• 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.

New Mexico Landspout Tornado in January 2025

William Monfredo

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I was looking at the SPC's tornado statistics for the first month of 2025, and the reports totaled 20.
That's not a lot, but seemed reasonable given that this January turned out to be the coldest in the lower 48 since 1994 per WeatherBell.
Then I noticed the mid-afternoon tornado report from Bernalillo County, New Mexico, near Albuquerque on the 29th:
A rare landspout with snow on the ground, too.
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This was likely a rare case of a tornado associated with a snow shower/thunderstorm. The daily climate summary for that day at the ABQ International Sunport indicated a high of 41 and a low of 22 with .02" of precipitation and .2" of snow. Some of the mountains farther north got in excess of 20 inches of snow with that weather system, although the amounts were much less in the mountains near ABQ. The ABQ climate summary listed significant weather as thunderstorm, hail, light snow, and fog. No mention of rain.
 
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