Pima County RACES

Helpful websites to use during Skywarn activations
SKYWARN - NOAA website
SKYWARN online resources
register as an espotter to send reports via email
NOAA Weather Alerts
Active Radar for Pima County
Counties in Arizona - graphic and name of County
Look up a particular city and see what county it is in - note the Arizona State portal website does not include all Cities in Arizona

The Southern Arizona Skywarn General Information Net meets regularly at the dates and times listed below

Every third (3rd) Tuesday from 1 Oct - 14 June during NON-MONSOON season.

Every Tuesday during MONSOON season (15 Jun - 30 Sep) at 1930 MST on the E.A.A.R.S. Repeater System

Advanced Spotters Field Guide - pdf file - 81.18 KB
Basic Spotters Field Guide - pdf file - 562.23 KB
Spotter Quiz - pdf file
Spotter Quiz - Word doc
Wind Hail Handout 2009 version - pdf
Wind Hail Handout 2009 version - MS Word
Monsoon Myths - approx 4mg pdf file - courtesy http://AZstarnet.com

NOAA Weather Phone numbers
Tucson Metro 670.5162
Toll Free 1.800.238.3747


Spotter reporting criteria
- Dime Size hail or Hail Creating Icy Roadways
- Tornadoes or Funnel Clouds
- Winds greater than 45 mph
- Visibility less than 1 mile in Dust, Fog, etc.
- Flooding or 1/2" Rain in less than 1 hour
- Wildfires
- Deaths/Damage/Injuries
- 1" Snow or 2" Above 5000 ft


Eastern Arizona Amateur Radio Society Repeaters
147.160, MT. LEMMON + offset
146.860, HELIOGRAPH - offset
145.410, PINAL PEAK - offset
145.210, JACKS PEAK - offset
147.280, GUTHRIE PEAK + offset
146.700, GREENS PEAK. - offset
ALL WITH A PL TONE OF 141.3.
WITH AN ALTERNATE FREQUENCY OF 146.880 (-), PL 110.9, MT LEMMON.

Click this link to be added to the Arizona Skywarn Email Reflector you will be able to pick you own password and other options. Your request will be sent for approval to Stan Hamnett PC RACES webmaster KE7VKQ and Greg Peters KC5ZGG NOAA Weather Service Liaison to the Sector 1 Skywarn Community.

Please use this address: azskywarn-sector1@mailman.qth.net, to send email to the AZSkywarn-Sector1 Reflector:

Also see the Arizona Repeater Directory for more information

Weather Instruments - this is for information only and is not an endorsement of Pima County Government or Pima County RACES.

Ambient Weather Instruments
http://www.ambientweather.com/

Oregon Scientific
http://www2.oregonscientific.com/shop/default.asp?cid=2

Davis Instruments
http://weatherconnection.com/category.asp?cat=2