• 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.

Rainfall Correlated to Severe Storms in April?

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Mike Smith

Because of the worldwide grain shortage combined with the reduced U.S. yields (due to drought) the last two years, I've been keep up with the moisture situation on my blog because I have many farmers and agribusinesspeople who visit.

Some believe that severe storms are directly correlated to April-May-June rainfall in the central Plains. If so, there is reason for chasers to be encouraged. See: http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com/2013/03/farm-belt-moisture-update.html

The U.S. model goes out another week beyond what I have posted and it shows heavy rain in KS-OK from May 1 to 9 -- for what that is worth.
 
My understanding is that deep soil moisture (or lack of) that results from the winter/spring rain/snow fall can provide additional evapotranspiration fuel for spring storm systems. I may be wrong and may even be using the incorrect terminology but I'm hopeful the last several significant winter storm systems that have marched across the plains will help later with additional moisture fuel for storms.
 
Greg Carbin at SPC has been experimenting with products from the CFS to determine if longer term severe weather forecasts can be made. He's prepared this cool website page to view CFS forecasts and see how it trends. Link: http://wxvu.net/spc/cfs/index.php
 
Mike Smith said:
Because of the worldwide grain shortage combined with the reduced U.S. yields (due to drought) the last two years, I've been keep up with the moisture situation on my blog because I have many farmers and agribusinesspeople who visit.

Some believe that severe storms are directly correlated to April-May-June rainfall in the central Plains. If so, there is reason for chasers to be encouraged. See: http://meteorologicalmusings.blogspot.com/2013/03/farm-belt-moisture-update.html

The U.S. model goes out another week beyond what I have posted and it shows heavy rain in KS-OK from May 1 to 9 -- for what that is worth.
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Been watching this scenario myself.
Gotta love the drenching rain from KS , all of Okie and Into Texas today
 
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