The Newport District SKYWARNTM covers a fifteen-county area within Eastern North Carolina and serves the Newport-Morehead City National Weather Service Office by providing real-time conditions on the ground when severe weather strikes.

New Radar Technology Coming Soon to NWS Newport

Submitted by NC4HA on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 23:56

The Doppler weather radar (WSR-88D) at the National Weather Service in Newport will get a significant upgrade to new technology in mid-June. It's called dual-polarization. What is it and what does it do? Go to this link on the NWS Newport site and find out:

www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/DualPol.php

At the bottom of the page you'll find links where you can learn more about this exciting technology. There's a link where you can go and train yourself on how to interpret the new data. Check it out today!

Now on RSS, identi.ca, and Twitter

Submitted by W4OTN on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 10:45

If you are on identi.ca or Twitter please check us out! The Newport District SKYWARN has established a presence on both using @mhxskywarn as its name.

New Web Design

Submitted by W4OTN on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 09:10

You may have noticed a new web design for the Newport District SKYWARN. The new design has many benefits over the previous webpage design including:

  • RSS feeds that viewers can subscribe to with their favorite RSS feed reader to keep up to date on what's happening.
  • Increased flexiblity to post information of interest including photos and other types of files.
  • The ability for users to contribute their own ideas to the website

There are many other benefits to this web design that we haven't even leveraged yet. I hope to start handing out accounts to others soon so they can start contributing information. In the mean time feel free to click the "Login" button at the top right of your screen and create an account! Please use your amateur radio callsign, if you have one, for your account name to make it easier for everyone know who you are.

Take a look around the site and if you see anything that needs to be updated or fixed feel free to contact me using the "Contact Us" link on the left.

East Coast Tsunami?

Submitted by W4OTN on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:09

Tsunami SignThe National Weather Service in Wilmington has released a presentation on the threat of tsunamis to the east coast of the United States. The presentation explains how a tsunami could be generated in the Atlantic Ocean and from where they might originate. The presentation is an excellent education opportunity for all.

For additional information on tsunamis and how to prepare yourself please visit the National Weather Service's TsunamiReady

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