• 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.

"Black Swan" Hurricanes?

Cat6 hasn't come up because it's not needed. For the same reason we don't need EF6 tornadoes :)

I don't recall seeing a theoretical max wind speeds for hurricanes though.
 
Yeah, sure, there could be a particularly intense category 5 hurricane that contains winds that in areas could exceed 200 mph in brief bursts...maybe once every 200 years. So?
 
They don't teach physics in Skywarn classes anymore ;)

Yes. Those were the days, like learning how to plot upper air charts from raw data and making forecast maps for chasing long before there was internet data. My Skywarn was my mentor at the NWS in Tucson and the Atmospheric Sciences Library at the University of Arizona.:confused:
 
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