Dann Cianca
Obviously not too exciting, but interesting nonetheless.
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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.
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.
Obviously not too exciting, but interesting nonetheless.
Shane Young
EF1
I think it's useful. It gives you a quick recap.
Heck, I wonder if they could incorporate it so that when you mouseover the matrix, it shows the forecast?
This is maybe just excessive, but perhaps they could also include a little tiny box below each severe/fire day to indicate how far through the forecast cycle it is or such. A tiny little 2 pixel high meter that goes from totally white (just issued) to totally black (time for a outlook). It could be done in percentage of time elapsed since the standard time that the prior outlook was for until the next one. That would really make things great there, as you could quickly see if a new outlook had been issued.
Heck, I wonder if they could incorporate it so that when you mouseover the matrix, it shows the forecast?
This is maybe just excessive, but perhaps they could also include a little tiny box below each severe/fire day to indicate how far through the forecast cycle it is or such. A tiny little 2 pixel high meter that goes from totally white (just issued) to totally black (time for a outlook). It could be done in percentage of time elapsed since the standard time that the prior outlook was for until the next one. That would really make things great there, as you could quickly see if a new outlook had been issued.
Shane Young
EF1
And, fully expecting almost no one will know what I mean, I created a proof of concept image.
http://moe.met.fsu.edu/~syoung/hazardmatrix.jpg
Honestly there's probably better ways to do it. I would worry users would get that scale mixed up with how strong the weather was supposed to be, and that's the last thing anyone wants.
Perhaps you could change the color of the text to indicate the risk is new (or old). Like add a gold border for an outlook issued in the last hour or something.
Just some way we could quickly tell if the outlook we were looking for had been updated. Especially for the many people who need the new information for issuing their forecasts and advisories and such.
Perhaps it's a little too much work for little reward, just an idea that seemed to flow out of the hazard matrix (which I think itself is very cool).
http://moe.met.fsu.edu/~syoung/hazardmatrix.jpg
Honestly there's probably better ways to do it. I would worry users would get that scale mixed up with how strong the weather was supposed to be, and that's the last thing anyone wants.
Perhaps you could change the color of the text to indicate the risk is new (or old). Like add a gold border for an outlook issued in the last hour or something.
Just some way we could quickly tell if the outlook we were looking for had been updated. Especially for the many people who need the new information for issuing their forecasts and advisories and such.
Perhaps it's a little too much work for little reward, just an idea that seemed to flow out of the hazard matrix (which I think itself is very cool).
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