XCSkies seems to be back up and running, the forum suggests they have corrected the issue.
Cheers, Ben Ben Loxton Melbourne, Victoria, Australia blox...@gmail.com, 0417 421 650 > On 17 Jan 2015, at 12:15 pm, Bernie Baer <bb...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > > > "XCSkies seems to be broken too, as well as just about everything that uses > GFS. Kind of tragic given this change has been in the works for years! > Of course RASP is all volunteers, but the paid services could have handled > it better... > I understand part of the upgrades was increasing the resolution of the seed > data from 36km grids to 13km grids so we might see more accurate forecasts > once they're fixed?" > Matthew > > That's correct, the change was from 0.5 degree grid to 0.25 degree grid > resolution. That should improve forecast accuracy, but may also increase > computer run times significantly. > Some of the detail of the change was not distributed widely and early > enough; also many RASP admins were on holiday (maybe even flying!). > BB > > "NOAA changed the format." > Gretje > > Correct, NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction) is part of > NOAA. > > > Regards, Bernie. > > > > On 17/01/2015 10:43 am, Matthew Scutter wrote: >> >> XCSkies seems to be broken too, as well as just about everything that >> uses GFS. Kind of tragic given this change has been in the works for >> years! Of course RASP is all volunteers, but the paid services could >> have handled it better... >> I understand part of the upgrades was increasing the resolution of the >> seed data from 36km grids to 13km grids so we might see more accurate >> forecasts once they're fixed? >> >> >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:15 am Bernie Baer <bb...@internode.on.net >> <mailto:bb...@internode.on.net>> wrote: >> >> FYI: >> >> RASP instances world wide are experiencing problems due to NCEP >> making a change to the seed data that RASP uses. NCEP changed both >> the naming convention for the data files and the internal structure. >> >> Lots of people working on this world wide but no formal resolution >> yet. >> >> Regards, Bernie. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net >> <mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/private/aus-soaring/attachments/20150 > 117/fce4d3ea/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > End of Aus-soaring Digest, Vol 136, Issue 28 > ******************************************** > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4800 / Virus Database: 4257/8942 - Release Date: 01/16/15 > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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