• 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.

Using lightning to detect tornadoes

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Simon Timm

I have read in several articles one new possibility in predicting tornadoes, is measuring the amount of lightning in an individual thunderstorm. Since in tornadic storms, cloud to ground ground lightning does not seem to be frequent, while intra cloud lightning is much more prevalent. (link below)
Do you think this is plausible?
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1453164
 
Good day all,

I have also noticed that the intensity of "staccato" lightning, along with more positive (and larger) anvil to ground type CG's occurs when a supercell "wraps up" (especially during Tornado Genesis).

I think there was a study on such a polarity change with lightning that precludes possible T-Genesis? Mainly the polarity becoming more positive (larger "staccato" type bolts).

The storm structure changes during intensification of a supercell, with more anvil making for a larger positive electric field, which accounts for the (more) positive CG's.
 
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