DELARA
DELCO Weather
I’m not sure we need a weather net
for the post-Easter snowstorm, but
we’re ready. Not an April blizzard,
but interesting.
The DELCO Weather net was
officially commenced, but not in the
way we expected. We had intended
a check-in, readiness net the
morning of the Tornado Siren Test.
But that was cancelled because of
the threat of real severe weather.
We watched the system develop all
day- NCS stations exchanging
information and keeping up on
dispatches from the Severe Storms
Forecast Center (SPC). We were
even ready to go as it looked like we
were going to get a thunderstorm
cell across the county. Then…
Nothing.
We waited for a while and the
longer we waited the more it was
assured the system had passed us
over. Shut down the radio,
computers and coffee. Stepped out
of the shack and - boom - the
alarms went off for a Thunderstorm
Warning for the very eastern edge
of the county. Trudging back to the
shack, we quickly announced the
net and went to .29. As a good
weather net which has people in
the right place at the right time, we
had Larry, AC8YE at Centerburg
who was watching the cell. Not five
minutes later, the warning was
cancelled.
So our first net lasted maybe five
minutes, took in two reports, and
closed.
But we were on the air!
-Stan, N8BHL