Mike Thalman
This may be a repeat question, but I'm going to ask anyway. Does Baron Threatnet offer rel/radial velocity modes? If not do the meso,tvs symbols keep up with the storms?
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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.
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Sincerely, Jeff D.
It does not have any velocity modes. Just a composite radar. It does have a feature called SCITS. Which is done by Baron and is pretty accurate. They are Storm Cell Identification Tracking System. They tell you where rotation is by Meso markers and the amount of shear with them. Its pretty accurate and updates every 2.5 minutes. They are sometimes ahead of the radar because they are processed at barons facility and sent out. They are not actually made by the radar we have its a universal system at Baron sent out to many media outlets and to mobile threat net. Very nice to have. Private message me and I can send you some screen shots if you would like or talk to you more about it.
Greg Stumpf
EF5
Actually, the Storm Cell Identification and Tracking (SCIT) algorithm was developed by NSSL in the early 1990s and is now part of the NEXRAD suite of severe storm algorithms.
I've never quite understood what Baron's definition for a "scit" is, especially since it relates to shear (e.g., a "shear scit").
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Greg Stumpf
EF5
Baron uses the term "scit" to refer to shear. NEXRAD uses the term "SCIT" to refer to storm cells. So yes, they would be very different.
rdale
EF5
No, a Baron "scit" is a storm. Shear SCIT and Severe SCIT.
Greg Stumpf
EF5
So are they using the term "scit" as another word for a "detection" (as in "storm cell detection", "mesocyclone detection", and "TVS detection")? If yes, I wonder why they chose that term, which was already established as being something else.
