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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.
Interesting cloud formation in Delaware...
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Kenny Drake
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I can't conclude anything without seeing the time-scale evolution. However, I did look at a time-loop of WSR-88D base reflectivity for April 20 and noticed very small scale convection. There are very small (spatially) returns of >40dBZ just off the coast of Delaware. I personally would guess it to be a fully condensed updraft. Note the wider condensation base at the surface. Now as to explain this theoretically, perhaps a cross between lake-effect and vertical instability. Synoptic maps show a closed low overhead. Put relatively warm ocean water under cold environments and you get lake/ocean effect. Unlike lake-effect, CSI was not the player but instead vertical instability by itself.
Eddie Natenberg
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I may be wrong but I'm going to give my best guess on this one (a real shot in the dark). Oviously there is no video posted yet to determine any sort of rotation, but the laminar texture of the cloud makes me think there were intese pressure falls inside which would hint at a cyclostophic flow.
Ok my best guess would be that the storm gusted out along some sea breeze boundary and got wraped up in some intese small scale updraft creating a strong low level circulation momentary before occluding. The haze in the first picture leads me to believe there is a strong thermal vertical boundary and that this may have been a quick weak funnel (waterspout), that may have not made it all the way to the ground.
Ok my best guess would be that the storm gusted out along some sea breeze boundary and got wraped up in some intese small scale updraft creating a strong low level circulation momentary before occluding. The haze in the first picture leads me to believe there is a strong thermal vertical boundary and that this may have been a quick weak funnel (waterspout), that may have not made it all the way to the ground.
