Call for weather spotters

The National Weather Service is conducting Skywarn Weather Spotter  training in Pacific Beach on May 18th, hosted by the Quinault Nation and Grays Harbor County Emergency Management.  The training will be held at  the Pacific Beach Fire Station and run from 630 to 9 PM. It includes how the weather spotter program works, and how to look for and report  significant weather events.

Skywarn weather spotters report event-driven significant weather such as strong winds, accumulating snow, heavy rain amounts, coastal flooding and much more. The training includes handout materials and video instruction and demonstrations. Anyone can participate. The minimum requirement is a phone. More weather spotters are needed in the North Coast region and the county. 

Registration for the training is open now. To RSVP, contact Rich Bly of Quinault Nation Public Safety at 360-276-4405 x669 or rbly@quinault.org.  Class capacity is 50, so register early.  For the weather spotter training announcement, visit the National Weather Service Seattle web site at weather.gov/seattle and click on the headline.  For more information about the weather spotter program as well, click on the 

Spotters link.