• 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.

Morning clouds/virga

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Got home to Huntsville, AL at about 5:30 am (04/16) following a gig in Knoxville, TN area. The first dawn showed some interesting cloud formations that caused me to dig out the videocam and film for about ten minutes prior to sunrise.

These were smaller than even small cbs, but they rose to apparent mid-level before spreading into 'anvil' stuctures, some with an overshoot bubbling in the middle, and all had appendages beneath (non-rotating) that looked like virga in the dimmest light. But as daylight increased, the 'virga' began to look more like a vertical cirrostratus texture beneath the parent clouds---and in one case, a spray was visible shooting out the top of the formation.

Some dangled tendrils, others had structures that resembled keels beneath ocean-racing sailboats Due to my antique computer, I'm unequipped to post a capture.

I checked the ridge radar, but ground clutter and a few very light blue patches were all that was there.

There was nothing severe about this scene other than its beauty. Can anyone analyze conditions at that time and respond with an idea of these formation's classifications? I recognize that much more important events are occuring today.

Thankfully, I've been asked to bring my lone tornado footage from 04/07 to the HSV NWS office this week and I'll hope to get an explanation of what was going on. I had noted in one of today's forcast threads a concern that this area would be under a risk were it not for an 850mb cap holding things down. These things sure looked like they wanted to be convective, if indeed they weren't---though on a miniature level.

Happy Easter to anyone celebrating.
 
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