• 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.

Some recent pics from New Mexico

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Not enough here for a reports thread, but I caught a couple photogenic events in New Mexico this month.

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September 15 - a couple pretty storms near Bernal, NM.

More pics and info at http://www.johnefarley.com/chase91511.htm

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September 26 - Virga lit by setting sun, Velarde, NM.

Another pic and brief discussion at http://www.johnefarley.com/virga92611.htm
 
Nice shots, John. Did that funnel ever touch down?
New Mexico is right next door to me here in Arizona, and like us....it's a state that varies greatly in the way it looks from north to south. I've always felt New Mexico is flat-out gorgeous. For those of you that can kind of relate to what I mean....it's a state that in many places...has it's own unique "vibe". Some of the most wicked, vicious tornadic storms that I've seen have been in New Mex. Does anybody remember the "incredible dust-munching-earth-eating" storm about 5 or 6 years ago?
 
To my knowledge, the funnel, if it was one, did not ever touch down. I was too far away to verify rotation, but it was in the right place and certainly could have been a funnel. But it did not last for more than a few minutes, and there were no tornadoes that I am aware of.
 
Thanks for sharing and great photo of a convective tower! In my opinion, there are two possible funnels. Using an old rule-of-thumb from way back in the early days, if a vortex is more than half way to the ground, and the ground is obscured, some touchdown is presumed to have occurred. You had two possibilities here. If I were you, I'd count at least one of these as an actual tornado, probably the narrow tube on the right. This was sparesely populated country, and there likely wasn't anyone else around who was looking in that direction at just that moment. Think John Davies "low-topped supercells." - - - Dave Hoadley
 
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