• 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.

Online Modifiable Hodograph - Supercell/Tornado Forecasting Tool

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Brian Thalken

I wanted to share this online forecasting tool that I wrote with Jonathan Garner.

http://www.prairieweather.com/app1/WebForm1.aspx

Provides the user with an array of internet data useful in making short-term (0-3 hour) forecasts of convective weather phenomena. The key feature is the ability to display and manipulate the current 0HR RUC forecast wind profile. The hodograph which is produced utilizes the Bunkers ID method for forecasting storm-motion, which has been shown to be a superior way of determining supercell storm motion. Parameters such as storm-relative helicity as well as vector shear magnitudes are then computed and displayed next to the hodograph. RUC thermodynamic parameters are also ingested into the program and displayed as well. The value of this tool lies in the fact that the user can adjust the wind profile based on the observations a forecaster makes for their area of interest. The CAPE, LCL height, and CIN can be adjusted as well, resulting in more accurate composite parameters utilized in determining supercell and tornado potential for a particular region.

Brian
 
I'm not sure if I'm the only one, being a n00b at Wx forecasting, but is there a site or place I can easily get information regarding how to read this data?
 
Great diagnostic tool Brian!

Could you could provide the other forecast hours as well (3-, 6-, 9-, 12-hour)? How about including NAM and GFS model output as well?
 
Thanks, those are very good suggestions. Yes, I'm planning on adding more forecast hours and possibly other model ouput when I find more time to work on the app.:)

I'm always open to suggestions and new ideas.
 
Does this still work is it still available. Looking for something like it!! Something with that amount of detail!
 
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