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05-29-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 6 to 11 mph. Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 68. East southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.
05-29-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Strong) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
05-29-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas on this date, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 73.6% Kemp: 93.4% Kickapoo 72.9%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-29-2024 - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot - Grid Conditions - 6:53 AM - OPERATING RESERVES: 9,673 MW - NORMAL CONDITIONS - ERCOT reports enough power for current demand.
05-29-2024 - Good Morning! I didn't get a drop of rain out of that storm system that passed over last evening. There must have been a narrow, rainless gap overhead. It's Wednesday, and I have nothing on the schedule. I need three more parks to reach 200 in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program. I might knock those out today. I'm working all parks on CW (Morse code). I don't need a microphone! Well, not all the time. My coffee is ready!
05-28-2024 - International Space Station over Wichita Falls - Time: Wed May 29 9:37 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 65°, Appears: 10° above NW, Disappears: 19° above ESE. Listen on 145.800 & 437.800 MHz for possible Amateur (ham) Radio communications.
05-28-2024 - I made contact with AB9CA at Quakertown at Brookville Lake State Recreation Area (US-4161) in Indiana on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-28-2024 - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are as follows: Arrowhead: 73.0% Kemp: 93.2% Kickapoo 72.8%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
05-28-2024 - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot - Grid Conditions - 2:27 PM - OPERATING RESERVES: 11,011 MW - NORMAL CONDITIONS - ERCOT reports enough power for current demand.
05-28-2024 - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (None) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
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05-28-2024 - I made contact with KT7RC at Saguaro National Park (US-0060) in Arizona on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-28-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 27–28, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe weather – FEMA Regions III, IV, V, VI, and VII
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Southern Plains and the Lower Mississippi Valley
• Heavy Rain/Flash flooding – Southern Plains
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• One amendment issued
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-28-2024 - International Space Station over Wichita Falls - Time: Time: Tue May 28 10:26 PM, Visible: 4 min, Max Height: 62°, Appears: 10° above NW, Disappears: 59° above SSW. Listen on 145.800 & 437.800 MHz for possible Amateur (ham) Radio communications.
05-28-2024 - Good Morning! Rain at 2:30 AM and again at 6:00 AM. Our local Skywarn® storm spotters were out at 2:30 AM, but I have not heard them at the 6:00 AM event. Not yet, anyway. Tune in at 146.940 MHz with your scanner radio. It looks like lakes Arrowhead and Wichita will get a boost. I'm glad I mowed the yard yesterday! The rain is gone and it's Folgers Black Silk Coffee time!
05-27-2024 - At 9:25 PM, our local BNSF Railroad is active on 160.920 MHz. There is more traffic on this frequency than I imagined before I found it. Tune in with your scanner radio.
05-27-2024 - At 7:00 PM, the Wichita County Skywarn® Net Control Station gave a weather update on the 146.940 MHz repeater. Area storm spotters were advised of the possibility of an activation between midnight and 2:00 AM. Tune in with your scanner radio.
05-27-2024 - I'm not a repeater user but, I'm a repeater listener and the local 147.140 MHz repeater has been super busy the last year or so. This is a good thing. It means local Amateur (ham) Radio is very much alive. The simplex frequency of 146.520 MHz gets good use also. Tune in with your scanner!
05-27-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – May 26–27, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• Severe weather – FEMA Regions IV, V, VI, and VII
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Weather – Southeast to the Northeast
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
05-27-2024 - I made contact with KD9UYC at Mounds State Park (US-2261) in Indiana on 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
05-27-2024 - At 5:45 AM, our local Air Evac Lifeteam is active on 159.900 MHz. Tune in with your scanner radio.