NWS El Paso/Santa Teresa
Spotter Training Schedule 2008
DATE
|
TIME
|
CITY |
LOCATION |
CLASS |
April 15th |
6PM |
Silver City |
Grant County
Admin Bldg |
Basic -
Public |
April 23rd |
6PM |
Las Cruces |
Public
Health Building (EOC) |
Basic -
Public |
April 30th |
2PM |
Las Cruces |
NMSU |
Basic -
CERT |
May 14th |
6PM |
Alamogordo |
Fire Station
#5 |
Basic -
Public |
May 15th |
6PM |
T or C |
Sierra
Health Care Center |
Basic -
Public |
May 20th |
6PM |
Lordsburg |
Public
Safety Building |
Basic -
Public |
June 21st |
10AM |
Las Cruces |
Ag. Extention
Office |
Basic -
Public |
July 18th |
7PM |
El Paso |
Sun City
Amateur Radio Club House |
Basic -
Public |
Sept 11th |
6PM |
Las Cruces |
Public Health
Building (EOC) |
Advanced-
Basic Required |
Sept 19th |
7PM |
El Paso |
Sun
City Amateur Radio Club House |
Advanced-
Basic Required |
Other classes
will be added when scheduled
The prime mission of the National Weather Service is to save lives
and property through timely warnings and forecasts. Yes, we depend
on Doppler radar, state-of-the-art satellite imagery and ever-improving
supercomputers, but many small scale features cannot be detected
by these. Therefore, volunteer weather spotters will always be “the
eyes and ears” of the National Weather Service in
reference to its warning program.
BASIC COURSE:
- 2 ½ to 3 hours in length, free of charge
- Learn to identify hazardous weather features
- Find out when we would like a call from you (certain thresholds
& criteria must be met) Elementary to intermediate meteorological
concepts are taught
- Prerequisite to the ADVANCED COURSE (goes
much deeper into the theory)
- For more information, please call John Fausett at 505-589-4088
ext 223
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