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this is gogo's rasp forum download area

 http://www.drjack.info/cgi-bin/rasp-forum.cgi

email: gogomu2000@yahoo(dot)com

            A Rasp viewer is included in package (pls don't mix files from different packages).   Slightly updated files may have same version number but different release date.
 

old version UKRV2_11

new experimental version UKRV2_11b_1 (FireFox only) 5Sep08 - parameter popups ala PScorer & task auto-label ) 

description of forecast grids here
                            
  excel spreadsheet does the work

(adapted from walter zorn's javascript to add div elements to page)
lat/lon conversion

2. UK Wind Tool  (30Sep 08) -  Rasp wind forecasts at your favourite ridge.   

(Firefox / Chrome browsers only - use at your own risk)

download zipped html file      info on blipspot sfc winds

works by comparing blipspot server data against user-input ridge parameters 

user input: LAT,LON,ID,L.Wind,R.Wind,Speed
                         eg:  '54.698,-2.58337,SKF,240,300,15',

output:

3. google earth interface for drjack's UK skewT / blipspot popups - Note: DrJack's UK data is no longer updated so this app will need to be rebuilt to access a different server



kml file for above (77 metar stations) (104kb) (zipped) kmz version (compressed kml ~ 6kb)  (zipped)  interfaces with drjack's cgi script as described here:  http://www.drjack.info/twiki/bin/view/RASPop/SkewtPopup

3.  UK  RASP track average - uses Rasp forecast model to predict task time via BGA TPs - more information here

new web front end  w/2008 BGA Turning Points 

    polar calculator spreadsheet

 4. UK Rasp 4km grid .kmz file for google earth

 (38k+ gridpoints - takes a while to load in GE)

5.  old UK RASP Viewers - these viewers make available forecast images compiled by pscorer and drjack
       - UK Lightweight RASP viewer  (only selected parameters/times)   uk rasp viewer  (zipped) (19APR07)           - UK RASP Viewer - Site Inspector version  (all params)            ver. FM6 -  (18Jun07)            zipped version              (contains curr+3, image blending for non-IE4+ , time/date shortcut keys)        with image comparisons UK Noaa-RUC  viewer (19Apr07) 

6. UK Rasp vs Metar    Excel spreadsheet comparing 4 RASP models (noaa, ruc,gb and sco) vs 77 UK Metar stations. Parameters compared: sfc temp - dew point - wind dir - wind speed.

Note: DrJack's UK data is no longer updated so this app will need to be rebuilt to access a different server
77 UK Metar Stations vs Rasp (12-1600Z data) from 9Apr - 18 Jun 07 (56 days)
sfc temp - dewpoint only 56 days)
location of UK Metar stations:  google earth 'non oceanic' uk metar stns (as of 28 Mar07)
 
new 20Apr08:  pscorer 6km vs 12 km grid data gatherer

screenshots from above stuff:

UK Lightweight RASP viewer    Rasp viewer - site inspector version FM5b


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