Hello all ,

I am writing this tonight for the ability to do a project with the National Severe Storm Lab . All Members can Participate. Lets Make LWB and the Storm Surge LLC Team known

I Dean D Davison have committed to make these observations as per Storm Surge LLC .

INFO

The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) needs YOUR help with a research project!

If you live in the area shown on the map, the the Precipitation Identification Near the Ground project (PING) wants YOU to watch and report on precipitation.

PING is looking for young, old, and in-between volunteers to make observations—teachers, classes and families too! We have collected over 45,000 observations since 2006, already making PING successful because of your help.

PING volunteers can spend a little or a lot of time making observations. The basic idea is simple: NSSL will collect radar data from NEXRAD radars in your area during storm events, and compare that data with YOUR observations.

Why? Because the radars cannot see close to the ground, we need YOU to tell us what is happening.

Are snowflakes fallin' on your head? Are you getting pinged by hail? Tell us where you are and what is hitting the ground. NSSL scientists will compare your report with what the radar has detected, and develop new radar technologies and techniques to determine what kind of precipitation – such as snow, soft hail, hard hail, or rain-is falling where.

The report is easy! Click on the "I Want to Volunteer!" button (or the report form link to the left) to check it out. We only ask for the date, time, location, and precipitation type. If you would like to report temperature, wind speed and direction, we will take that too – but it is not required. There is no commitment, and no minimum amount of reports.

We need as many observations as we can get! Follow this project and others on the NSSL Facebook page!

Please note: While these data are important, safety is absolutely essential. Please read the safety tips here.

Read more about the the PING project and radar research at NSSL

Reports Can Be Made Here

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/projects/ping/

Reports Thru Here and to make it easier i will be Making a group where u can add your observations to LWB and we will do the Data input

Source NSSL

Dean D Davison

Storm Surge LLC

Lead Forecaster /Weather Manager