• 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.

October 17 2007, Thunderstorms in Jerusalem, Israel

David Shohami

David Shohami

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Hi everyone,

Yesterday thunderstorms developed in Israel as a result of our favorite weather system, the Red Sea trough, which brings tropical air masses from Sudan all the way north to Israel, where they meet European cool air masses, and create lovely displays such as this one. No severe weather was associated with the trough this time, however it is the main cause of severe weather in the Middle East such as >7 cm hail and flash floods.

This was the first rain (and lightning) in Israel since last May. Our Mediterranean climate means that summers here are completely dry.

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Wow - spectacular shots again, David! - Gorgeous stuff here. If you don't mind, please share your camera/lens, ISO and other settings with us so we see how you achieved these. Beautiful - low noise.
 
Thanks for your comments!

Mike: The camera is Canon 20D. First 4 shots were taken with Canon lens 70-200 f/4L, the last shot was taken with Canon lens 17-40 f/4L. Aperture was F8 or F10, ISO 100, manual exposure between 2 and 8 seconds.

Dan: The photos were taken from a hill north-west of Jerusalem, and they show the western-most part of the city.
 
Awesome stuff there, David! Glad you were able to get something out the dry conditions... it's been rather dry here in Ontario as well, with above normal temps for the most part.
 
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