• 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.

Hail Scale for Chasers and Spotters on Android

Just released version 1.1! This version includes a calibrate button so that you can really dial in the accuracy of the on screen scale. You can do it one time or many and the program will save your setting and adjust automatically every time from then on out. enjoy!
 
Thanks for the App Verne! I'll give it a try this season. The only problem I see is that large sizes will be too big for my phone to measure #firstworldstormchaserproblems ;). That and having to use my smart phone with wet hands to measure hail.

Currently, I have a non electronic, physical "Hail Scale" that I got at a NSWW conference like 8 years ago. Its made from a thin, flexible, plastic material with all the sizes cut out like a pasta measuring stick. It also has a ruler on the side for greater than 3" sizes. This has been my main way to measure since I can just keep it in the sun visor and pull it out in any weather to quickly get a hail size. Unfortunately, mine is starting to crack apart a bit after I left it on the dash and the heat got to it and degraded it. It was made by a company called "Tornado Alley, Inc" out of Perkins, OK. Wish I could find a new one but Google has turned up nothing. I might try and make a new one some how if I can't find the company that sells them. Here's what it looks like. They are really handy!

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Hi Gerard,
I have that exact same plastic Hail Scale and it's great but you're right you can't get them anymore (as much as I can tell). I still have mine in the glovebox but I wanted something digital that everyone could carry. For the larger sizes I've found that you can put most of the curve of the largest object (softball) and still measure off it even on a smartphone. Of course a 7" or larger tablet is no problem. I hope that people won't drip wet hailstones over the phone but hold the phone and hail at arms length out in front of them.
 
I tried the app out last week....( see photo ) but it wouldn't report the hail sizes as the hail was falling onto the screen....am I doing something wrong?


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lol :cool:
 
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