Live Online Spotter Training This Thursday and Friday

Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

Here is an announcement about our premiere live online spotter training!

For the first time ever from NWS Indianapolis, live storm spotter training will be conducted on Facebook Live this Thursday and Friday from 6 PM to about 7 PM EDT. There is no need to have a Facebook account to watch, but having an account allows you to interact. To visit our Facebook page go to https://www.facebook.com/NWSIndianapolis or go to our website at www.weather.gov/ind then click on the Facebook logo.

Hosted by Lead Forecaster, Jason Puma, the first hour, on Thursday, will be part 1 of 2, then the training concludes Friday. Learn about storm structure, key cloud features, what information to include in your storm reports, methods of contacting us, and more! Become eyes and ears for the National Weather Service. Your contribution to storm spotting could help save money or even lives!