Become a National Weather Service Storm Spotter

April 19, 3:48 AMDenver Weather ExaminerTony Hake

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The National Weather Service will be conducting storm spotter training at a few places around the metro area over the next couple of weeks.  The Colorado All-Season Spotter Team (CAST) is a volunteer spotter network which provides real-time weather information year round to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Boulder, Colorado.

These are great sessions for anyone wanting to learn more about the severe weather we experience in Colorado.  All training is free and the sesssion lasts two or thr.  Topics include:

• Basics of thunderstorm development
• Fundamentals of storm structure
• Identifying potential severe weather features
• Information to report
• How to report information
• Basic severe weather safety

To learn more about the program, see here:  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/awebphp/spotter.php

To view more information on this week’s training as well as future dates, see here:  http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/?n=spot_training

I attended a training session in Westminster last month and it was very interesting.  Even if you don't want to be a spotter, you can learn a lot!