• 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.

Anyone seen video/photos of the Brooklyn NY tornado yesterday?



I doubt there are any, this was an early morning event, it was probably too dark to see anything. I've noticed over the years that in the Southern CT/NYC area it's not uncommon for a severe thunderstorm/supercell to come through right about at dawn. I've seen this happen many times, but I have no idea why that time period is so favorable, you would think it would be just the opposite.
 
I doubt there are any, this was an early morning event, it was probably too dark to see anything. I've noticed over the years that in the Southern CT/NYC area it's not uncommon for a severe thunderstorm/supercell to come through right about at dawn. I've seen this happen many times, but I have no idea why that time period is so favorable, you would think it would be just the opposite.
Basically, in the noctural storm events, the low level jet strengthens, the mixing level lowers, moisture advection increases, and the cap weakens. The resulting instabilty leads to the formation of nightime/early moring thnderstorms.
It's of course more complicated than that, but that's the basic idea.
 
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