• 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.

Missing Rawinsondes

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You've probably noticed all of the missing rawinsonde reports the last couple of months. It is going to get worse before it gets better per this memo from the National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/pns22-17_weather_balloon_launch_frequency.pdf

Already, the disagreements are coming in with regard to the NWS's contention that forecast and warning accuracy will not be affected by the lack of rawinsonde data. See, for instance,
 
Interesting article. hadn't heard anything about that before. Certainly not a good issue with severe weather season starting.
(can't see the twitter link because trying to view anything on that site hasn't worked for a couple months now)

I'm assuming here is not one of the affected sites at this point.
I usually only check the local soundings, only seeing one missing a few weeks ago.
 
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