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06-12-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for June 11-12, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe thunderstorms – Upper Mississippi Valley
• Heavy rain/flash flooding – South FL
• Excessive Heat Warnings – California and Southwest
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (20%)
Eastern Pacific: Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• FMAG Approval: Trail Fire – NV
• FMAG Approval: Sullivan Fire – NV
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – NH
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
06-12-2024 - Amateur Radio Field Day is next weekend and the obligatory newspaper and other media announcements are beginning to appear. For some clubs, this will probably be the only marketing effort of the year. Remember, coffee is for closers! Always be closing!
06-12-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Tonight: Clear, with a low around 70. South southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
06-12-2024 - 6:31 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (None) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
06-12-2024 - 6:31 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 78.3% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 80.5%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
06-12-2024 - 6:22 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 5,816 Megawatts.
06-12-2024 - Good Morning! We got rain yesterday. According to the NWS radar, some fell over our supply lakes. I tuned in to the weekly Clay County Amateur Radio Club Emergency Practice Net at 8 PM last night. A station with a slightly defective signal has been checking in regularly. His transmissions have a noticeable "motorboating" (a rapid "putt-putt" sound) in the background. Last night, someone finally told him about it. It's coffee time!
06-11-2024 - The James V. Allred Unit radio is busy today. You'll always hear a lot of administrative communications sprinkled with practice exercises and actual incidents. Tune in at 153.815 MHz on your scanner radio.
06-11-2024 - As I look around the Internet, I see a lot of new Amateur (ham) Radio equipment by seemingly new manufacturers, mostly Chinese. This is fine. The Amateur Radio operator ranks seem to be growing also. It's not a "boom" like what happened to CB radio, and that's a good thing. That CB boom came with a heavy price tag for the hobby. I'm referring to those popular movies that taught everyone it was cool to talk like an idiot on the radio. The CB Radio manufacturers were the only beneficiaries. The pre-movie level of participation was just fine. The damage is done. It's spilled milk under the bridge.
06-11-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for June 10-11, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Texas
• Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding – Southern Florida
• Excessive Heat – California to the Southwest and Southern Plains to the Southeast
• Tropical Activity
Atlantic: Disturbance 1 – Low (20%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• Request: Major Disaster Declaration – PR
• Approved: Major Disaster Declaration – ID/MS
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
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06-11-2024 - NOAA Aviation Weather - 7:16 AM - KSPS 111152Z 09007KT 10SM BKN090 21/18 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW SLP125 T02060183 10222 20200 55001
KSPS 111120Z 1112/1212 11006KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 BKN090
TEMPO 1112/1114 5SM -SHRA BKN020 OVC035
FM111400 15008KT P6SM -SHRA SCT015 BKN025
TEMPO 1114/1118 4SM -TSRA BKN015CB
FM111800 14008KT P6SM BKN040
TEMPO 1118/1122 4SM -TSRA BKN015CB
FM120000 13005KT P6SM BKN100
06-11-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 9am and 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southeast in the evening.
06-11-2024 - 6:31 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hours - Radio Blackouts (Moderate) Solar Radiation Storms (None) Geomagnetic Storms (None)
06-11-2024 - 6:31 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls water supply reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 78.2% Kemp: 100.0% Kickapoo 79.9%. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
06-11-2024 - 6:54 AM - ERCOT (Texas) snapshot of grid conditions - ERCOT reports that conditions are normal and there is enough power for current demand with an operating reserve of 7,738 Megawatts.
06-11-2024 - Good Morning! According to news reports, Smoothie King will open its first Wichita Falls location on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 2823 Southwest Parkway. I probably won't be a customer, but I hope they do well anyway. I don't need a smoothie. I've got Folgers Black Silk coffee right here!
06-10-2024 - Man does not live by Morse code alone, so I stopped by the new Apache Lonestar Casino in Devol, Oklahoma. My wife left $4.30 richer and me $20 poorer. I visit casinos once every five years or so, whether I need to or not!
06-10-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring for June 7-10, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• No new significant incidents / operations
Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Northern Plains and Southeast
• Excessive Heat – California and Southeast
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• No new declaration activity
Event Monitoring:
• No significant events
06-10-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Communications Commission - IN THE MATTER OF SECURE INTERNET ROUTING. The FCC adopted an NPRM to increase the security of the information routed across the internet and promote national security by requiring broadband providers to report on their progress in addressing vulnerabilities in the Border Gateway Protocol\r\n. (Dkt No 22-90 24-146). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 2024-06-06 by NPRM. (FCC No. 24-62). PSHSB. Contact: Bradley Rosen.
06-10-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. East northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%