Yes I do the same and have had the same complaint, that we cant get the local raw data. It would be great if we could.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ingram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [aus-soaring] Local solar heating/time of day algorithm > Hi Ben, > > Here is a link to a few of the sites that you requested. UWYO ( University > of Wyoming ) is probably the most interesting and days can be lost exploring > it & fiddling with the online tools. I import the text data into Soarcast > (free) to generate a temp trace with cloud heights. Digital Atmosphere is > another interesting program as it allows you to generate traces using data > from multiple sonde sites, the downside is that it quite complex to use, > albeit powerful once you get the hang of it. > > http://www.led.com.au/Weather.html > > Cheers > > Don Ingram > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:29 AM > Subject: RE: [aus-soaring] Local solar heating/time of day algorithm > > > > Please excuse my ignorance Don, but you please post links to the sites > > that you are referencing here? They sound quite handy, and I'm not sure > > if I have seen them before. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Don > > Ingram > > Sent: Monday, 23 September 2002 8:02 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [aus-soaring] Local solar heating/time of day algorithm > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > Would anyone have a pointer to an algorithm for calculating the curve > > for temperature/time of day using latitude as an input. Additionally any > > further inputs for refinements to the accuracy of the algorithm would be > > appreciated. > > > > Using the data from UYWO & soarcast I am frequently seeing good > > correlation between temp traces & reality for our area. Regrettably we > > still can't get text data from the local site & so have to wait the > > extra hour for it to be available on the US site so that I can get the > > guess on cloud base. Admittedly we could make an estimation on the > > surface dew point depression but I believe that soarcast is doing the > > lifted condensation level calculation. > > > > The other alternative is to parse the local image file, messy... > > > > Cheers > > > > Don Ingram > > > > > > > > -- > > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > > > > > -- > > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
