• 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.

3/20: FCST: Saturday in IL/MO/KY

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It looks marginally interesting south of MI... (as usual)... Decent SBCAPE, decent 0-6km deep-layer shear and some good decent SRH for rotating storms. I may think of heading out if I can see slightly stronger CAPE...

Discuss SAT:
 
I think most convection in my area at least will be elevated convection on Friday night into early Saturday with small hail being the main threat. The day Saturday might see some action south along the Ohio River and Kentucky but hail and straight line winds still seem to be the main concern.
 
Saturday

Depending on how tomorrow morning's analysis turns out, I'm planning on Morehead, Kentucky for a Saturday evening lightning show. Higher bases = photogenic lightning!
 
I'm starting to be a bit scared. It looks like things will be in the right place at the right time for a change. Looking at the 0Z model runs on Unisys, the best shear appears to be around 18Z. I'm not too impressed with the speed shear, but the directional isnt horrible. A nice instability axis extending from eastern OK northeastward into swrn OH. As the front passes SE thru the region, storms will fire pretty well. I'm not too optimistic about much severe weather, but just getting some thunder in this part of the world will be nice. My opinion is that SPC is a bit over ambitious, at least in the immediate vicinity of the Ohio River, but we'll see. The terrain here is pretty poor, so I don't plan on going anywhere, but if anything interesting happens, I'll let everyone know.


Ben
 
Heading to Cookevile/Crossville, TN area...looking quite nice 8) Granted, chances of tornadoes are pretty darn slim, but it's spring :D

Angie
 
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