• 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.

'Wet bulb reading' with car thermometer

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Dan Robinson

After driving through heavy snow in the WV mountains this morning on my way to Raleigh, NC, my car accumulated a heavy coating of road salt. I stopped at a 'touchless' car wash to rinse it off, the ones that use pressurized jets of water. My car has a factory-installed outside thermometer that is surprisingly accurate. The outside temperature was 49F when I entered the car wash. (I later checked the nearest ASOS to see the dewpoints were in the teens).

About 2 minutes after I left the car wash and got back on the interstate, the thermometer reading dropped to 33F, then slowly crept back up to 49F again. Apparently the sensor got wet from the water jets, than as I started driving again, the airflow evaporated the water on the sensor. It's probably not the most accurate wet bulb reading, but I thought it was interesting.
 
Hi Doug,

That is neat. Yes, I agree this probably is not the most accurate welbulb reading, but I think it could give a general idea of the dew point. I am curious, do you think that some car manufactures could in the future start building custom chase vehicles for consumers?.

Thanks for that interesting post.

Godbless, Take care.

Jeremy Miller
 
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