• 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.

clear air "supercell"

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For those interested, pull up the Flagstaff, AZ, radar. The impressive hook-like echo (clear-air mode) is the pyro plume from the Cave Creek Complex wildfire. Alas, it's apparently making a run this afternoon. :(

You can also see the convergence line of desert and plateau air extending from Flagstaff to southwest of Winslow as it makes its way northeast. This convergence helps to initiate the thunderstorms during the summer monsoons; however it's bone dry today.
 
Now that is interesting. A perfect supercell! Or the ghost of one. Very impressive, amazing even, until you realize that the radar is in clear-air mode, and there's no rotation couplet when you look at velocity. So I guess the huge F5 firewhirl that I immediately imagined was under that thing will probably remain imaginary. Still, it's a very cool image. Thanks for pointing it out.
 
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