• 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.

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I have a rather dumb question, but here it goes...What is UTC time and how do I relate that with standard time? The reason for asking is that I'm trying to set up my swift WX settings and It's asking how many hours I am behind or ahead of UTC..I guess I still havent grasped the concept yet. If anyone in the group can shed some light on this, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
 
Anthony: You are -5 from UTC. Once we shift out of daylight saving time, we would be at -6 from UTC.

Right now it is 12:00PM CDT, so it would be 1700UTC. UTC is the universal time code, it is the same as GMT time, or Z time.
 
UTC is the time that it is in Greenwich, England. Sometimes reffered to as GMT or Zulu (Z) time. Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 5 hours behind UTC and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is 4 hours behind UTC. Since you are in Central time, right now you would be 5 hours behind UTC. So 12:00 UTC would be 7:00 CDT, and 00:00 UTC would be 19:00 (7 PM) CDT.
 
You can also get your offset if you go to the time settings on your PC.
Click on the time which will bring up the screen for resetting it. Then Click on Time zone that will give you the settings worldwide.
 
Another good thing to keep in mind, is that when the models say 0000z, they are referring to what we would normally call 12:00 midnight, so if the model is stamped 0000z WED, this would be the same as midnight Tuesday, then adjust for your local offset. Currently 0000z would be 19:00z or 7:00pm here in the Central Time Zone.
 
If you use a cell phone to keep a check of time during the day, as many people do now, see if you can set your cellphone to a military-style time status, and then use the UTC. Eventually you will begin to "think" in UTC, and the conversion to conventional times will come easier since there are clocks and digital time displays all around us.
 
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