• 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.

Inspeed and Calibration

Eric Whitehill

EF1
Joined
Apr 15, 2005
Messages
91
Location
Upper Midwest
Hi everyone:

I was chasing last night near Fergus Falls, MN and let a nice little shelf hit me. When it hit, I had my Inspeed up on the top of my car, and I registered a 79 MPH wind gust on it.

Two things I am curious about:

1. Is there a way to calibrate these things? I'd like to make sure it is accurate.

2. Can anyone check the KFFM Metar site from around 23:30 to 23:59Z yesterday, June 18th, 2009? I'm curious as to what that site reported, as I was only a few miles SW away from the site.

Thanks.
 
You can check the last numerous METARs for a site at

http://www.uswx.com/us/stn/?stn=KFFM&n=80&code=c

by inputting the number of observations you want to go back, and the 4 letter station ID (KXXX). The site tries to open an advertising popup.

Since KFFM is an AWOS site, it doesn't appear to have a PK WND remark, so there is no guarantee that the highest wind gust on those MTRs was the highest recorded by the AWOS.
 
Eric, I would try driving down the highway with it on a calm night and seeing if the reading on the anemometer matches your speedometer. Set the cruise control and let it go for a few minutes to get an average reading.
 
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