• 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.

Sleet reported as hail?

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Dan Robinson

The ASOS in Charleston was reporting this as small hail a few minutes ago:

dec1607a-sleet.jpg


Thought that was a little unusual.
 
I almost wonder if because the sleet pellets are larger than normal? Just judging by the picture it looks like those are some healthy sleet pellets. Although not that unusual, they do look a bit larger than average.

Either that or I've had too much coffee this morning lol.
 
Darin PM'ed me for more info, so I'll answer here in case anyone else has questions...

Almost every METAR is based on an automated system. A02 is completely automatic. A02A means that there is a human there to QC and possibly augment the observation. Depending on the level of service at the corresponding airport, it can range from just making sure things are going out well (i.e. 'babysitting') to adding in additional cloud layers / precip types / snowfall amounts etc. There's a list on the FAA site which indicates the service levels.
 
Strengely enough, in the UK (at least in my region LOL) they report sleet as hail. I grew up calling *any* round pellet from the sky hail. It rarely came from thunderstorms.

"Sleet" in the sense of the word where I come from is regarded as a wet rain-snow mix. Don't hit me. :p :confused:

KL
 
Dan were you in the exact location the hail was being reported? What was the weather you were recieving? (wintery mix or thunderstorms?)
 
Strengely enough, in the UK (at least in my region LOL) they report sleet as hail. I grew up calling *any* round pellet from the sky hail. It rarely came from thunderstorms.

"Sleet" in the sense of the word where I come from is regarded as a wet rain-snow mix. Don't hit me. :p :confused:

KL

Here in Canada, too. "Sleet" is a mix of rain and snow. What Americans call "sleet", we call "ice pellets".

Put otherwise, in Canada (METAR):
PL = ice pellets
RASN = sleet/mix of rain and snow


So you're not alone, Karen. :)
 
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