The last Advanced Skywarn Spotter training for Spring will be held this Tuesday, online webinar, at 6:30PM.
If you haven’t had a chance to get basic training, there are two courses available online, self-led, to catch you up. There’s also an in-person training in Selma, AL at Wallace Community College, on April 18.
For more info, or to register for the final online webinar, please visit:
The Birmingham NWS Forecast Office has a new item on their webpage. It is the new way they are doing the Multimedia Briefings. They currently have a/an descriptive/instructional video showing the new arrangement.
If you look at and use the Multimedia Briefing for anything please click the following link and share it with others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFV_A7mxBAsThe Birmingham NWS Forecast Office has a new item on their webpage. It is the new way they are doing the Multimedia Briefings. They currently have a/an descriptive/instructional video showing the new arrangement.
If you look at and use the Multimedia Briefing for anything please click the following link and share it with others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFV_A7mxBAs Continue reading
…NWS BIRMINGHAM ADDS TWITTER FOR REPORTING STORM DAMAGE…EFFECTIVE TODAY…NWS BIRMINGHAM IS OFFICIALLY TWEETING. FOR ALL THE PARTICULARS…PLEASE VISIT OUR NEW TWITTER WEB PAGE AT:BY FOLLOWING OUR HANDLE @NWSBIRMINGHAM ON TWITTER…FOLLOWERS WILL BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THE SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCTS WE ISSUE…INCLUDING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS…TORNADO WARNINGS…AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. NOT ONLY THAT…FOLKS WILL GET A TWITTER PIC OF THE ACTUAL WARNING POLYGON!WITH REGARDS TO SUBMITTING STORM REPORTS ON TWITTER..WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF GEOTAGGING STORM REPORTS WHEN USING EXISTING HASHTAGS SUCH AS #ALWX. WE REALIZE THAT MANY FOLKS ARE CONSCIOUS ABOUT POSTING THEIR LOCATIONS FOR PRIVACY CONCERNS…BUT WHEN IT COMES TO STORM REPORTS…THE ACCURACY THAT GEOTAGGING OFFERS IS A VAST IMPROVEMENT OVER SOMEONE TWEETING THEY HAVE LARGE HAIL IN HOOVER. ENABLING GEOTAGGING DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY POST YOUR LOCATION WITH EVERY TWEET…BUT IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO PROVIDE YOUR LOCATION WHEN YOU DECIDE TO. GEOTAGGED REPORTS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO HELP WITH THE WARNING PROCESS FOR THE COMMUNITY!WE ARE EXCITED TO BE EXPANDING OUR PRESENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA.Continue reading
The National Weather Service has started an experimental program for submitting storm reports via Twitter!
Details can be found here.
GeoTagging (more from Twitter) is the act of associating geographical information with something, and Twitter has recently added the capability GeoTagging individual Tweets. This allows the NWS to correlate each Tweet to your location when it was sent. This capability will help to enhance and increase timely & accurate online weather reporting and communications between the public and their local weather forecast offices.If Geotagging is available on your 3rd party Twitter application:If Geotagging is NOT available on your 3rd party Twitter application:
- First make sure geotagging is turned on for your 3rd party Twitter app.
- Second make sure geotagging is turned on for your twitter account page.
- Through the web page: http://twitter.com/account/settings
- From your mobile device: http://twitter.com/account/settings/geo
- Now Submit your Tweet report via your 3rd party app in the following format: #wxreport <your signifcant weather report>
- Log in to your twitter account via the web or mobile device.
- Submit your Tweet report in the following format: Continue reading
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