To join the Eastern Kern County ARES organization Contact the Emergency Coordinator Dennis Kidder W6DQ @w6dq@arrl.net
SKYWARN is a program of the United States’ National Weather Service (NWS). Its mission is to collect reports of localized severe weather. These reports are used to aid forecasters in issuing and verifying severe weather watches and warnings and to improve the forecasting and warning processes and the tools used to collect meteorological data. It consists of a network of severe storm spotters that observe weather conditions and make reports of severe weather to their local NWS offices. These spotters are trained by personnel from the local NWS offices each spring in advance of the coming severe weather season.
To Become a Skywarn Weather Spotter, you will need to attend a training class held by the local National Weather Service office.