• 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.

11/06/08: IL/IA/MO/AR/LA/MS/TX

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Starting a thread for the Day 2 event, as the "sloppy seconds" squall line marches eastward out of the Plains. The surface low will begin to stack and start spinning down late in the period as upper support wanes, but still has a large thermal gradient to feed off of. The main threats should be straight line winds and hail, but I'm hoping for a sup to root on a leftover boundary. I will be heading out to somewhere in west central or southern IL to see what I can catch.

Any thoughts on Thursday??
 
I was thinking something similar. GFS wants to bring up some moisture as far north as Chicago before the cold front plows through. With near record heating in place before hand this could work to our advantage. I will take a good shelf cloud and some wind/hail to close off the season. Still no CAPE in this area though but it wont take much to at least maintain a line.

With the system slowing down more and more with each run, this scenario grows a little more probable with each day, so it is currently my Plan B if I don't head out Wednesday. Right now it looks like it wants to become cutoff, and will sort of wobble around MN before being ejected east by a kicker wave.

I certainly don't expect tornadoes, but anything is better than nothing.
 
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