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Snow Continues in the Great Lakes; Above Normal Temperatures in the West

Lake effect snow will continue into the weekend as two more quick moving systems will bring widespread snow to the Upper Great Lakes. High winds are expected across portions of Montana through the weekend. Below normal temperatures will remain in place across much of the southern and eastern U.S., while the western U.S. will experience above normal temperatures. 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

 

 

*Taught in SPANISH Language* Basics

 

*Enseñado en Español*

 

 

12/10/2024

 

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

 

City of Manassas VA

 

 

 

 

Ciudad de Manassas VA

 

The Manassas Museum      Historic District

9101 Prince William Street Manassas, VA 20110

 

El Museo de Manassas

Distrito Historico

9101 Prince William Street Manassas, VA 20110

 

 

 

Manassas VA BASICS SPANISH SKYWARN

 

 

 

 

Manassas VA BÁSICOS SKYWARN EN ESPAÑOL

 

Basics

 

1/15/2025

 

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Nelson County VA

 

 Lovingston Fire Department

53 Baker Lane

Lovingston VA 22949

 

 

Nelson VA BASICS SKYWARN

 

 

Basics

 

2/11/2025

 

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Fairfax County VA

 

Fairfax County Public Safety and Transportation Center

       4890 Alliance Drive         Fairfax VA 22030

 

 

Fairfax VA BASICS SKYWARN

Advanced - Winter Classes (Requires Basics SKYWARN Class Credit)

 

Winter

 

 

12/05/2024

 

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Sponsor: Prince George's County MD 

 

VIRTUAL/ONLINE

 

Virtual Winter SKYWARN

Advanced - Severe Classes (Requires Basics SKYWARN Class Credit)

 

Severe 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced - Tropical Classes (Requires Basics SKYWARN Class Credit)

 

Tropical 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced - Flood Classes

 

Flood 

 

3/11/2025

 

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

 

Fairfax County VA

 

Fairfax County Public Safety and Transportation Center

       4890 Alliance Drive         Fairfax VA 22030

 

 

Fairfax VA Flood SKYWARN

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