Follow-up Reports
SulCom Summer Weather Program
Occasionally Sullivan Weather will request a local net to provide supplemental information for a received report.  When this happens the relay station will use the word "Follow-up" rather than the condition used for a standard report when providing the reply to the request.
The use of "Follow-up" alerts Sullivan Weather that the information about to be received is referenced from an already-observed event rather than a new/separate event.  Initiation of communications for the follow-up report and for the standard report is the same.  However, information in the follow-up report will not necessarily have the same content or format as what would be heard in a standard report.
Relay Station to Sullivan Weather
Here is an example of communications on the backbone (between the Relay Station and Sullivan Weather) for replying to a request for a follow-up report:
Relay Station:  "67 Relay, Follow-up"
Sullivan Weather:  "67 Relay, Go ahead"
Relay Station:  "Reference 4:35pm observation at 0.8 Northeast Oconomowoc,..(information requested by Sullivan Weather)..."
Sullivan Weather: "Roger 67 Relay"
Relay Station: "WA9XXX"
Sullivan Weather: "WX9MKX"
Here is what the above report would look like if the optional lat/long coordinates of 43.15125N 88.49466W are available:
Relay Station:  "67 Relay, Follow-up"
Sullivan Weather:  "67 Relay, Go ahead"
Relay Station:  "Reference 4:35pm observation at 0.8 Northeast Oconomowoc, four three point one five one two five, eight eight point four nine four six six, (information requested by Sullivan Weather)..."
Sullivan Weather: "Roger 67 Relay"
Relay Station: "WA9XXX"
Sullivan Weather: "WX9MKX"
Field Spotter to Local Net/Team Environment
Field spotters can use a similar format for providing followup information to the local net/local team.  However, it is up to the local team management to determine their processes.  Here is what the above would look like
Spotter:  "N9ONE, Follow-up"
NCS:  "Go ahead"
Spotter:  "Reference 4:35pm observation at 0.8 Northeast Oconomowoc,..(information requested by Sullivan Weather)..., N9ONE."
NCS: " WA9YYY"

Here is what the above report would look like if the optional lat/long coordinates of 43.15125N 88.49466W are available:
Spotter:  "N9ONE, Follow-up"
NCS:  "Go ahead"
Spotter:  "Reference 4:35pm observation at 0.8 Northeast Oconomowoc, four three point one five one two five, eight eight point four nine four six six, (information requested by Sullivan Weather)..., N9ONE."
NCS: " WA9YYY"

!! IMPORTANT NOTE !!
 Sullivan Weather will determine the necessity and precedence of follow-up information as they deem necessary.  Follow-up reports are not to be submitted unless specifically requested by Sullivan Weather.
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