• 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.

On the road data in Canada?

Matthew Crowther

Matthew Crowther

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OK, since we seem to have skipped over most of May and June and gone right into July or August, very intrepid and/or desperate chasers may find themselves up in our neighbour to the north in June- I have a query for those with experience chasing there. How do you obtain the in-car data that we have all grown to become so dependent on? Do cell-based internet services work up there? How about Threatnet? Or will there be a time warp of another sort where chasers are whisked back to the early 90's where you made your forecast in the morning and thereafter relied on your eyes and experience only?
 
I use cell based internet on a blackberry, obviously from a Canadian provider. I'm not sure about threatnet, maybe another fellow canuck can chime in about that. The foothills here in Alberta are a storm generating machine, so I don't really drive all that far to a target. If there was a southern Sask, or Manitoba set up, I'd be stopping at hotels, libraries, etc... for data since internet sticks here are expensive, you cant rely on the coverage in the middle of nowhere and you would have to have a plan set up for the amount of data you would be downloading.
 
We have a good cell network up here, but you will find no hi res radar unless you have threat net. The radar data released to the public by Environment Canada is poor, similar to what Cuba provides it's citizens, but we do get echotops/cappi from NavCanada.
Most US chasers seem to wind up in the 100 miles or so north of the border in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba where you can still get hi res radar from the US.
Quite 90's compared to what you guys get down there. Maybe 80's.
 
It's definitely "back to basics" chasing up here, and the best you can get data-wise is the lowest portion of the Prairies, as covered by the closest NEXRAD station.

Perhaps it would be worthwhile to get in touch with COD and find out what they use when they are chasing in Canada.


John
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