• 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.

Horizontal Roll Clouds this week...

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This week, I have observed a type of horizontal roll cloud on two occaions: once on Monday morning and then again this morning here in northeast Kansas. On both occasions, the clouds formed behind overnight convection just prior to the skies clearing. This morning's event was not particularly well-defined, but Monday's was. Both events were faintly visible on radar - particularly at the lowest elevation scans.

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While I feel I have some semblance of what causes these, does anyone here want to take a stab at a concise explanation as to the dynamics involved in such an event?

I also used this as my first attempt at stitching together a panoramic image with the Canon PhotoStitch software. While the seams are still visible, I was pleased at how simple the process was...with a little more effort, I'm assuming I could get a fairly good product out of it. I won't insert the pano here since it is so wide, but here's the link to it and more images:
http://www.notesinthemargin.com/archives/402
 
Hey J, I just posted a shot of one I caught in a previous thread. It was actually the base of a large mesocyclone before the parent storm went elevated and orphaned it. The gust front continues to extend out from the storm, condensing rolling convection as it goes, while the storm's updraft long since fizzled and the convection from the tower evaporates.

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