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  • After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

06/03/05 FCST: Plains

Will go ahead and post the parameters from 0z GFS as well, since there is a glaring discrepancy between the models tomorrow - - -

0-1 km SRH - around 150 range all areas; CAPE - 1800-2000 J/kg in Nebraska, with 2800 J/kg in northeast Kansas; 0-1 EHI is around 1 all areas; LCL height - under 1000 in southern Nebraska, northeast Kansas; LFC height - around 1600

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Honestly, in looking at parameters across the board from both NAM and GFS, I'm not impressed with tomorrow yet using either model. It would be considered as a 'marginal' to 'good' day by most standards, with the possibility of isolated supercells and isolated, short-lived tornadoes - but I'll still take it. If closer runs of RUC swing closer to GFS I may be inclined to stay closer to home tomorrow - but this is yet another time I will wait and see which solution appears more stable to the SPC. Will see how it looks when I wake up.
 
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