For enthusiasts, by enthusiasts with zero compromises. This was the guiding principle behind the development of GWES WeatherRadio, our brand-new public service built from the ground up. Inspired by other services, we’ve incorporated unique improvements to create the ideal platform for streaming your weather radio station […]
If you had told our original founders back in 2015 that the Global Weather & EAS Society would amass a Discord member base that exceeds 1,000 members, we would have said one thing: “Impossible. There is no way that there are that many people are interested […]
The world of free and open weather information distribution is undergoing a major transformation. In a groundbreaking announcement, the Global Weather & EAS Society has revealed its latest collaboration with the renowned Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM), led by Daryl Herzmann, to bring the official IEMBot accounts […]
It all started with the potential for severe weather appearing on long-range weather models. Suddenly, everything changed within a matter of days, and in some cases, hours. In this extended edition of Inside Look, we examine each step in covering this rapidly intensifying system. Initial Warning […]
The Global Weather & EAS Society has come a long way in it’s history since 2015. This year, on March 16th 2023, we are celebrating our 6th year on our Discord server. We are also happy to report that we have seen our biggest growth in […]
The Global Weather & EAS Society released it’s biggest changes to the look of the community in it’s history on Tuesday. A late night vote within the GWES staff ended in the approval to terminate all of our old branding, in favor of the new one. […]
The Global Weather & EAS Society released it’s public EAS resources for the 2023 calendar year Sunday. Along with these resources, GWES has also made some changes to improve the user experience on the website. The testing calendars and EAS map have been GWES’s flagship resources […]
Darren Blair, Cove Leader-Press newspaper (https://www.coveleaderpress.com/) Pop quiz. You’re preparing for work one morning when you get a group text message on your phone… a message sent to you and quite literally everyone else who works at the company you do. Seems some shenanigans have gone […]
You may have heard the term “GWES Media” thrown around lately. You may ask yourself, “what in the world is GWES Media?” We take an inside look into who they are, and what they do for the community! Who makes it up? With new changes across […]
When you think of SKYWARN, you probably think of incessant amber lighting, car-mounted weather doohickeys, and high-adrenaline chasing of severe weather. But in reality, there is a much more safe- and humble- side to it. Yesterday, the National Weather Service (NWS) and Amateur Radio Relay League […]