• 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.

Radar Image Questions

  • Thread starter Thread starter Payton Gannaway
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Payton Gannaway

Hey guys,
Alright I am really new to this so there's my disclaimer. I'm still waiting on Tim's book to get here but have been doing research online and have a real quick question. I am demoing GRLevel 3 and Stormlab to get used to reading and understanding radar, and I was looking today at a tornado warned cell in South Carolina. On the GRLevel 3 they have the red and green Relative Velocity Image, but the rotation isn't as clear as it is on the Stormlab image.

GRLevel 3
rotation2w.jpg


Stormlab
rotation1r.jpg





In GRLevel 3 I see changes in wind direction that look just like that on the radar image in almost every cell, but the rotation in Stormlab really doesn't show up that well in the other non-warned cells. Is it just something I haven't learned yet or is it just easier to see without the smoothing? Sorry if this is a stupid question but Im new so yeah :) I hope I uploaded the images correctly, if not let me know. Thanks for your time!
 
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Yeah, turn smoothing off on GR3 (at least for velocity images) I am sure it would look a lot like the storm lab image ;) Smoothing just broadly pieces together and well smooths the data where as when you have it turned off it truly gives you the couplet and at the least makes it become more definable as the storm lab data does.
 
Awesome thanks, also noticed that the color tables have a bigger difference in color change, doesnt just go from dark red to light red. Helps a lot.
 
Color tables for both products can be changed to meet your needs. Check out GRLevelxStuff.com and StormLabstuff.com for all sorts of information, placefiles, color tables, etc.
 
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