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05-27-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Strong) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
05-27-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 73.2% Kemp: 93.5% Kickapoo 73.3%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-27-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 94. Northeast wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 68. East wind 7 to 11 mph.
05-27-2024 - Good Morning! I don't know why I'm awake at 4:30 AM, but stranger things have happened. I'll see what's happening in the world of Morse code on the 40-meter Amateur (ham) Radio band while the coffee is brewing. I've made contact, using Morse code, with "hams" in 195 state or federal parks (Parks on the Air® program) since I began this activity on Jan 1, 2024. It usually doesn't take me long to get bored with an activity, so let's see where this goes. But what would be next?
05-26-2024 - I made contact with K0WOI at Pine Lake State Park (US-2314) in Iowa on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-26-2024 - I made contact with AI7TW at Adobe Town BLM Herd Management Area (US-6171) in Wyoming on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-26-2024 - I made contact with AK0A at Eisenhower State Park (US-2335) in Kansas on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-26-2024 - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot - Grid Conditions - 7:16 PM - OPERATING RESERVES: 7,812 MW - NORMAL CONDITIONS - ERCOT reports enough power for current demand.
05-26-2024 - I made contact with K1NF at Merrymeeting Bay Wildlife Management Area (US-8450) in Maine on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-26-2024 - I made contact with KE8UEX at Maybury State Park (US-1518) in Michigan on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.IF YOU ENJOY MY POSTS, please make your next AMAZON purchase using THIS LINK, or any other affiliate link on this site. If you do, I will earn a small commission but it won't cost you extra. You can buy radio stuff or any stuff but, for me to earn a commission, you have to purchase within 24 hours of adding the item(s) to your shopping cart. I'm thanking you in advance because AMAZON, correctly, doesn't identify you to me.
05-26-2024 - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot - Grid Conditions - 9:07 AM - OPERATING RESERVES: 13,217 MW - NORMAL CONDITIONS - ERCOT reports enough power for current demand.
05-26-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for May 25 – 26, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe Weather – FEMA Region VI and VII
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Weather – Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley
• Excessive Rainfall/Flash Flooding – Great Lakes and Ohio Valley
• Excessive Heat – South Texas
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• FMAG Approval: Blue 2 Fire – NM
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
05-26-2024 - The Wichita Amateur Radio Society holds a weekly informal net on Sundays at 8:00 PM on the club's 147.140 MHz repeater. All licensed Amateur (ham) Radio operators are invited to check in. Scanner radio enthusiasts are also invited to listen in.
05-26-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 73.0% Kemp: 93.3% Kickapoo 73.1%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-26-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (None) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
05-26-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. South southwest wind 11 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 65. Northwest wind around 8 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
05-26-2024 - Good Morning! Wichita Falls dodged some nasty weather yesterday evening. The forecast for today is a hot 98 degrees. Look out for those days when it's 100 degrees at 9:00 in the morning. You know it's going to be a toasty day. I'm much more of a Winter person. On the Amateur (ham) Radio, the CW (Morse code) contests are still going strong. Most of these contesters are CW speed demons, sending Morse like machine gun fire. Well, it's most likely their keyers or computers sending that high-speed stuff, but not always. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready.
05-25-2024 - At 7:30 PM, the contesters on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) pushed the Parks on the Air® stations into hiding. I see one Parks on the Air® station on the POTA spotter page, while the CW sub-band is jam-packed with contesters. That's fine. The contesters are usually at it on weekends, and that leaves the weekdays for POTA. At least that arrangement works for me.
05-25-2024 - At 3:00 PM, Wichita Falls area Amateur (ham) Radio Skywarn® storm spotters were activated in response to storms approaching the city. Listen in at 146.940 MHz on your scanner radio.
05-25-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for May 24 – 25, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Weather – Southern and Central Plains to the Middle Mississippi Valley
• Excessive Rainfall/Flash Flooding – Central Plains and Middle Mississippi Valley
• Critical/Extreme Fire Weather – Southwest to Southern Plains
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Major Disaster Declaration Approval – IA
• Major Disaster Declaration Approval – ME
• Major Disaster Declaration Approval – NE
• Major Disaster Declaration Approval – WV
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events