If you are one of those people who love and are fascinated by hurricanes, northeasters and blizzards, the National Weather Service wants you.

The National Weather Service will host a severe weather spotter training session tomorrow afternoon at the West Tisbury public safety building. The three-hour class begins at 1 p.m. and is open to anyone who would like to help the weather service when reporting inclement weather.

Called SKYWARN, the program is a service that helps local public safety officials take action in the event of severe weather.

Brad Fligor of Edgartown is a weather enthusiast, ham radio operator and a trained SKYWARN observer. He said he makes about three calls a year to the National Weather Service office in Taunton.

In other parts of the country, SKYWARN observers aid in reporting tornadoes. Volunteers are also trained to look for severe snowstorms and microbursts, among other things.

William Babcock, a meteorologist and SKYWARN program leader for Southern New England, said 5,900 volunteers in the region participate. There are 20 on the Vineyard, and he’d like to see more. “We’d like every citizen of Martha’s Vineyard looking up at the sky,” Mr. Babcock said. The course was last offered on the Island nine years ago.

As sophisticated as weather forecasting has gotten, Mr. Babcock said volunteers remain an integral part of the system. “We have all sorts of great technology, Doppler radar can show us so much more — what people 30 years ago couldn’t see. But as good as the technology is, it doesn’t show everything,” he said.

Mr. Babcock said the training session tomorrow will include instruction in techniques for documenting and reporting severe weather events. “We want your report,” he said. “But we want you to tell us what you see, not what you think.”

For more information about the course call the Taunton National Weather Service office at 508-823-1983.