Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
Hi Bernie, I was wondering what has happened to the blipmap version developed by Morgan Sandercock which animated the program. I found it useful and easy to use, but it doesn't seem to be on the web any more. Regards Glenn Hi Glenn, it's there, linked to from the NSW RASP home page: http://nswrasp.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html You probably have the old URL bookmarked; NSW RASP moved to new servers a year or so back. Regards, Bernie. ___ 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
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
Thanks Bernie Glenn -Original Message- From: Bernie Baer bb...@internode.on.net Sent: 20/01/2015 12:45 PM To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues Hi Bernie, I was wondering what has happened to the blipmap version developed by Morgan Sandercock which animated the program. I found it useful and easy to use, but it doesn't seem to be on the web any more. Regards Glenn Hi Glenn, it's there, linked to from the NSW RASP home page: http://nswrasp.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/index.html You probably have the old URL bookmarked; NSW RASP moved to new servers a year or so back. Regards, Bernie. ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
We did the unthinkable by using the latest beta version of window.com and whatever was left of BOM and NAIPS and we managed to fly this weekend - even without computerised soaring weather predictions. Excellent! I went out to Bacchus Marsh yesterday, just thinking to do some maintenance. I took a flight with Rob Hocking, which did not last very long, but was quite interesting. In fact memorable in some ways. It is not just about soaring but also learning about possibilities and new skills. On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 4:53 PM, DMcD slutsw...@gmail.com wrote: We did the unthinkable by using the latest beta version of window.com and whatever was left of BOM and NAIPS and we managed to fly this weekend - even without computerised soaring weather predictions. Lucky buggers. Many of our tech savvy club members went to the well known site… http://www.lookoutthewindow.com which shows alpine conditions and snow prevailing… and they stayed home in droves. Perhaps the .au version should be started to give locals a chance at flying when all their other senses have decayed through lack of use. D ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
Hi All. Point taken but please a little respect to the volunteers who configure, maintain and fault find these sites for the benefit of the wider soaring community . Regards Mark. -Original Message- From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of DMcD Sent: Monday, 19 January 2015 4:54 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues We did the unthinkable by using the latest beta version of window.com and whatever was left of BOM and NAIPS and we managed to fly this weekend - even without computerised soaring weather predictions. Lucky buggers. Many of our tech savvy club members went to the well known site… http://www.lookoutthewindow.com which shows alpine conditions and snow prevailing… and they stayed home in droves. Perhaps the .au version should be started to give locals a chance at flying when all their other senses have decayed through lack of use. D ___ 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 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4260/8956 - Release Date: 01/19/15 - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4260/8956 - Release Date: 01/19/15 ___ 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
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
We did the unthinkable by using the latest beta version of window.com and whatever was left of BOM and NAIPS and we managed to fly this weekend - even without computerised soaring weather predictions. Lucky buggers. Many of our tech savvy club members went to the well known site… http://www.lookoutthewindow.com which shows alpine conditions and snow prevailing… and they stayed home in droves. Perhaps the .au version should be started to give locals a chance at flying when all their other senses have decayed through lack of use. D ___ 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
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
Hi Bernie, I was wondering what has happened to the blipmap version developed by Morgan Sandercock which animated the program. I found it useful and easy to use, but it doesn't seem to be on the web any more. Regards Glenn On 18/01/2015 11:10 AM, Bernie Baer wrote: I’m hopeful that this afternoons NSW RASP automated run will be successful; should be complete by 1815. I have manually run regions NEWSOUTHWALES, CAMDEN and JWGC and they seem OK now. It’s still using 0.5 degree data for the time being (but in the new format/naming convention) as I probably need to do a lot of testing before switching to the 0.25 degree data. Testing will be done on the JWGC region. Regards, Bernie. ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
Unbelievable! We did the unthinkable by using the latest beta version of window.com and whatever was left of BOM and NAIPS and we managed to fly this weekend - even without computerised soaring weather predictions. I am not sure if this is actually legal - but hey it was fun! One of our club members was even able to give us a very precise predicted soarable thermal top altitude - no animals where harmed in the process! I am going to look on eBay for a sextant so I will be prepared when GPS plays up. What a lovely soaring weekend it was.. :-) On 18/01/2015 11:11 am, Bernie Baer bb...@internode.on.net wrote: I’m hopeful that this afternoons NSW RASP automated run will be successful; should be complete by 1815. I have manually run regions NEWSOUTHWALES, CAMDEN and JWGC and they seem OK now. It’s still using 0.5 degree data for the time being (but in the new format/naming convention) as I probably need to do a lot of testing before switching to the 0.25 degree data. Testing will be done on the JWGC region. Regards, Bernie. ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
I'm hopeful that this afternoons NSW RASP automated run will be successful; should be complete by 1815. I have manually run regions NEWSOUTHWALES, CAMDEN and JWGC and they seem OK now. It's still using 0.5 degree data for the time being (but in the new format/naming convention) as I probably need to do a lot of testing before switching to the 0.25 degree data. Testing will be done on the JWGC region. Regards, Bernie. ___ 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
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
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 ___ 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
[Aus-soaring] RASP issues
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 To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] RASP issues
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 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 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
