• 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.

Surface wind observations

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Where shall we look for current wind observations?

I've just started looking at availability of METAR stations for starters, and it appears only KNEW and KMSY (New Orleans) are available. There used to be surface sites south of there back in the 1980s and 1990s! Not even an ASOS at Boothville?

Tim
 
Thanks -- I saw the tower link but was trying to broaden the search for wind data to other sources too.

Tim
 
I have WX WORX running next to me on my laptop. I will post here wind direction, speed and gusts and the time of recording.


New Orleans

2:53 am NE at 44 mph / gust 56
3:03 am NNE at 43 / 64
3:16 am NNE at 43 / 58
3:28 am NNE at 44 / 59
3:43 am NNE at 51 / 60
3:53 am NE at 54 / 85
4:00 am NE at 48 / 76
 
T1 keeps ramping up... 3s gust up to 65mph at 10m.

Edit:

Hurricane Force Gusts have now reached T1:

3.0 Sec 36.2 m/s ( 81.1 mph) @ 42.4° @ 29/09:31:13

Aaron
 
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