Severe WX Alerts for Racine, WI

Short Term Forecast - Racine (Wisconsin)

MONTELLO... BERLIN... FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN... BARABOO... PORTAGE... WISCONSIN DELLS... BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON... DODGEVILLE... MADISON... JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS... WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD... MILWAUKEE... DARLINGTON... MONROE... JANESVILLE... BELOIT... ELKHORN... LAKE GENEVA... RACINE... KENOSHA 948 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

.NOW...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WINTER STORM WARNING HAVE BEEN POSTED AND ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN MANY LOCATIONS SINCE 7 PM CST. BETWEEN 930 PM CST AND MIDNIGHT... LOOK FOR THE SNOW COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TO GRADUALLY INCREASE IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. AREAS WITHIN 50 MILES OF LAKE MICHIGAN COULD SEE A FEW BURSTS OF MODERATE SNOW AT TIMES GIVEN THE EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE LAKE.

EVEN WITH THE TREND OF INCREASING SNOW THIS EVENING... ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A MUCH BETTER CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM TUESDAY.

GIVEN THE LIGHT SNOW... MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL USE A BIT OF CAUTION ON LESS TRAVELED ROADS THIS EVENING. EVEN A DUSTING OF SNOW CAN CREATE A FEW SLICK SPOTS. TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 20S NEAR THE LAKE... AND LOWER TO MID 20S WELL INLAND.

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY.

$$ FRANKS Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

---

Severe WX Alerts for Racine, WI

Winter Storm Warning - Racine (Wisconsin)

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY...

.SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION... INCREASING EAST WINDS ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT... AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WHERE LAKE EFFECT PROCESSES WILL INCREASE THE SNOWFALL.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS NORTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL EXTEND WEST FROM THE SURFACE LOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PERSISTENT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA CONTINUES TO DEEPEN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... INCREASING NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT.

THE SNOW WILL END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING... BUT THE WINDS WILL NOT DECREASE UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WIZ051-052-059-060-065-066-071-072-091215- /O.CON.KMKX.WS.W.0002.100209T0600Z-100210T1200Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN... WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON... WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD... MILWAUKEE... RACINE... KENOSHA 1003 PM CST MON FEB 8 2010

... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING... PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO STEADY SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS... EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL TURN TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE FOR A TIME TUESDAY NIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR A TIME NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN.

* IMPACTS... HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND A RELATIVELY DRY POWDERY SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN CONTINUED TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST... ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$ Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage

---

ARRL Amateur Radio News

Youth@HamRadio.Fun: Ham Radio 2.0

---

The K7RA Solar Update

---

Surfin': Viewing the New Star of Ham Radio

---

Minutes of 2010 Annual Meeting Posted

---

MARS Unifies Operation in Support of Haiti Relief Effort

---

ARRL Continuing Education Online Course Registration

---

300 Feet of Cooperation

---

NCVEC Releases Second Technician Question Pool

---

2010 Field Day Packets Now Available

---

Illinois Teams with Amateur Radio Operators to Create RACES Program

---

Meeting Notice

The next monthly meeting of the Racine Megacycle Club will be Monday February 8th at 7:30pm at the Red Cross Building 4521 Taylor Avenue in Racine, WI.

---

Fox Hunt

The next Fox Hunt will be Friday February 5, 2010 at 7:30 PM. Participants will meet at the west end parking lot at Regency Mall in Racine, WI.

---

2010 Board

• President: Cathy Markstrom KC9EOW
• Vice-President: Paul Giannoni KC9PG
• Treasurer: --OPEN--
• Secretary: --OPEN--
• Activities Manager: Dave Voss WB9USI

---

CTCSS Tone Access on 147.27MHz

Attention all hams

Due to a change initiated by the Wisconsin Association of Repeaters, the two meter Lakeshore repeater has added a CTCSS. (CA) or carrier access is not allowed per the co-ordination body of Wisconsin, this is a mandate. Their website is http://www.wi-repeaters.org.

The new settings are: 147.270MHz+ tone127.3Hz.

Questions about the system can be sent to president@kr9rk.org.

---

Wildhams

The Wildhams was started by Dan (KA9OIL) here in Racine. We are a group of Ham radio operators (some not) who love motorcycles and the thrills that come with the great outdoors.

http://wildhams.shutterfly.com/

---

Racine Red Cross Building for Sale

As part of a restructuring, the American Red Cross next week will put its office building at 4521 Taylor Ave. on the market. The asking price on the two-story, 7,719-square-foot building has not yet been determined.

Read More

---

Root River Floods Racine Neighborhoods

Area hams are still on standby after the Root River floods Racine, WI neighborhoods. The Root River was at record 11.3 feet at 9:30 am Monday June 9th, 2008. The highest level ever recorded was 8.54 feet in 1961. Many basements were flooded and some residents were forced to evacuate. See pictures

UPDATE June 16, 2008 - Governor Jim Doyle announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has declared a state of disaster for Racine county, bringing the number of Wisconsin counties where individual assistance is available to seven. The designation frees up federal aid, including grants and low-interest loans.

• Racine County Emergency Management
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• City of Racine Flood Information Page

---

W9UDU Station Activated for Disaster

"We were ready to go when activated. I couldn't be more proud of our volunteers. We will work with the responding agencies as long as they need us. We'll take what we've learned this time and use it to improve our response in the future." Voss said. More

---

Morse Code Requirement

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 97
WT Docket No. 04–140, WT Docket No. 05–235; FCC 06–178
Amateur Service Rules
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission amends its Amateur Radio Service rules to remove the requirement that an individual must pass a Morse code telegraphy examination to qualify for a General Class or an Amateur Extra Class amateur radio service operator license. The Commission also revises the frequency segment of the 80 meter amateur service High Frequency (HF) band on which amateur stations are authorized to be automatically controlled when transmitting RTTY an data emission types, and it make other conforming amendments to the amateur service rules.

DATES: Effective February 23, 2007.

---

Celebrating a Century of Communicating

Joseph Knox uses a long-range, high-frequency radio to try and reach Dave Voss, the emergency coordinator for the Racine County Amateur Radio Emergency Service, as Voss travels in Oklahoma Thursday. Members of the Racine County Amateur Radio Service, The Racine Megacycle Club and the Lakeshore Repeater Association were celebrating the centennial of the first radio voice broadcast during an open house Thursday at the Volunteer Center of Racine County.
-The Racine Journal Times

---

Racine Megacycle Club and Lakeshore Repeater Association ARRL Sites of the Week

From August 12, 2006 Article:

This is going to be a one of a kind feature this week. Our usual site of the week will be a "two-fer" and at the end of the message will be a reminder of a very special special event.

For the site(s) of the week, we leave the sunny tropics from last week and travel about 2,100 NNW to the cities of Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin to join Alexander Voss, N9RGX and members of the Racine Megacycle Club as well as Lakeshore Repeater Association as they say Hello on their links sections. This is yet another beautiful section of our country. I spent part of a summer in Wisconsin as a Boy Scout and returned there a couple of years back. The first listing as a photo of what would appear to be their QSL card and it shows a great water/skyline shot. Hope the fishing in that water is as good a I remember from many years ago on my Scouting adventures.

Jim McDonald, KB9LEI
ARRL PR Committee
Muncie, IN ARC Public Information Officer

When All Else Fails...
...Amateur Radio
Please visit: hello-radio.org

---

Ham Radio Events Calendar

A Local area Ham Radio events calendar is now available at The Racine Hams Yahoo Group
(Requires Yahoo ID and Group Subscription)

---

The MegaWiki is live!

The MegaWiki's focus is to allow local amateur radio organizations in Wisconsin to freely create, edit and exchange documents using any web browser by allowing users to easily upload, edit, and interlink pages. The MegaWiki allows us to collaborate freely and more effectively.

Check out the Megawiki!

---

Publications

The following is a list of articles published about the Racine Megacycle Club.

• 2007 Radio operators have a field day
• 2007 Quest for Free Summer Fun
• 2007 Phyllis Sides: Requirements dropped for Morse code, but don't expect it to disappear completely
• 2006 Megacycle Club Bubbler Site of the Week
• 2005 Field day helps connect radio enthusiasts
• 2005 Invisible airwaves to crackle with life during local hams' Field Day activities
• 2004 Mike Moore: Hamming it up in Racine
• 2004 Ham radio operators ready to sign on for 71st year of fun

---