Starting in September of 2003, this site began as an outlet for my love of technology and meteorology. As an IT professional, I use this site as a test-bed, allowing me to work with HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, and even C++ in a fun environment. Admittedly, I work on this site more than I probably should — I'm always finding new content and features to integrate, but at this point I consider it mostly done. The additions and modifications I make now mostly involve adding new features and finding new ways to implement existing content… this is the fun stuff.

For the last several years I've made it a point to attend the Weather Spotters Training Sessions offered by our local NWS office, and have even attended the Weather Symposiums put on every other year. These programs provide the basic training necessary to enable weather spotters to provide severe and hazardous weather reports to the weather service.

Amateur radio operators play an important role in this process. I've made several storm reports over the last few years, but I was really missing a big part of it by not being a licensed amateur radio operator. Both my oldest son and I have since earned our Technician's license. I've started attending our local county's Amateur Radio Club and joined the ARRL — I'm really excited about becoming more involved with the amateur radio community and continuing my involvement with storm spotting.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out using the contact form below. I hope you've enjoyed visiting this site and that you'll come back from time to time to see what the weather is like in my corner of paradise.