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All:<br>
<br>
A (minor) apology for the broad distribution, but I wanted a wide
audience to see this.<br>
<br>
Wearing my SkyWARN "hat", I was checking the morning "Forecast
Discussion" from NWS in Wilmington, linked here: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=ILN&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off">https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=ILN&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off</a><br>
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There is a lot of discussion about ongoing and forecast
rainfall...this is not new to anyone in this area, and I'm sure
sites will be managed with respect to the possibility of "flash"
runoff, etc.<br>
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What got my attention is this:<br>
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<li> mid 70s dewpoints on Saturday</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li> extreme instability on Saturday</li>
</ul>
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I think we are all honest enough to acknowledge that an appreciable
portion of our hobby (and Field Day participants) are not especially
young. Please watch out around your sites...mid 70s can impact even
young and very fit individuals.<br>
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Extreme instability (their words) implies potentially dangerous
weather for those of you operating from a pole barn, or a literal
field. I know that some sites designate a "safety officer"...seems
like monitoring this (it's only Wednesday, could certainly change)
might be an important task.<br>
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For the Cincinnati net control team -- I imagine many of you will be
active at an FD site somewhere. Who has availability (or could
become available) should we have an incident on Saturday? I would
*not* expect you to pick this up from your FD site, as, if that's
how this goes, you'll need to worry about the safety of your site
and people.<br>
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Outside of Hamilton County -- if your team runs a "county net",
please consider plans to maintain that despite your resources likely
working at your FD site.<br>
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If you are on the ARRL "Field Day Locator" site, I'm going to *try*
to visit your site wearing my "DEC" hat. The potential weather
gives me low confidence that I can get everywhere.<br>
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Updates likely to follow -- if you'd like to opt-out of this
temporarily wide distribution, please let me know.<br>
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<br>
-73- de N8TFD/Steve<br>
(513) 985-9844 "home"<br>
(513) 552-5388 "work"<br>
(859) 393-6563 "cell"<br>
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