Spotter Training Updates!

• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Littleton (6/13). Letters mailed on June 14th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Castle Rock (6/3). Letters mailed June 10th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Boulder (5/21). Letters mailed on May 23rd. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Golden (5/16). Letters mailed on May 22nd.
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Centennial Airport (5/4). Letters mailed on May 10th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Denver Federal Center (5/2). Letters mailed on May 9th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Parker (5/1) and Arvada (5/2). Letters mailed on May 8th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Thornton (4/30). Letters mailed on May 7th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Hugo (4/24) and Frederick/Firestone (4/25). Letters mailed on April 29th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Fort Morgan (4/9), Lakewood (4/11), and Commerce City (4/20). Letters were mailed on April 23rd. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Akron and Regis University (4/8). Letters were mailed on April 17th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Denver (4/6). Letters were mailed on April 16th. 
• Spotter letters have been processed from training at Loveland, Kiowa (4/3). Letters were mailed out on April 8th.
• Spotter letters were processed from training at Fort Collins (3/30).  Letters were sent on April 3rd. 
• Spotter letters were processed from training at Highlands Ranch (3/21), Sterling (3/25), Greeley (3/26), Haxtun (3/26), Holyoke (3/27), Julesburg (3/28). Letters from all those sites will be mailed out on Monday, April 1st. 
• Spotter letters were processed from training in Denver (3/16) and Lincoln county (3/20). Letters were mailed on Fri, March 22nd. 
• Spotter letters were processed for training in Aurora (3/14). Letters were mailed out on Monday, March 18th.
• If you were a newly trained spotter in 2019 and did not receive a letter within 30 days, please contact scott.entrekin@noaa.gov.
• If you are an existing spotter that was retrained, the spotter database has been updated with your latest information, but no formal letters will be issued.

2018-2019 Snow Season

• Feel free to send in any monthly snowfall through May to scott.entrekin@noaa.gov. 
• Updated monthly/seasonal snowfall maps have been updated through May at https://www.weather.gov/bou/Snowmaps
• For Winter reporting guidelines, see the following link to the Skywarn page here. 
• CocoRahs provides an excellent training source for measuring snow. Check it out here.  https://cocorahs.org/media/docs/measuringSnow2.1.pdf
• The new snow season table can be found at this link.  https://www.weather.gov/bou/Coop-Sno1819
• If you want to be added to the spotter snow tables, send me an email to scott.entrekin@noaa.gov

New Online Reporting Form

• There is a new on-line reporting form for sending in winter and severe weather reports. The new address link from our web site has changed, and can be found at https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/report. Please bookmark this new address. This can also be used from your mobile device. 
• Please indicate your spotter number on the last entry page (Review and Send). This will help us identify you as an officially trained spotter. 
• Caution: Do not use Internet Explorer, except for the new Edge Internet browser with Microsoft. Chrome and Firefox will also work. 
• The new address can still be found under the drop down menu from current hazards from weather.gov/bou. 

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• Submit storm report will be on the far left hand pull down menu under current hazards.
• If you have moved and changed addresses or phone numbers,  please send me a quick note with the change to scott.entrekin@noaa.gov.
• Spotter news can be found from the top of our web page in the News of the Day. 
• Thanks for all your continuing support in the Spotter Program. Scott Entrekin