• 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.

Made an eXtreme wind chase with gusts over 110MPH yesterday

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Hey all,

an extreme Bora, an extreme day with lots of adrenaline in Croatia coast yesterday I was chasing the well known wind 'Bora' from Rijeka to Senj.

A bridge to island Krk

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Looking towards Senj shows fog over the water because of intense wind gusts, from my experiences it was over 150km/h!

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There were great cloud forms over the sea:

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When I arrived to this mini gulf, the view was fantastic! The Bora is smashing into the gulf with gusts around 180km/h!

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I was unable to stay here, I was crawling near the wall, insane! I measure gusts at 155km/h, but I was not in the main channel in the middle of the road where max gusts were heading, so probably gusts were over 180km/h! it sounded like in the thunderstorm with these smashing gusts into the channel where the road is going through.

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Later I went further to the village Senj, where the water was lapping onto the piers with 100-120km/h:

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Here is my friend measuring wind while sea is watering him:

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A bit left of this location there was a pier in the shelter of wind, but the sea waves were smashing into it with incredible power:

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An incredible day was over in the late afternoon when 'Bora' wind decreased its speed below 100km/h, but in that place where I measured 155km/h before, it was still around 140km/h in gusts, marvelous place! 8)

More photos is in my gallery: http://www.weather-photos.net/gallery/thum...ls.php?album=79

Best regards,
 
That is absolutely spectacular! wow! I visited Makarska two summers ago and Croatia is a truly breathtaking place; the only thing that could have made it better would have been 180km/hr winds! Nice pics.
 
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