• 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.

Pattern Shift?

Well, it looks the GFS has finally become consistent in developing a trough in the west. The ECWMF has had this solution for a while now, and like other events this year, it has done better.

At any rate, the GFS no longer advertises a strong cold front for this weekend. As a result, the "high octane" air will stay just south of the OK/TX border through the beginning of next week and will be patiently awaiting the formation of a lee cyclone to draw it northward. It appears that Wednesday will probably be the first day in a series of possible events next week.

The beautiful thing (per the 18z GFS) is that after Tuesday, the plains will be in persistent SW flow aloft...exactly what we want to see this time of year. I'm becoming increasingly confident that next week will hold some decent/good opportunities to do some real chasing.

Here's hoping that the trend will continue!

Gabe
 
I admit -- I was afraid to open this thread. I thought it might be some kind of cruel joke. ;) But, alas, it's true -- pan the GFS out to 200+ hours and things are looking like one would hope they would. Hurray! We Nebraskan chasers are really hoping June makes up for May. Though May's been fun, in its own way.
 
Sitting here in Joplin, Missouri in front of totally booked hotels, checking data on WIFI. That's Memorial Day weekend for you. So looks like tonight is another rest area campout with a truck stop shower in the morning, then a stop at Tulsa, then Wakita before heading north into Kansas for a *gasp* chase on Saturday.

A wave of relief and excitement when I saw the consensus on the upcoming pattern. Let's hope everyone has a safe and successful start to a (hopefully) great 2 weeks of chasing starting tomorrow! See you all out there.
 
Resurrect this thread...

The morning-updated AFD from OUN is one of the most strongly-worded AFDs regarding severe potential that I think I've seen for quite some time. The noon HWO is also very chaser-friendly. I'm certainly not complaining, though the mention of a possible tropical system in the Gulf scares me greatly, given that we've had systems ruined before by the northerly flow on the west-side of a tropical system scouring the good moisture.

http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KOUN/0506071537.fxus64.html
 
Yep that was very strongly worded. You don't get that very often this far out. I have been looking at Saturday and Sunday for possable chases and that wording just reinforces my hopes.

Mick
 
Wow - that is definitely enough to make a chaser stop and take notice ... thanks for posting the link - this year it looks like someone has just bumped our calendar a bit and June is now what used to be May.
 
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