• 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.

SPC Acronym

Mark Blue

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Today's Day 2 Convective Outlook on the SPC website is using a new acronym that I cannot figure out for the life of me. I'll copy and paste a sentence from the current outlook language ~ highlighting the acronym in question:

...CENTRAL PLAINS TO UPPER GREAT LAKES...
SCATTERED TSTMS IN CLUSTERS FCST TO FORM ALONG COLD FRONT BETWEEN WI AND ERN CO...SOME OF WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE SVR HAIL/GUSTS. PRIND LAPSE RATES WILL INCREASE WITH SWWD EXTENT IN PROXIMITY TO ELEVATED MIXED LAYER AIR...WHILE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL INCREASE NEWD FROM CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TOWARD MS VALLEY.

What does PRIND mean?

Thanks,
Mark
 
PRIND = "present indications are that"

In my opinion PRIND is redundant because everything written in present tense is in fact based on present indications. You could omit it and get the same meaning.

Tim
 
Thanks Tim! It makes perfect sense now that I know what it means. I'm enjoying your Weather Map Handbook in learning how to use some of the maps I was unfamiliar with.
 
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