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10-11-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – October 10-11, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops:
• TC Milton – Florida
• TC Helene – Southeast and Mid-Atlantic
Hazard Monitoring:
• Rain / Thunderstorms / Flash Flooding – Florida, Coastal Carolinas
• Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Tropical Storm Leslie
• Disturbance 1: Medium (40%)
Disaster Declaration Activity:
• One Amendment issued
Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events
10-11-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 96. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. South southeast wind around 9 mph.
10-11-2024 - 5:09 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 64.6 Kemp: 97.9% Kickapoo 67.6%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 79.6% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
10-11-2024 - 5:09 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hrs: Radio Blackouts (R1 - Minor) Solar Radiation Storms (S3 - Strong) Geomagnetic Storms (G4 - Severe) Current: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S - None) Geomagnetic Storms (G3 - Strong) Solar Wind Speed: 744 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 14 nT, Bz 3 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 216 sfu.
10-11-2024 - 5:09 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 12,503 Megawatts.
10-11-2024 - Good Morning! I have nothing important on the schedule for today. I'll grab another Parks on the Air® station if I can. As of this morning, I have 365 parks in the log. Tomorrow, it's a trip to the 8th & Austin location of the Wichita Falls Farmers Market for salsa. My Folgers Black Silk coffee is ready!
A Case of Hobby Radio Antenna Envy in Wichita Falls
10-10-2024 - I'm waiting for the start of Thursday Night Football. I don't know which I dislike the most, the player interviews or a Kevin Hart commercial. Players and reporters have been recycling the same questions and answers since there was such a thing as players and reporters. As for Kevin Hart, he just needs to sit down and shut up!
10-10-2024 - At 4:50 PM, I hear a scratchy voice on 437.800 MHz, the downlink frequency for the Amateur (ham) Radio repeater aboard the International Space Station. I'm listening on a Bearcat scanner with a discone antenna in the attic. I was probably on the edge of the radio footprint for just a few seconds. Maybe next time! I remember hearing Owen Garriot, W5LFL, the first "Ham in Space", on a scanner with just the set-mounted telescoping antenna. That was in 1983.
10-10-2024 - At least one news report says North Texas might see the "Northern Lights" tonight due to the ongoing geomagnetic storm. That would be nice. I haven't seen the aurora from Wichita Falls since 1989.
10-10-2024 - I made contact with N7BBQ at Big Creek State Park (US-2281) in Iowa 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
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10-10-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – October 9-10, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops
Hurricane Milton (CAT-1) – Florida
Helene – Southeast and Mid-Atlantic
Geomagnetic Storm G4
Hazard Monitoring
Rain/Thunderstorms – Florida
Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Hurricane Milton (CAT-1)
• Hurricane Leslie (CAT-1)
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Event Monitoring
No new significant events
Disaster Declaration Activity
Request: Major Disaster Declaration – Idaho
3 Amendments issued
10-10-2024 - 7:35 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 64.7 Kemp: 98.0% Kickapoo 67.5%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 79.7% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.
10-10-2024 - 7:35 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 9,971 Megawatts.
10-09-2024 - There has been a lot of online chatter about obtaining Amateur (ham) Radio gear and the required license, following Hurricane Helene. A search for "Wichita Falls Area Hams (Amateur Radio Operators)" will lead you to a Facebook page for a local Ham Radio group.
10-09-2024 - From the U.S. Federal Trade Commission - "Marriott settled charges related to a data breach that exposed the information of millions of guests. The company will take steps to better protect customers’ personal information. And it will give customers more control over their information." If you're interested in this topic, just Google it.
10-09-2024 - I made contact with AC3WM at Hillman State Park (US-11697) in Pennsylvania 20 meters (14 MHz) CW (Morse code) in the Amateur (ham) Radio Parks on the Air® program.
10-09-2024 - FEMA National Current Ops / Monitoring – October 8-9, 2024
New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Ops
Hurricane Milton (CAT-5) – Florida
Helene – Southeast and Mid-Atlantic
Hazard Monitoring
Severe Weather/Excessive Rainfall/Flash Flooding – Florida
Tropical Activity:
Atlantic:
• Hurricane Milton (CAT-5)
• Hurricane Leslie (CAT-1)
• Disturbance 1: Medium (40%)
• Disturbance 2: Low (10%)
o Eastern Pacific:
• Disturbance 1: Low (20%)
Event Monitoring
No new significant events
Disaster Declaration Activity
Approval: Emergency Declaration – Seminole Tribe of Florida
Amendment No. 2 to FEMA-4831-DR-VA
10-09-2024 - NWS Forecast - Today: Sunny, with a high near 94. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. South southeast wind around 10 mph.
10-09-2024 - 6:17 AM - According to Water Data for Texas, Wichita Falls reservoirs are: Arrowhead: 64.8 Kemp: 98.1% Kickapoo 67.7%. Monitored Water Supply Reservoirs are 79.9% full. The City of Wichita Falls uses the combined levels of Arrowhead and Kickapoo to determine drought stage.10-09-2024 - 6:17 AM - NOAA SPACE WEATHER - Last 24 Hrs: Radio Blackouts (R3 - Strong) Solar Radiation Storms (S3 - Strong) Geomagnetic Storms (G1 - Minor) Current: Radio Blackouts (R - None) Solar Radiation Storms (S2 - Moderate) Geomagnetic Storms (G - None) Solar Wind Speed: 455 km/sec Solar Wind Magnetic Fields: Bt 5 nT, Bz -5 nT Noon 10.7cm Radio Flux: 225 sfu.