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The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES)
The Amateur Radio Emergency Service [ARES] is the field arm of the Amateur Radio Relay League [ARRL]. The League deals with all aspects of Amateur Radio, including legislation, licensing, and contests; the ARES branch specifically handles field communications, particularly during emergencies. When you hear in the news that Amateur Radio operators were part of a search and rescue operation, assisted in getting aid to a ship in trouble at sea, or provided communications for a Red Cross shelter, you're hearing about an ARES function.
You become an ARES amateur radio operator by joining ARRL, but a "Ham" does not need to be a member of ARRL to participate in ARES. If you become an Emergency Coordinator [EC], you do need to join the ARRL.
The Kenosha County Emergency Coordinator is Cathy Markstrom, KC9EOW
The Racine County Emergency Coordinator is Jim Markstrom, KB9MMA
Download the ARES Application (PDF 22.8kB)
Download Blank Radiogram Forms (PDF 14.1kB)
ARES Practice Weather Net for net control operators
The Kenosha County ARES Yahoo Group
Racine, Wisconsin - (WIZ071)Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Wisconsin Issued by NOAA's National Weather ServiceShort Term Forecast - Racine (Wisconsin) .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 Winter Storm Warning - Racine (Wisconsin) .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. | Kenosha, Wisconsin - (WIZ072)Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Wisconsin Issued by NOAA's National Weather ServiceShort Term Forecast - Kenosha (Wisconsin) .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 Winter Storm Warning - Kenosha (Wisconsin) .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. |
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