Advanced Spotters' Field Guide

Advanced Spotters' Field Guide

During the past several years, researchers have uncovered a tremendous<br />amount of information regarding severe thunderstorm structure and behavior.<br />New theories regarding thunderstorm formation and tornado development<br />have been presented. Storm-intercept teams have correlated these theories<br />with observed visual features. Our current understanding of the thunderstorm is<br />markedly more complete than it was just ten years ago.<br /><br /><br />With this handbook and the Advanced Spotter Training Slide Set which was<br />released a few years ago, the time has come to pass this new understanding on<br />to you, the spotter. Only by providing fresh training material can the NWS<br />expect to maintain what has become a very important group of observers.