Super Typhoon Bavi to Impact Guam and the Mariana Islands; Excessive Rainfall and Flooding Threat in the Mid-Atlantic

Catastrophic Super Typhoon Bavi's eyewall has reached Rota and is expected to bring dangerous winds, heavy rainfall and storm surge to Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan. A Typhoon Warning remains in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall will continue to bring a flooding threat from coastal Mid-Atlantic to southern New England through Monday. Read More >

The National Weather Service office in Paducah, KY will again participate in Skywarn Recognition Day this year. Skywarn Recognition Day is normally the first Saturday in December, and this year is no exception. This is a national event that the Paducah NWS office typically participates in.

The event runs from 00z Saturday (6 P.M. CST Friday) to 24z (6 P.M. CST) Saturday. Please visit the NWS national Skywarn Recognition Day website for more details.

Notes:

The office can be reached on a 2-meter repeater via Echolink. The repeater is the primary repeater used by the Paducah Amateur Radio Association. The repeater call-sign and Echolink node is W4NJA. The frequency is 147.06 MHz with a PL tone of 179.9.
The special event call-sign of W4P has been assigned for the NWS Paducah station during this event.
The primary HF bands that will be worked through the event are 80, 40, and 20 meters. No digital modes will be worked.
No requests for QSL cards please.
Our Twitter feed may contain additional info during the event.
Enjoy the event.

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Super Typhoon Bavi to Impact Guam and the Mariana Islands; Excessive Rainfall and Flooding Threat in the Mid-Atlantic

Ham radio operators: Today is Skywarn Recognition Day