• 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.

Winter Weather Forecast Training Update

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http://www.wdtb.noaa.gov/courses/winterawoc/index.html#2009changes

Click on "lessons" on the left-hand bar to go through archived webinars. Highly recommended, especially the "why we issue what we issue" section they added if you are a big fan of NWS winter weather advisories.

But if you want to learn the nitty-gritty of winter weather forecasting, this is the place to be... A _long_ manual is included, it's basically supporting text for the slides.
 
http://wdtb.noaa.gov/courses/winterawoc/index.html

Highly recommended for anyone interested in winter weather forecasting (or even just wanting the latest BUFKIT version...) With updates for this season!

Recent changes for the winter of 2009/2010
  • There are two versions of AWOC Winter:
    • The Full Version contains:
      • includes IC 1 - IC 8 except for IC 5.6 and IC 5.7,
      • includes the end of course test,.
      • and lesson exercises and jobsheets are optional.
    • The Platinum Version contains:
      • includes IC 1 - IC 8 including IC 5.6 and IC 5.7,
      • includes the end of course test.,
      • and lesson exercises and jobsheets are a required component..
  • IC 3 has been streamlined. There are still 5 lessons but each lesson now consists of one part.
    • IC 3 is its own course called WDTB Road Weather
  • The IC 4.2 jobsheet (Interpreting Standardized Anomalies) has been updated to include space for student responses.
  • BUFKIT version 9.08 for AWOC Winter is available featuring the 5 minute BUFKIT University (accessible from the training tab on the display).
  • The IC6.2 and IC6.5 jobsheet have been upgraded to match the new version of BUFKIT.
  • Build 9 localizations for WES9.0 are available for jobsheet cases and the IC 8 simulation.
 
Rob...this is great...thanks for putting this info up. I'm so needing to learn winter forecasting, especially for the Mid-Atlantic region. So much is different from tornado forecasting. Winter is so much more synoptic...which is where I'm basically uneducated completely.
 
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