As this 'winter that never really was' begins to wind down, it's time to start thinking about this upcoming severe weather season. It's that time of year again where the surrounding National Weather Service offices will hold their annual Severe Weather Spotter classes.
Weather spotters play such an important role when severe weather, and winter weather, threaten. Your eyes and ears are the ground truth as to what's going on! Not only do the meteorologists at the NWS rely on your reports, but we do too! During the class you'll talk about how to remain safe when storms threaten, the difference between a wall cloud and shelf cloud, what types of reports are useful, funnel cloud versus tornado, basic thunderstorm structure, etc. It's a wonderful time - free of charge- and you gain a lot of valuable information!
Here's a listing of the classes divided by which county is covered by which National Weather Service office:
Southern Wisconsin (Rock, Green and Walworth counties)
North-central/north-east Illinois (Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Ogle, Lee and DeKalb counties)
Northwest Illinois (Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Carroll and Whiteside counties)
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