Alert: New * MISCELLANEOUS SKYWARN BULLETIN Expires Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000

[Wakefield SKYWARN EMWIN Service]

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MISCELLANEOUS SKYWARN BULLETIN
SKYWARN OPERATIONS CENTER WAKEFIELD VA
1250 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2012

.. SKYWARN HAM RADIO OPERATIONS SUSPENDING FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ..

THE WAKEFIELD SKYWARN AMATEUR RADIO SUPPORT TEAM WILL SUSPEND ROUTINE
OPERATIONS FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY BEGINNING 800 PM TONIGHT /SUNDAY/
AND WILL REMAIN IN A SUSPENDED STATE THROUGH 1200 PM WEDNESDAY.

DURING THIS TIME .. ROUTINE SKYWARN HAM RADIO NET ACTIVATIONS WILL NOT
OCCUR. HOWEVER, ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL /AREA MANAGERS AND RESPONDERS/ WILL
REMAIN ON STANDBY FOR ACTIVATION OF WX4AKQ AND/OR LOCAL NETS IN THE
EVENT OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES THAT IMPACT THE
WFO.

.. A NOTE REGARDING THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK ..

THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE FORECAST FOR OUR COUNTY
WARNING AREA TUESDAY AND INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT LATE CHRISTMAS DAY INTO WEDNESDAY, PRIMARILY ALONG
THE COAST. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A MARGINAL THREAT FOR A PERIOD OF
ICE, SNOW, OR FREEZING RAIN IN OUR FAR INLAND COUNTIES, WEST OF I-95,
DURING THAT TIME.

UNLESS THERE IS A MAJOR OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER OR SUBSTANTIAL ICE OR
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT IMPAIR TRAVEL, SKYWARN ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE
NEEDED. ANY ACTIVATIONS WILL BE AT LOCAL DISCRETION.


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