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SKYWARN® And Weather Information For Bergen and Passaic County NJ And Surrounding Areas In Northeast New Jersey


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A Bergen County NJ SKYWARN Spotter Training Class 

Was Held On May 22 2018 

Over 100 New And Re-Trained SKYWARN Spotters Took Part

!!! Pictures From The Class Are Now Available !!!

BergenSkywarn Contact Information

CLICK HERE For The Current Severe Weather Outlook

CLICK HERE For The Current Hazardous Weather Outlook

(And Local SKYWARN Activation Information)

From The NWS New York NY

CLICK HERE For The Enhanced Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook

From The NWS New York NY 

BergenSkywarn's Amateur Radio Callsign

WX2BC

During Severe Weather Listen For SKYWARN^® Amateur Radio Nets On

146.700 Mhz, Negative 600 Khz Input Offset, PL 141.3

This Frequency Can Also Be Programmed Into Most Public Safety Type Scanners

SKYWARN Nets Are No Longer Conducted on the NJ2PC (440.950 Mhz) Repeater

BergenSkywarn Provides NWS Pinpoint Forecasts

And Weather Safety Information For Local Special Events

!!!...NWS New York (Upton) NY Spotter Information Page....Severe Weather Information And More...CLICK ON This Message Box For More Information...!!!

Warm Season SKYWARN^® Activation And Reporting Criteria

Cool Season SKYWARN^® Activation And Reporting Criteria
How To Accurately and Correctly Measure Frozen Precipitation Types

Official NWS Definitions Of Key Weather Terms

(Frozen and Non-frozen Precipitation Types, Severe Weather And Others)

BergenSkywarn and Bergen County RACES Operated ARRL Field Day 2016

Mike Adams, WA2MWT, SK Tribute Webpage

With Pictures From The October 13th Ramsey NJ EOC

Renaming Ceremony In Honor Of Mike Adams

NWS New York (Upton) NY Annual Open House

Was Held On Sunday August 7 2011

Pictures From The NWS New York (Upton) NY Open House Event 

And The Newly Expanded Amateur Radio Station WX2OKX

NWS Reports On Significant Weather In The Greater NNJ Area

Tornadic Event In New York City - September 16 2010

Severe Thunderstorms Impact Northern Bergen County July 19 2010

Hail And Severe Thunderstorm In Bergen County NJ - June 15 2009

Tornado Warnings Issued For Bergen County NJ And New York City - August 15 2008

Confirmed Microburst In Harrington Park NJ - August 6 2008

An EF-2 Tornado Touchdown Confirmed In New York City - August 8 2007

  Severe Weather Event In Bergen County NJ - May 16 2007

Review More Significant Local And Regional Weather Events From 2007 And Previous Years

Bergen County NJ SKYWARN^® Net Training Presentations

A Series Of 4 On-line Interactive Web-based Training Exercises

Presenting The Operational Procedures For Bergen County SKYWARN^® Nets

Northeast NJ Severe Weather Outlooks, Watches, Warnings and Forecasts:

• NWS New York (Upton) NY Current Hazardous Weather Outlook (Includes SKYWARN Activation Potential)
• NWS New York NY Enhanced Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook
  
  
• NWS Current 7 Day Pinpoint Weather Forecasts For Bergen County NJ:
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Central (Ridgewood) Bergen County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For South Central (Hackensack) Bergen County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Northwestern (Ramsey) Bergen County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Northeastern (River Vale) Bergen County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Eastern (Fort Lee) Bergen County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Western (Franklin Lakes) Bergen County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Southern (Rutherford) Bergen County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
    
    
• NWS Current 7 Day Pinpoint Weather Forecasts For Passaic County NJ:
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Southeastern (Clifton) Passaic County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Northern (Wanaque) Passaic County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS Current Forecasts, Watches And Warnings For Northwestern (West Milford) Passaic County NJ (NWS New York (Upton) NY)

Doppler 88D Radar For Northeast NJ And General Doppler Radar Information:

• NNJ Regional NWS RIDGE Doppler Radar Sites: (RIDGE - Radar Integrated Display with Geospatial Elements)
  • NWS RIDGE Current Doppler 88D Weather Radar From New York (Upton) NY (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  • NWS RIDGE Current Doppler 88D  Weather Radar From Fort Dix NJ (NWS Mt Holly NJ)
  • NWS RIDGE Current Doppler 88D  Weather Radar From Binghamton NY (NWS Binghamton NY)
  • NWS RIDGE Current Doppler 88D  Weather Radar From Albany NY (NWS Albany NY)

National Severe Weather Watches, Warnings, Advisories And Outlooks:

• NWS SPC Animated Activity Chart (Storm Prediction Center)
  
  
• NWS SPC Current Severe Weather Watches, Warnings, Advisories and Discussions:
  • NWS SPC National Watch, Warning and Advisory Graphic (Storm Prediction Center)
  • NWS SPC Interactive Current Severe Weather Watches (Storm Prediction Center)
  • NWS SPC Current Interactive Mesoscale Discussions (Storm Prediction Center)
    
    
• NWS SPC Convective Outlooks 
  • NWS SPC Day 1 (Today) Convective Outlook (Storm Prediction Center)
  • NWS SPC Day 2 (Tomorrow) Convective Outlook (Storm Prediction Center)
  • NWS SPC Day 3 (2 Days Out) Convective Outlook (Storm Prediction Center)
  • NWS SPC Day 4-8 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook (Storm Prediction Center)

NWS Significant Precipitation and Flooding Outlooks:

• NWS New York (Upton Area Wide Snow, Ice And Liquid Precipitation Forecasted Accumulation Graphic
  
  
• NNE Regional Precipitation Outlooks and Forecasts:
  • NWS Regional Daily Hydrometeorological Discussion - (NWS MARFC)
  • NWS 24 Hour Precipitation Forecast - Northern NJ Area and North (NWS NERFC)
  • NWS 24 Hour Precipitation Forecast - Northern NJ Area and South  (NWS MARFC)
    
    
• HPC National Precipitation Forecast Graphics: 
  • HPC Day 1 (Today's) 24 Hour Total Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (Hydrological Prediction Center)
  • HPC Day 2 (Tomorrow's) 24 Hour Total Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (Hydrological Prediction Center)
  • HPC Day 3 (2 Days Out) 24 Hour Total Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (Hydrological Prediction Center)
  • HPC Days 4-5 (Totals for Both 3 and 4 Days Out) 48 Hour Total Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (Hydrological Prediction Center)
  • HPC 5 Day / 120 Hour Total Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (Hydrological Prediction Center)
  • HPC Excessive Rainfall Potential Forecast (Hydrological Prediction Center)
    
    
• NWS New York (Upton) NY Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Webpage
• NWS Mt Holly NJ Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Webpage

• Direct Links To AHPS Streams And River Data In Bergen County NJ
  • Hackensack River At River Vale (AHPS)
  • Hackensack River at New Milford (AHPS)
  • HoHoKus Brook at Ho-Ho-Kus (AHPS)
  • Pascack Brook at Westwood (AHPS)
  • Ramapo River at Mahwah (AHPS)
  • Saddle River at Lodi (AHPS)
  • Saddle River at Ridgewood (AHPS)
  • Upper Saddle River at Upper Saddle River (AHPS)
    
    
• Direct Links To AHPS Stream And River Data In Passaic County NJ
  • Molly Ann Brook at Haledon (AHPS)
  • Passaic River at Little Falls (AHPS)
  • Passaic River at Pine Brook (AHPS)
  • Pequannock River at Macopin Intake Dam (AHPS)
  • Ramapo River at Pompton Lakes (AHPS)
  • Wanaque River at Wanaque Dam (AHPS)

Winter Weather Information: (Meteorological Winter - December 1 to March 1)

• NWS New York (Upton Area Wide Snow, Ice And Liquid Precipitation Forecasted Accumulation Graphic
  
  
• NWS New York (Upton) NY Winter Weather Information (NWS New York (Upton) NY)
  
  
• NWS Winter Weather Advisory, Watch and Warning Products Criteria (NWS Eastern Region)
  
  
• Local SKYWARN^® Cool Season Activation Criteria (NWS New York (Upton) NY Criteria)
  
  
• How To Accurately Measure Snowfall

NOAA Satellite Imagery: 

• GOES Satellite Visible Images and Loops:
  • NJ Area Close-up Views - Visible (Daylight Hours Only):
    • GOES Satellite Single Image - NJ Area and North Close-up View - Visible
    • GOES Satellite Single Image - NJ Area and South Close-up View - Visible
    • GOES Satellite Loop - NJ Area and North Close-up View - Visible
    • GOES Satellite Loop - NJ Area and South Close-up View - Visible
      
      
  • NE US Sector and NW Atlantic Basin View (Viewable 24 Hours A Day) :
    • GOES Satellite Single Image - NE US Sector and NW Atlantic Basin - Visible
    • GOES Satellite Loop - NE US Sector and NW Atlantic Basin - Visible
      
      
  • Large Scale Views and Composites (Viewable For Local Daylight Hours Only) :
    • GOES Satellite Single East-West Composite Image - Full Northern Hemisphere - Visible
    • GOES Satellite Single Composite Image - Full Disk View - Visible
      
      
• GOES Satellite Infrared Images and Loop:
  • NJ Area Close-up Views - BW Infrared (Viewable 24 Hours A Day):
    • GOES Satellite Single Image - NJ Area and North Close-up View - Infrared
    • GOES Satellite Single Image - NJ Area and South Close-up View - Infrared
    • GOES Satellite Loop - NJ Area and North Close-up View - Infrared
    • GOES Satellite Loop - NJ Area and South Close-up View - Infrared
      
      
• GOES Satellite Images Main Website (Current and Archival GOES Images)

Hurricane And Tropical Weather Information: (Atlantic Hurricane Season June 1 to November 30)

• Current Tropical Weather Activity In The Atlantic Basin:
  • Currently Active Named Atlantic Basin Storms
  • NWS Upton NY Graphical Local Hurricane Forecast And Impacts
  • NWS Upton NY Local Hurricane Statement
    
    
• Latest Tropical Weather Outlook and Discussion For The Atlantic Basin:
  • NHC Graphical Atlantic Basin Hurricane Outlook (NHC)
  • NHC Current Tropical Weather Outlook - Atlantic Basin (NHC)
  • NHC Current Tropical Weather Discussion - Atlantic Basin (NHC)
    
    
• BergenSkywarn 2015 Atlantic Basin Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• NOAA's Updated (August) 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook - (CPC, NHC)
  
  
• Read About Several Changes Starting in 2010 To The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Rating Scale
  
  
• Bergen-Passaic County SKYWARN^® Nets During Tropical Storms or Hurricanes
  
  
• Tropical Storm And Hurricane Local SKYWARN Reporting Criteria
  
  
• The National Hurricane Center - Miami FL (Information, Forecasts, Advisories, etc.)
  
  
• Take A Virtual Tour Of The National Hurricane Center
  
  
• VoIP (Voice Over IP) Hurricane And Weather Net (Amateur Radio Hurricane Reporting)
  
  
• The Hurricane Watch Net (Amateur Radio Hurricane Reporting)
  
  
• WX4HNC - The NHC Amateur Radio Station (Net Operations and Reports on Amateur Radio - 14.325 Mhz USB)
  
  
• Hurricane Awareness and Safety Information (National Hurricane Center)
  
  
• The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
  
  
• NHC Printable Hurricane Tracking Map - Atlantic Region (Requires Adobe Acrobat)
  
  
• NHC Official List Of Future Hurricane/Tropical Cyclone Names
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2014 Atlantic Basin Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2013 Atlantic Basin Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2012 Atlantic Basin Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2011 Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2010 Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2009 Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2008 Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2007 Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2006 Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2005 Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information
  
  
• BergenSkywarn 2004 Archival Named Tropical Storm and Hurricane Information

NWS New York (Upton) NY SKYWARN Information:

SKYWARN^® is a nationwide program of the National Weather Service. SKYWARN^® is sponsored by local NWS offices and consists of over 250,000 trained volunteers from the general public who observe and report hazardous weather.

 

Bergen County is 1 of 5 NJ Counties in the County Warning Area (CWA) of the New York (Upton), NY National Weather Service Forecast Office (NWSFO) which is located on the grounds of the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY (please refer to the NWS New York (Upton) NY SKYWARN^® Program Website for complete information on their SKYWARN^® Program) 

 

The New York (Upton), NY NWSFO CWA covers the 5 NJ Counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic and Union, as well as New York City, Long Island, the Lower Hudson Valley of New York, Southern Connecticut and the surrounding Coastal Waters. The other 16 NJ Counties are in the CWA of the Mt. Holly, NJ NWSFO (please refer to the NWS Mt Holly NJ SKYWARN^® Program Website for more information on their SKYWARN^®  Program).

• What Is SKYWARN^®? - NWS New York (Upton) NY Tri-state SKYWARN^® Program Official Homepage
  • Includes Links To Local SKYWARN Spotter Training Classes (If and When Scheduled), Local Severe Weather Tools And More
    
    
• WX2OKX - The Amateur Radio Station At The NWS New York (Upton) NY
  • ,WX2OKX's Antenna Tower (Plans are in the works for a new Tower in the near future)

SKYWARN^® Activation and Reporting Criteria For Bergen County:

• Warm Season SKYWARN^® Activation And Reporting Criteria
  
  
• Tropical Storm And Hurricane Reporting Criteria
  
  
• Cool Season SKYWARN^® Activation And Reporting Criteria
  
  
• Snowfall Reporting Criteria
  
  
• How To Measure Snowfall

Amateur Radio SKYWARN^® Nets For Bergen and Passaic County NJ:

Bergen and Passaic County Active SKYWARN^® Nets:

• When SKYWARN^® is activated for Bergen County NJ, SKYWARN^® Nets are held on the W2PQG 2 meter Amateur Radio Repeater. The frequency is 146.700 with a Negative 600 Khz Input Offset and a PL of 141.3. For non-Amateur Radio listeners, most public safety type Scanners can be programmed to receive this frequency.
  
  Online Interactive Web-based Training For Bergen County SKYWARN^® Nets
  
  
• Bergen County SKYWARN^® Nets During Tropical Storms or Hurricanes
  
  
• The BergenSkywarn FAQ's Webpage

Online Weather Reports:

• Submit An Online Weather Report Directly To The NWS New York (Upton) NY

BergenSkywarn Featured Articles:

• August 28 2011 - Hurricane Irene Impacts Northern NJ
  
  
• September 16 2010 NWS Special Case Study On The New York City Tornadic Event
  
  
• September 16 2010 NWS Upton NY Confirms 2 Tornados And 1 Macroburst In New York City  (See Photos From The NWS's Storm Damage Survey)
  
  
• August 22 2010 Parts Of Northern NJ Impacted By Heavy Rain And Flooding
  
  
• July 19 2010 Severe Thunderstorms Impact Northern Bergen County
  
  
• February 5-6 2010 NJ Snowfall Event Wrap-up
  
  
• July 7 2009 - Severe Thunderstorm In Bergen County NJ (Includes A Link To The SKYWARN Net Audio Podcast)
  
  
• June 15 2009 - Severe Thunderstorm And Major Hail Event In Bergen County NJ
  
  
• August 15 2008 2 Tornado Warnings Issued For Bergen County And Nearby Areas, Storm Damage Photos
  
  
• August 6 2008 Photos, Doppler And NWS Report Of Microburst Damage In Harrington Park NJ
  
  
• March 8 2008 Photos Of The Effects Of A High Wind Event That Caused Damage, Power And Phone Outages Across NNJ
  
  
• August 14 2005 Ridgewood Bergen County NJ Storm Damage Photos
  
  
• July 27 2005 Bergen County NJ Storm Damage Photos
  
  
• April-May 2005 - Reviews Of All 2005 SKYWARN^® Spotter Training Classes Held In Bergen County NJ
  
  
• May 12 2004 - Ramsey NJ OEM Awarded The Prestigious SkywarnActive Award By The NWS
  
  
• May 12 2004 - Advanced SKYWARN^® Spotter Training Class Mahwah - Bergen County NJ
  
  
• September 18-19 2003 - Hurricane ISABEL Passes To The West Of NNJ
  
  
• July 5 2003 - Remnants Of Tropical Storm BILL Pass ENE Of NNJ
  
  
• May 14 2003 - Ramsey NJ Named By The NWS As A StormReady Community
  
  
• April 19 2002 - NNJ Severe Thunderstorms - SKYWARN^® Net and Reports
  
  
• April 18 And May 15 2002 Bergen County NJ SKYWARN^® Spotter Training Class
  
  
• July 22 2001 NWS New York (Upton), NY Open House - Photos and Story
  
  
• July 11 2001 Bergen County SKYWARN^® Net, Picture and Radar Images
  
  
• July 1 2001 Storm Damage Photos and Story From Ramsey NJ
  
  
• May 29 2001 Bergen County SKYWARN^® Net And NEXRAD Radar Images

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Contact Information:

• Bergen County NJ SKYWARN^® Contacts

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