• 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.

Weather Forecasting Red Book/Purple Book

The purple book is more of an introduction to forecasting. It is an easy read and an excellent book. It help to give me a solid foundation in forecasting (i'm currently a Jr in Meteorology). The red book elaborates on topics covered in the purple book in great detail and it is an excellent book to reference from. I would personally recommend getting it. The green book covers map types & analysis, radar products, satellite meteorology, weather service products (discussions, outlooks, etc), forecasting models (each model and it's biases), Synop, metar, and taf products, as well as an excellent reference section. I'd strongly recommend this book as well if you don't already have it. Hope this helps. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
 
Justin sums it up pretty well... the purple book (Weather Forecasting Handbook) is an introduction to forecasting, while the red book (Weather Forecasting Red Book) is a reference book devoted to techniques.

The purple book is about due for a thorough revision, so expect a new edition sometime in 2010.

Tim
 
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