• 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.

10/9/05 FCST: Tropical Storm Vince

  • Thread starter Thread starter Jason Toft
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Jason Toft

Vince has formed!

More than that, it has formed in a very rare spot, climotologically. It formed off the NW coast of Africa, NNW of the Azores, I think. (I'm not up to date on my islands)

As the thread in the Weather Lab has noted, the NHC has the storm, through a 3-day track, heading NE towards Portugal and Spain. They have it being absorbed by a front before getting close to land. I'm inclined to think the same way.

Jason
 
Vince is now a hurricane. :shock:
Estimated sustained winds: 75 mph
Estimated minimum central pressure: 987 mb
Satellite presentation pretty decent for this little oddball, with small ragged eye within small circulation. Vince is going to accelerate northeastwards and start to weaken in about 6-12 hours. The NHC calls for Vince to be completley absorbed by the front in 48 hours, however I think there is a chance Vince could reach the northwest coast of Portugal as a minimal T.S. before it is absorbed due to his rapid acceleration and fairly close proximity to the coast. The weirdest thing is is that Vince formed over 73-75 degree waters! How weird is that?
Now we await Wilma (who may be trying to form from the remnants of S.D. 22 southwest of Bermuda)
And if Alpha follows on the heels of Wilma, 2005 becomes the most active hurricane season on record.
It is almost probable that it will occur.
 
This is insane! How the hell Vince formed over such "normal" water? But its just amazing, I have never seen a hurricane track on the Europe maps! 8)

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Maybe someone of you have any statistics about hurricanes or tropical storms so close to Europe? Thanks!

-Marko
 
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