• 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.

Wake Low

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The evening after the event, Dr. Forbes on The Weather Channel was discussing the mechanism of a Wake Low. I have never heard of the term. Thanks for the link.

Bill Hark
 
There are a couple really good articles I have found on the internet concerning meso-highs and wake-lows. There seem to be a number of theories, but one that makes the most sense, to me at least, is that a wake-low or depression-low is thought to be the surface manifestation of the descending rear inflow jet of a severe squall line. They seem to happen most notably with squall lines that have a decent trailing stratiform region. If I understand it correctly, adiabatic warming overcomes evaporative cooling in the stratiform region. Fujita wrote a couple of really good articles as did a few other people. If you can find it on the web, Richard Johnson of Colorado State wrote a really good review of these phenomenons. He reviews some of Fujita's articles as well as others. The reference list at the end of the paper is also good for links to other, similar articles.
 
From what I understand, if the wake low is truly an indicator of the rear inflow jet, it would also be an indicator of a sqaull line evolving into a bow echo, and in some instances a derecho event.
 
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