• 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.

Eastern Atlantic May Be Starting Up For 2015

STexan

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A tropical wave in the central Atlantic has the potential to develop into a tropical storm over the next several days. Invest 96L was gradually organizing near 10.0°N and 28.3°W at 1800 GMT Sunday (2:00 pm EDT), moving west at about 15 mph. Showers and thunderstorms (convection) blossomed around the wave on Saturday night before weakening on Sunday. Convection often subsides during the daytime and redevelops at night over incipient tropical cyclones. Invest 96L has a fairly large shield of moist air around it, separating it from a large area of dust and dry area further north and west (see Figure 2 below).
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3073

It's a long shot, I realize, but much of Texas needs the rain at this point in the summer season. The moisture of this spring was nice, but much of northern/central Texas has dried up weeks ago as far as grass/crops are concerned. Maybe the high pressure cap that has taken up residence over Texas will slide far enough off for a few days this early week to allow at least some to get some rain.

And on a side note, Taiwan could potentially be devastated with long lasting extreme winds and torrential rains later in the week with Goni if some models are correct and it traipses slowly across the region at super-typhoon status.
 
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