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Tracking Major Hurricane Milton

Milton is expected to grow in size and remain an extremely dangerous hurricane when it approaches the west coast of Florida Wednesday. Moderate to major river flooding, life threatening storm surge, heavy rainfall and hurricane-force winds are expected. Hurricane, Tropical Storm and Storm Surge warnings have been issued for portions of Florida's west coast. Read More >

 

To Submit a Weather Report
(For registered SKYWARN spotters)

Rain/Snow/Ice reports:
*    You can now submit heavy rainfall (1"+), as well as STORM TOTAL snow and/or
      ice reports online at: https://goo.gl/forms/9617O51NiDXOvYwD2
 

Flooding, Hail, Wind or Tornado reports:
*     Use our SKYWARN Spotter Hotline 800 #.Other reports can be emailed to: 
       Lwx-report@noaa.gov

 


Upcoming SKYWARN® Classes
These classes are free and open to the public!
 

CLASS

DATE

TIME

COUNTY

LOCATION

REGISTRATION

Basics Classes

 

Basics

 

10/09/2024

 

6:00 PM   to 08:00 PM

 

Garrett County, MD

 

Garrett County Emergency Operations Center -

32 Outfitters Way
McHenry, MD 21541

 

GARRETT COUNTY MD REGISTRATION

Advanced - Winter Classes (Requires Basic SKYWARN Class Credit

 

Winter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced - Severe Classes (Requires Basic SKYWARN Class Credit)

 

Severe 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced - Tropical Classes (Requires Basic SKYWARN Class Credit

 

Tropical 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced - Flood Classes (Requires Basic SKYWARN Class Credit

 

Flood 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further classes will be scheduled through the remainder of the year

Basics SKYWARN Classes are open to all of the general public.

 

Important notes:
-Winter, Convection, and Tropical classes require SKYWARN® Basics as a prerequisite.
-You may attend a class even if it is not in the county you reside in.
-Due to the high demand of classes we can not offer classes in every region every season.


 

What is SKYWARN®?

SKYWARN® is a national network of volunteer severe weather spotters. The spotters are trained by local National Weather Service Forecast Offices on how to spot severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hail and flooding. In some parts of the country, spotters also report snowfall and ice accumulation.

 

Join NWS_BaltWash SKYWARN®
 


National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington

SKYWARN® Presentations

 

Descriptions of SKYWARN Spotter Classes
 


** National online spotter courses available too, BUT... **

National SKYWARN® courses are also offered online by COMET on their MetED site (located here.) These courses can be extra value to you however they do not replace the SKYWARN® Basics course taught by one of our meteorologists from the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington. These online courses leave out vital information on the multitude of weather threats we get in the Mid-Atlantic region. You must take a class with us to become registered as a spotter with our office.
 


Amateur Radio and SKYWARN

National Capital Area Skywarn Support Group

 


Additional SKYWARN® Information

National SKYWARN Page

Print out a Spotter ID card

Weather Spotter's Field Guide

Guía Práctica del Observador del Tiempo

Click here to access PDF versions of our SKYWARN presentations

 

Forgot your Spotter ID? Contact us!
Questions? Contact lwx-report@noaa.gov