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Current conditions in Burlington
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Monday, February 8th, 2010.
From the National Weather Service in Sullivan, WI... Winter Storm Warning - Racine (Wisconsin) - SNOW SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING AND WILL STICK AROUND THROUGH TUESDAY... - .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING. IN ADDITION... INCREASING EAST WINDS ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW DEVELOPING LATER THIS EVENING IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. - THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE LAKE EFFECT PROCESSES WILL INCREASE THE EXPECTED SNOWFALL. - LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL EXTEND WEST FROM THE SURFACE LOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PERSISTENT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. - AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREAS CONTINUES TO DEEPEN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT. - THE SNOW WILL END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... BUT THE WINDS WILL NOT DECREASE UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. - WIZ051-052-059-060-065-066-071-072-090915- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.100209T0600Z-100210T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN... WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD... MILWAUKEE... RACINE... KENOSHA 709 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010 - ... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... - A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. - * TIMING... SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY LATE THIS EVENING OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. - * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. - * WINDS... EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL TURN TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE FOR A TIME TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR A TIME NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. - * IMPACTS... HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND A RELATIVELY DRY POWDERY SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN CONTINUED TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. - PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... - A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST... ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. - - $$ Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage
Racine County ARES/RACES
The Racine County Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) is the field arm of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL). The League deals with all aspects of Amateur Radio, including legislation, licensing, and contests; the ARES branch specifically deals with communications during emergencies. When you hear in the news that Amateur Radio operators were part of a search and rescue operation, assisted in getting aid to a ship in trouble at sea, or provided communications for a Red Cross shelter, you're hearing about an ARES function.
You become an ARES member by completing the required training and signing up with your local emergency co-ordinator, but that does not mean you have to be a member of ARRL to participate in ARES.
NEW year 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
APRS update
We now have a local GPS APRS map of stations on our website! Click on the Racine GPS map on the left or go to the link http://www.rcares.org/aprs.php Want to download software for this, after going to this link you can then download the software you need. You can do this with a soundcard even, more to come!
Events
For the events listing for the organization please see http://www.rcares.org/calandar.php. This will have all meetings and Events posted.
Fox Hunt
The next Fox Hunt will be Friday January 8, 2009 at 7:30 PM. Participants will meet at the west end parking lot at Regency Mall in Racine, WI.
CTCSS Tone Access on 147.27MHz
Attention all hams
Due to a change initiated by the Wisconsin Association of Repeaters, the two meter Lakeshore repeater has added a CTCSS. (CA) or carrier access is not allowed per the co-ordination body of Wisconsin, this is a mandate. Their website is http://www.wi-repeaters.org.
The new settings are: 147.270MHz+ tone127.3Hz.
Questions about the system can be sent to president@kr9rk.org.
Donations
You can make donations to Racine County ARES/RACES on a tax deduction 501c3 contact Jim Markstrom at 262-909-3996 or mailto:ec@rcares.org
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The K7RA Solar Update
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ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration
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