(UPDATED!) The NWS does not Represent Yamhill County

Update 9:00 AM Sunday: I got word from a very respected Met at the National Weather Service (Tyree Wilde) that they do use my observation data, and that the storm reports are put together by other people within the orginzation who can do a better job with developing the reports. This answers some questions, and I appreciate actually getting a response in regards to these issues. Thank you Tryee for putting up with me on occasion! --Grant

I think it's safe to say that the National Weather Service of Portland does not care about Yamhill County, more specifically, McMinnville. In their most recent warnings, they actually went as far to start leaving McMinnville and any represntation of Yamhill County completely out of their warning forecast's now. Also, they constantly and consitantly ignore my data, and other Yamhill County spotter data with regards to cities closer to the Portland Metro area...example: Say that we are all in the same Snow event, as December 29th, 2009's case, Forest Grove, closer to Portland and next door to Hillsbororo received 5.5" of snow and was represented the most snow in the metro. That was FALSE, they completely missed reports coming out of Yamhill County, places around the area got as close as 6" of snow...more than Forest Grove. Yamhill county in general received more snowfall than Forest Grove and yet, the whole county was ignored. Simply put, NWS does not care about Yamhill County! They constantly never give me any respect for any of my work and dedication to weather in NW Oregon. They think that I have to go to a NWS sponsored event to be considered legit as a spotter, well I got news for them. I'm a lot smarter than most of all their spotters, I'm more dedicated, and I have over 13 years in experience in observing and submitting data, the right way. Most of my education comes from my very own research and dedication in learning everything I can possible to better help weather forecast and research. Also, i've took a lot of education through the AMS (American Meteorological Society) and garnered experienced with other high profiled mets (Mark Nelsen, Jim Little, George Taylor). I will continue to do what I do, and will always dedicated my time for Yamhill County and represent Yamhill County the way it needs to be represented. You have my back on that! --Grant I continue to learn everyday, and that will never stop.