Michael O'Keeffe
Here is a quote from Ed Berry's Atmospheric Insight blog from one of his latest posts that I thought was interesting.
What does everyone else think?
What does everyone else think?
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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.
Who's Ed Berry? That statement means nothing unless I know who he is. Its like Farmer Bob pulling something out of....well you get idea.
Danny Neal
EF5
NWS Dodge City Staff
You may reach our individual staff members via email. Just click on their name to reach an email page. Administrative Staff:
Meteorologist in Charge (MIC): Larry Ruthi
Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM): Jeff Hutton
Science and Operations Officer (SOO): Ed Berry
Observation Program Leader (OPL): Jesse Lee
Administrative Assistant (ASA): Serri Wilkinson
Service Hydrologist (SH): Rick Sloan
Information Technology Officer (ITO): Scott Reiter
That clear it up for you....
ahh the SOO, gotchya, yeah he might be right then.
Jeff Snyder
EF5
Ed Berry is a meteorologist at the DDC NWSFO, and he has a blot at http://weatherclimatelink.blogspot.com/ ... Speaking to the topic of this thread, all I can say is "who knows?". It's tough to make regional climate-relative average temperature forecasts a few months down the line, so I'd really not be comfortable giving any sort of educated opinion regarding May-June svr potential. The only thing I have noted recently is at least some association between precip patterns in the southern plains (e.g. drought conditions), but that personal observation is only that.
All that said, a good deal of what Ed Berry writes of is well over my head. I've been meaning to [SIZE=-1]Weickmann and Berry (2006), which outlines GSDM...[/SIZE]
John Hudson
EF4
Just one thing: bring it on!
Jim Leonard
Ed Berry is a highly respected meteorologist at the Dodge City weather service office. I read his blog each week, Ed has great insight on the weather on a global scale. His mention of the La-Nina effect on the longwave pattern over the U.S. is similar to other years like La-Nina years in the past.
Mark Farnik
EF5
I concur with Jim fully in regards to Ed Berry's forecasts - he has quite the profound understanding of what makes the atmosphere 'tick' if you will. I've been reading his blog for over a year now, and I've been keeping track of how the actual weather patterns have panned out compared to his forecasts, and his predictions have been startlingly accurate for the most part. Hearing this prediction from Ed Berry gets me VERY excited, indeed. I'm totally 100% with John H. on this one - BRING IT ON!!!!
