Hello to all….

TD #3 has become Tropical Storm Chantal in the open waters of the North Atlantic. Chantal is expected to transition into an extratropical system in the next day or so and could cause problems for shipping interests as a large extratropical system.

A system east of the Southern Windward Islands is still being monitored for development though it has become a bit less organized in the last few hours. Environmental conditions still remain favorable for development and the system should continue to be montiored through the Tropical Weather Outlook posted by the National Hurricane Center.

Information on Chantal and the system east of the Southern Windward Islands can be found on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at http://www.voipwx.net

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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Hello to all….

Tropical Depression 3 has formed in the Atlantic, halfway between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Bermuda. The depression is moving North-Northeast away from land areas. The depression may briefly strengthen into a tropical storm before becoming a strong extratropical system over the open waters of the North Atlantic. If the system were to be named, it would be called Chantal.

Another system is trying to organize 800 miles east of the southern Windward Islands and environmental conditions are favorable for development. This will need to be monitored for further development so please monitor the Tropical Weather Outlook for the Atlantic for more information.

The Tropics are becoming more active. Now is the time to prepare as we head into the active portion of Hurricane Season. The VoIP Hurricane Net management team will continue to closely monitor these developments over the next few days. Thanks for the continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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Hello to all….

The National Hurricane Center will be starting to issue a new Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook on Sunday July 15th, 2007. Details on what this outlook is can be seen on the National Hurricane Center web site at the following link:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgtwo.shtml

This can be another helpful tool in preparing in advance for a tropical system. People who use the product will be allowed to give comments and feedback by using a web survey or email address as listed in the feedback and comments section provided in the link above.

The Tropics remain quiet but it is still quite early in the season. Recall 2004 when the first named system wasn’t until August and then a steady wave of landfalling and significant tropical systems occurred. Remain vigilant to the threat of tropical systems as we approach the more active tropical months of August and September.

Thanks to all for your continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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Hello to all….

VoIP Hurricane Net Control trainer, Matt Hoppes-KB3MSE, will be offering Net Control training classes to our current cadre of net controls and for anyone else in the Amateur community that is interested. Those that wish to listen in on those training classes may do so and anyone who expresses an interest in being a Net Control Operator can let Matt know at the training session and he will disseminate the information to the rest of the VoIP Hurricane Net Management team.

The following sessiong have been scheduled and the sessions will last approximately one hour. You only need to attend one session. The schedule is listed below:

SATURDAY 16-JUN-2007 2100 EASTERN TIME (Right After the Weekly VoIP Hurricane Net)
TUESDAY 19-JUN-2007 1200 EASTERN TIME/1600 UTC.
THURSDAY 21-JUN-2007 1800 EASTERN TIME/2200 UTC.
MONDAY 25-JUN-2007 1100 EASTERN TIME/1500 UTC.

The training session will walk through a Power Point presentation that is available on the VoIP Hurricane Net web site at http://www.voipwx.net by clicking the Net Control Training PPT link off the main menu. A direct link to the presentation has been provided below:

VoIP Hurricane Net Control Training PPT

73,Rob-KD1CY.
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Hello to all….

Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Southern Gulf of Mexico. Barry is currently expected to make landfall along the west coast of Florida as a tropical storm. The VoIP Hurricane Net Management team will closely monitor the progress of Barry. Barry is expected to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds as a remnant system to much of the US East Coast after it makes landfall and weakens on the West Coast of Florida.

Thanks for your continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
Director of Operations for the VoIP Hurricane Net
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Hello to all….

The National Hurricane Center is montioring a system in the Northwest Caribbean/Southern Gulf of Mexico region. A link to the Special Tropical Disturbance Statement is listed below:

http://kamala.cod.edu/TPC/latest.wont41.KNHC.html

At this time, it isn’t clear whether the system will develop into anything substantial. Nonetheless, the VoIP Hurricane Net management team will continue to 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
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Hello to all….

On Monday April 30th, 2007, WX4NHC through the efforts of Julio Ripoll-WD4R and John McHugh-K4AG Coordinators for the National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio station, worked the Quonset State Airport in North Kingstown, RI stop of the Hurricane Awareness Tour. The Director of the National Hurricane Center, Bill Proenza, Hurricane Specialist, Michelle Mainelli, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Glenn Field-KB1GHX, and Meteorologist-In-Charge Bob Thompson all spoke to the National Hurricane Center. In addition, Bob Thompson spoke with VoIP Hurricane Net Technical Coordinator and key overall technical person in EchoLink and IRLP Technology, Tony Langdon-VK3JED.

Recordings via EchoLink and a few pictures are posted at the WX1BOX web site at http://www.wx1box.org and underscores the visibility that Amatuer Radio received at the event. The New England Network, http://new-eng.com was utilized for this event.

Hope folks find this information of interest. Thanks for your continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
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Hello to all….

The following VoIPWXNet Web Site Updates were made on Saturday 5/26/07:

-Article/Announcement of StormStudy participation in the National Hurricane Conference including the recordings of the weekly net where Danny-KD4RAA and John-K4JVP shared their experiences from the conference on the Saturday April 14th, 2007 net. Links to the recordings are part of the article posted and links to the recordings were also placed in the VoIP WX Net Presentations Archive under the main menu.

-Added MP3 files along with the existing Windows Media Audio (WMA) files for past presentations on the weekly VoIP Hurricane Net. Those files can be found in the VoIP WX Net presentations archive under the main menu.

We hope you’ll find these updates useful. Thanks for your continued support of the VoIP Hurricane Net!

73,Rob-KD1CY.
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