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Weather Volunteers Keep Their Eyes On the Skies:

Posted: 24 Sep 2016 05:00 PM PDT
http://www.eham.net/articles/37610


Sarnia residents Ron Cross and Briana Reide aren't the type to seek shelter
when a storm approaches. As volunteers with CANWARN, the Sarnia couple
instead opts to spot and report what's happening using their ham radio,
providing useful details for Environment Canada weather reports. "They look
at their computers but they can't see what's going on out there," Cross
says. "They rely on us to give them the information. Eyes and ears up." The
Canadian Weather Amateur Radio Network is an organization with volunteers
across the country. A typical volunteer is a ham radio operator who does
what's called "ground-truthing, confirming on the ground what Environment
Canada officials see on radar and satellite images.