• 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.

2/17/08 Winter Storm NOW: KS/MO/IA/NE/WI/IL

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In Overland Park (KC suburb), we moved over from sleet to moderate snow as of 6am, we already have a quick 1/2" of snow here and the flakes are growing ever larger. This is a full 2-3 hours earlier than the models had showed the switch-over. Given this situation..we may be getting more than the 4" forecasted. :cool:
 
Wow what a storm..Huge rain shield over IL and a heavy snow swath over IA and WI. Here in RFD we have had Mod /HVY rain and as a result and expected Flood Warnings are up as flooding is occuring esp in the streets where drains are clogged by ice and and in low lying areas..
Looks like the dry slot is pushing northward and shows up excellent in WV imagery so some will see a break then get in on the wrap around snow later..but the main Winter show will be in IA and SW WI..
 
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Here in St. Joseph, MO the roads are VERY slick with heavy wet snow. I would guesstimate that we have about 3" so far based on the tracks that I made with my truck on my unplowed road here in town. Another couple of inches are definitely possible before it ends. I will guess we end up with 5" of wet snow.
 
About 0.3" of ice and 31 deg here. Looks like the dry slot is trying to work it's way in..with that and warming temps..that will probably be the extent of the icing. Will be watching the lake effect side of this storm beginning tonight through Tuesday as forecast parameters appear outstanding with plenty of moisture to work with and non existent low-level inversion and favorable wind direction/speed.
 
Very odd snow event that had melting of snow being quicker than accumulation...the total I am estimating was between 3-3.5" here in OP. Temps. have warmed and major snow melt is well underway. Roads are just wet...and slushy in spots.
 
Got 1.3" of rain here. Just changed over to snow a few hours ago but it's too warm to stick with this anemic rate of snowfall. Water is standing all over the place. Still about 7" of VERY wet snow on the ground. The rain has compacted it down a few inches.
 
Storm has come to end here in eastern Wisconsin. Significant QPF here. We received 0.28" of freezing rain at the start and finished with the significant deformation zone total of 7.0" of snow. Pressure dropped as low as 986.0 mb MSLP, which isn't even the lowest pressure in 2008. The parade of strong storms gave us a 985.7 mb MSLP in January. Snow cover is about 20" :eek::eek:
 
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