THE LATEST REPORTS FROM BINGO-NOAA IS THAT SUSQUEHANNA, AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA ALONG WITH NEW YORK?S SOUTHERN TIER, WILL RECEIVE A MININUM OF 4 -6″ OF SNOW STARTING AT 1300E HRS TODAY SUNDAY JANUARY 19, 2025 AND ENDING EARLY MORNING MONDAY JANUARY 20, 2025. IT IS TOO EARLY FOR BINGO-NOAA TO PREDICT THE FINAL SNOW TOTALS AS THIS SNOW EVENT IS AN ATALANTIC COASTAL STORM. THE SNOW BAND MAY GO FARTHER EAST (LESS SNOW) OR WEST (MORE SNOW UP TO 12").
HE SNOW MAKE-UP IS BEING CLASSIFIED AS LIGHT & FLUFFY DUE IN PART TO THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE.
TIMES:
A NCS (NET CONTROL STATION) WILL BE TAKING SNOW EVENT REPORTS FROM SC-ARES ALONG WITH AREA SKYWARN VOLUNTEERS. REPORTS WILL BE TAKEN AT 1600E HRS AND AGAIN AT 2000E HRS TODAY AND AGAIN AT 0900e HRS MONDAY JANUARY 20, 2025.
I SUGGEST THAT YOU TURN ON YOUR VHF RADIOS AT 0700E HRS AND LEAVE THE RADIOS ON TILL WE STAND BY TO MONITOR FOR EMERGIENCIES.
REPORTS WILL INCLUDE:
NAME, CALL SIGN, LOCATION, ELEVATION DEPTH OF SNOW (DEPTH DURING WEATHER EVENT) TEMPERATURE, WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED, BAROMETER IN INCHES OF MERCURY IF AVAILABLE, AND ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. REPORT TEMPLATE IS ATTACHED AND THE NCS APPRECIATES TAKING THE REPORTS IN THIS ORDER OF THE TEMPLATE.
PACE FOR THE WEATHER EVENT:
PRIMARY = ELK MNTN REPEATER 145.430 MHZ, -.600 MHZ OFFSET,
77.0 HZ PL*
ALTERNATE = MONTROSE REPEATER 147.375, +.600 MHZ OFFSET,
77 HZ PL*
CONTINGENCY = 3.898 MHZ LSB
EMERGENCY = SIGNAL (?SC-ARES? AND ?N3SRC SIGNAL GROUP?)
* = CURRENTLY AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING, ALONG WITH ELK AND MONTROSE REPEATERS, THE FORKSTON (147.210 MHZ), RED ROCK (147.000 MHZ) AND WILKES BARRE (146.460 MHZ) REPEATERS WILL BE LINKED UP.
DELAWARE RIVER AREA OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN NEWYORK
IN AN EFFORT TO BROADEN REPORTING TO BINGO-NOAA, WE WILL EXTEND GATHERING OF SNOW REPORTS TO THE DELAWARE RIVER AREA OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN NEWYORK.
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE A REPORT THE TIMES AND REPEATERS ARE AS FOLLOWS,
TIMES:
JANUARY 19, 2025
1630E HRS AND 2030E HRS
JANUARY 20, 2025
0930E HRS
REPEATERS:
THE FOLLOWING LINKED REPEATERS,
EQUINUNK WAYNE (145.210 MHZ)
ARARAT WAYNE (445.225 MHZ)
WAYMRT/FAIR WAYNE (147.270 MHZ)
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
73 & GOD BLESS,
JOHNYMAC KC1FWU
SC-ARES EC
SUSQUEHANNACOUNTYARES.ORG
PRESIDENT, SCARC.
N3SRC.ORG
