• 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.

May Chasing 2008

From Ed Berry's blog site(Dodge City NWS Long range forecaster):

http://weatherclimatelink.blogspot.com/

"Once the tropical convective forcing comes out into the west Pacific, meridionally oriented RWDs are likely, perhaps shifting a trough farther east into the Plains. Given higher latitude blocking forced by zonal mean AAM transport considerations, a cold and wet pattern for much of the lower 48 states focusing on the central states is a forecast option by ~weeks 2-3."

(He is talking about the May 4 through the May 17 time frame)

NCEP forecast for May 5 through May 11(wet & cool) :

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/index.php

NCEP forecast for the month of May(Dry in the Plains):

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/30day/

I'm heading out in the Plains May 15-May 26 time frame..so far...happily...I don't really know what to expect.
 
The first 2 weeks of May arent too big of a concern for me. I don't leave for my chasint trip till the May 9th-12th time frame. Hopefully by the time we get out there, the pattern will be a bit more favorable.
 
On the super long range GFS, once this next trough moves through the end of this week, things stay quiet until about mid May, when a new trough develops out west. It looks to cut off and head south into Mexico almost. Hopefully this pans out cause it looks pretty darn quiet through early May...
 
I don't know about it being quiet until mid May neccesarily. The 12Z Euro is just out and that paints an interesting picture for the first week or so of May with another nice looking trough moving in around the 4th/5th, and another one waiting in the wings at the end of the run (the 8th).

The 12Z GFS shows a similar 500 set up for the 5th/6th & 8th. Dave Lewison and myself are considering pulling the trigger on our chase trip this coming Saturday, assuming things continue to look good as we progress throughout this week :)

And if we get lucky, we may not have to do the insane marathon drive from NYC all the way to Kansas this time around! lol. It'd be nice to break up the 1500+ mile drive into two days, sleep is kind of important..

Best of luck to anyone who's chasing this Thursday! I'll definitely be watching the live streaming for sure!

Scott
 
And it may get better Dan. Although theres always that 2 week lull in May at some point. It seems like the middle of May is always slow.
 
Like always, I wasted alot of my chase funds on March and April, so I hope May has many chaser freindly days so I dont have to be forced to chase in one of my broke periods.

B
 
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