• 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.

80 degrees and snowing??

John Vandehei

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I was just looking at the lasted SFC map on the COD weather page and noted the moderate snow symbol next to Terra Haute, which was reporting 80 degrees. Thinking it was likely a computer problem on their (COD's) end, I check the surface map from UW Madison. Same moderate snow symbol. Obviously, it's not snowing there. I don't know where to access past METAR reports. Just wondering if the ASOS kicked out an erroneous report, or if it was a glitch somewhere else.
 
This must be some error with the station itself. Danville has also been reporting light snow all day despite 10 mi visibility and clear skies:

KDNV 131826Z AUTO 23016KT 10SM -SN CLR 25/15 A2991 RMK AO2 T02530148
KDNV 131806Z AUTO 25022G31KT 10SM -SN CLR 26/16 A2995 RMK AO2 T02610162
KDNV 131746Z AUTO 23019G29KT 10SM -SN CLR 26/17 A2996 RMK AO2 T02610173 10263 20195
KDNV 131726Z AUTO 24020G25KT 10SM -SN CLR 26/18 A2996 RMK AO2 T02600180
KDNV 131706Z AUTO 24015G24KT 7SM -SN CLR 25/19 A2995 RMK AO2 T02520185
KDNV 131646Z AUTO 22018KT 7SM -SN SCT024 25/19 A2994 RMK AO2 T02500188
KDNV 131626Z AUTO 23016G24KT 10SM -SN SCT022 SCT028 SCT035 25/19 A2993 RMK AO2 T02480187
KDNV 131608Z AUTO 22018G31KT 7SM -SN SCT022 SCT026 BKN039 25/19 A2991 RMK AO2 T02460191
KDNV 131546Z AUTO 22020G25KT 7SM SCT023 SCT028 BKN039 24/19 A2991 RMK AO2 T02410189
 
Obviously it is instrument error. I would assume it is with the ASOS itself and something in its "precip. detector" being bad. I saw that a few weeks ago at Danville so it must be an ongoing problem.
 
The Danville sensor has been on the fritz for a while, I captured this on May 2nd...

danvillesnow.jpg
 
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