-9
Winlink KC5FM
Allstar 28848
Echolink KC5FM-R 906281
Hamshack Hotline 94032
DMR TGIF 31207
P25 31207
DSTAR XLXOKL C
Yaesu Fusion 31207
M17-SUN module A

Stations outside the affected area that do not have relays into the affected area who would like to listen into the VoIP Hurricane Net can use any of the following systems for listen-only purposes and can connect on either Echolink or IRLP:
*SKY_GATE* Echolink conference node: 868981/IRLP 9252
*KC4QLP-C* Echolink conference node: 290251
*ARERT* Echolink conference node: 902723 (Also bridged to Allstar on Node 273660 and on the YCS311 C4FM Server at http://c4fm.mntrbo.net ID:74)
*FLORIDA* Echolink conference node: 3082

These two streaming audio feeds should be available. Those streaming audio feeds are as follows:
Streaming feed 1: http://74.208.24.77:8000 -Provided by KC4QLP-Bob Carter
Streaming feed 2: http://radio.arert.net:8000/ARERT -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops
Streaming feed 3: https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/38868 -Provided by the ARERT conference owners and sysops

Video streams will be provided by ARERT if they find video feeds from the affected area and will have audio from the hurricane net on it. Those streams are below:
Video stream feed 1: https://www.twitch.tv/pp93news
Video stream feed 2: https://dlive.tv/ARERT
Special thanks to N0VZC-Mike Norrbom and the ARERT sysops for their support of these feeds.

Please note that there could be additional listen only nodes and streaming feeds. If time allows, this info will be updated via the voipwxnet web site and social media feeds.

The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team continues to closely watch Hurricane Debby. 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 VoIP Hurricane Net secured on Monday 7/8/24 at 1100 AM EDT as Beryl weakened to a tropical storm at that time. The VoIP Hurricane Net fielded dozens of reports from online weather stations reporting wind gusts between 50-98 MPH with winds above 74 MPH being hurricane force wind gust criteria. Sustained winds were high end tropical storm force to Category-1 hurricane force winds.

We wish to extend a special thank you to the South Coast Reflector and Amateur Radio Operator N6KNE (hopefully, we got that call-sign correct) for allowing a connection into our net where close to 10 Amateur Radio Operators checked in and provided storm reports that were sent to WX4NHC, the Amateur Radio Station at the National Hurricane Center. We would love to see more of this cooperation in the future with other parts of coastal areas threatened by hurricanes.

The VoIP Hurricane Net also relayed reports of storm damage via social media and public safety radio feeds during the 9 hour net activation from 2-11 AM EDT. Special thanks to K2DCD-Dennis and KC5FM-Lloyd on the net management team for providing support in gathering stations from the affected area and to AE4WX-Mark Snyder for his net control support this morning. A total of 56 reports were sent in by the net and some of the report submissions had multiple reports within the same report. You can see all the reports in the VoIP Hurricane Net Report Viewer at the following link:

https://www.voipwx.net/qilan/nhcwx/list_VOIP_records1?auth=OK

The Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and Central Pacific basins do not have any tropical cyclone development expected over the next week. This will give our team an opportunity to rest, however, a very active season is expected so now is the time for residents along the various ocean basis to prepare their hurricane plans in case they need to be executed upon as we get into a more active portion of the season particularly in August and September. Thanks to all for their continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

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