SKYWARN OF MAINE is a Amateur Radio Yaesu System Fusion C4FM Digital and Analog Group. Our mission Is to obtain critical weather information for the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Gray, Maine.

SKYWARN™ is a volunteer program with nearly 290,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the NWS.

Crippling winter storms, high winds, ice storms and blizzards disrupt daily lives and cause substantial economic damage. Northern New England is no exception to these threats with damaging storms occurring numerous times per year.

These events threatened lives and property and because of this we rely heavily on our SKYWARN™ volunteers who call the NWS in Gray, ME to report certain weather conditions.

Since the program started, the information provided by SKYWARN™ spotters, coupled with Doppler-radar technology, improved GOES Satellite and other data, has enabled NWS to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash floods and winter hazards.

For more Information and to obtain a SKYWARN Spotter ID, go to https://www.weather.gov/gyx/skywarn and sign up for training.