• 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.

What a storm system.....

Simone Lussardi

EF2
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Foshan city, Guangdong, China
:shock:

It speaks itself:

http://www.weather.org.hk/lightning/
14 storms detected
regional (14-81 km) severe t-storm to the West-Northwest (9.50 strokes/min/degree, energy = 166%, severity = 88, CG% = 29%)
regional (14-81 km) strong t-storm to the Northwest (6.22 strokes/min/degree, energy = 185%, severity = 72, CG% = 35%)
regional (14-81 km) strong t-storm to the West-Southwest (6.09 strokes/min/degree, energy = 173%, severity = 71, CG% = 34%)
distant (74-116 km) severe t-storm to the South-Southeast (5.02 strokes/min/degree, energy = 118%, severity = 100, CG% = 12%)
nearby (0-63 km) thunderstorm to the North-Northwest (4.13 strokes/min/degree, energy = 183%, severity = 37, CG% = 25%)
nearby (0-57 km) thunderstorm to the North-Northeast (3.71 strokes/min/degree, energy = 112%, severity = 32, CG% = 13%)
distant (128-165 km) severe t-storm to the South-Southwest (3.46 strokes/min/degree, energy = 119%, severity = 126, CG% = 21%)
nearby (0-29 km) thunderstorm to the South (3.37 strokes/min/degree, energy = 184%, severity = 22, CG% = 21%)
distant (116-150 km) severe t-storm to the South-Southwest (2.98 strokes/min/degree, energy = 94%, severity = 107, CG% = 19%)
distant (61-124 km) severe t-storm to the North (2.91 strokes/min/degree, energy = 123%, severity = 82, CG% = 24%)
distant (41-109 km) strong t-storm to the Southwest (2.84 strokes/min/degree, energy = 145%, severity = 57, CG% = 29%)
distant (50-98 km) strong t-storm to the South (2.69 strokes/min/degree, energy = 122%, severity = 52, CG% = 23%)
regional (14-81 km) thunderstorm to the West (2.42 strokes/min/degree, energy = 179%, severity = 28, CG% = 27%)
distant (144-196 km) severe t-storm to the Northeast (2.25 strokes/min/degree, energy = 129%, severity = 112, CG% = 31%)

612 strokes per minute
3401 strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 680.2/min.)
6961 strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 696.1/min.)
13,965 strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 698.3/min.)
21,492 strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 716.4/min.)
39,343 strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 655.7/min.)

148 CG strokes per minute: 24.2%
879 CG strokes in past 5 mins. (avg. 175.8/min.): 25.8%
1928 CG strokes in past 10 mins. (avg. 192.8/min.): 27.7%
3952 CG strokes in past 20 mins. (avg. 197.6/min.): 28.3%
6222 CG strokes in past 30 mins. (avg. 207.4/min.): 29.0%
11,706 CG strokes in past 60 mins. (avg. 195.1/min.): 29.8%

[Broken External Image]:http://www.grmc.gov.cn/leida/gzradr/GZR200505270958.GIF

Now got a very strong updraft right to my NW, heading toward me. I'll keep you informed...

:wink:
 
Simone...

This is my first message in this forum.
I'm Luca Ronca and I write from Italy, exactly from Cremona, a town situated 50 Miles Southeast from Milan, in the central part of the Po valley.
Simone, I know well how chinese TS can be strong in your zone, but this year they seems particularly strong and frequent, it's right? You know that this kind of storm can hit also Brescia, your italian town... :wink:
In 2001 at the end of July a HP supercell developed on my town but reached the maximum power over Brescia with 235mm of hail and rain in two hours....
This year thunder season started quite well and I hope to chase something good as last year (4 supercells in the same place). I post a LP supercell image taked near my home last year in August the 21th.
[Broken External Image]:http://www.garoncremona.it/weatherimages/lucacell.jpg
Please keep us informed with your great reports (and help me with english), and I hope to see you again soon here in Italy.
Ciao
Luca
 
Re: Simone...

This is my first message in this forum.
I'm Luca Ronca and I write from Italy, exactly from Cremona, a town situated 50 Miles Southeast from Milan, in the central part of the Po valley.
Simone, I know well how chinese TS can be strong in your zone, but this year they seems particularly strong and frequent, it's right? You know that this kind of storm can hit also Brescia, your italian town... :wink:
In 2001 at the end of July a HP supercell developed on my town but reached the maximum power over Brescia with 235mm of hail and rain in two hours....
This year thunder season started quite well and I hope to chase something good as last year (4 supercells in the same place). I post a LP supercell image taked near my home last year in August the 21th.
[Broken External Image]:http://www.garoncremona.it/weatherimages/lucacell.jpg
Please keep us informed with your great reports (and help me with english), and I hope to see you again soon here in Italy.
Ciao
Luca
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Hi Luca !! :wink:

Great picture as always. I hope also we have a chance to meet again in Italy ! I think I'll come around soon...

I definitely need to organize a chase (and myself...) down here... :lol: The day before yesterday I got a wall cloud with numerous funnel developing under it right to my NE, everything happened so quickly (the storm fired from nothing in about 5 minutes) that I had no time to search for the digital camera.

Maybe I'll start out with typhoons, which are much easier to chase than supercells...

Nice to see you again !!
Bye !

:wink:
 
You MUST organize a chase. :D
Considering all the monster cells you have and no one photo, it's a shame :D
American chasers are great about reporting weather with images.
Some days ago a terrific supercell near Alessandria with 35cm of hail and pieces of ice big as oranges. That thunderstorm lived for three hours, and no one toke a single shot. :cry: That's a real shame
Luca
 
Some days ago a terrific supercell near Alessandria with 35cm of hail and pieces of ice big as oranges. That thunderstorm lived for three hours, and no one toke a single shot. :cry: That's a real shame
Luca
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Ciao Luca, we live near it seems hehe :D
Thats really a shame, how for gods sake noone took any photos of it!? Damnit :evil:
I have seen it on satellites/radar, looked really big supercell as well. But are you serious, hail size of orange?? :shock:
Also I can post some of those radars or satellites if someone wants :wink:

Regards,
Marko
 
Some days ago a terrific supercell near Alessandria with 35cm of hail and pieces of ice big as oranges. That thunderstorm lived for three hours, and no one toke a single shot. :cry: That's a real shame
Luca
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Ciao Luca, we live near it seems hehe :D
Thats really a shame, how for gods sake noone took any photos of it!? Damnit :evil:
I have seen it on satellites/radar, looked really big supercell as well. But are you serious, hail size of orange?? :shock:
Also I can post some of those radars or satellites if someone wants :wink:

Regards,
Marko
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Hi Aragorth :wink:
Yes it says that hail was baseball sized but I saw no pics about...So it's difficoult to believe...
 
Hail can be devastating such the summer 2002 episode on Garda lake, or June 27th 2003 in Cremona. Some pieces reached 650gr. of weight
Sometimes there is a particular configuration in the Po valley when winds come from NW and there is a shallow fohn condition; in these conditions pressure is up to 10hPa lower than Alpine region.
Storms are literally sucked in the valley and can easily generate supercells. On prealine region there is usually a warning condition for severe storms with SW winds.
A note about Italian images related to severe weather; you can see here the tornado of July 2001 in Brianza region near Milan, it was really strong. Officially was an F3, but some reports says F4.
[Broken External Image]:http://www.garoncremona.it/weatherimages/brianza3.jpg
I hope to take a shot like this very soon :shock:
 
Mmmm...Egg size it seems to me exagerated: in those zones there was not too much cape (1000 J/Kg) and neither too much deep layer shear.
Besides television didn't speak about this event..Anyway never say never :wink:
 
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