Whereas the "DrJack" RUC and NAM BLIPMAP soaring forecasts available in the U.S. are obtained by post-processing files output by the "equations of motion" meteorological models run by the U.S. Weather Bureau, RASP BLIPMAPs are obtained by independently running an "equations of motion" model by someone who has installed the freely-available RASP program on their local PC. This independent run has many advantages over reliance on government-run models:
Operational high-resolution RASP BLIPMAP forecasts are produced by DrJack at least once-per-day for:
Panoche, CA (4km & 1.3km resolution)
Williams, CA (4km resolution)
Operational high-resolution RASP BLIPMAP forecasts are also produced daily by these other sites:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA (4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Dave Leonard)
SW South Africa (12km & 4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Ian Forbes)
Cape Town, South Africa - ParaGlider focus using cellphone display (2km resolution) (produced by a paraglider pilot, Paul Hope)
United Kingdom (12km & 4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Paul Scorer)
Santa Barbara, California, USA (4 & 1.3km resolution) (produced by a hang glider pilot, Don Taber)
Victoria, Australia (12km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, John Wharington)
Byron, California, USA (N. Calif. Soaring Assn.) (12 & 4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Dmitry Chichkov)
Sierra Nevada Mts, California/Nevada, USA (12 & 4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Dmitry Chichkov)
Central Europe esp. Germany (12 & 4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Hendrik Hoeth)
Eastern Alps, Europe (4km & 1.3km resolution) (produced by a hang glider pilot, Klaus Wunderlich)
Los Angeles, California, USA (4km & 1.3km resolution) (produced by a hang glider pilot, Klaus Wunderlich)
Italian Alps (9km & 2.2km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Daniele Pedrini)
New South Wales, Australia (12km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Bernie Baer)
South Australia (12km resolution) (produced by a hang glider pilot, David George)
Queensland Australia (12km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, John Wharington)
Hilltown, Pennsylvania USA (4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, John Cotter)
Scandinavia esp. S.Sweden (12 & 4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Hendrik Hoeth)
Frasier Valley, B.C., Canada (4 & 1.3km resolution) (produced by a HG/PG? pilot, Chiu Fang)
Pacific NW USA/Canada (4 & 1.3km resolution) (produced by a paraglider pilot, TJ Olney)
Hawaii and Oahu Islands, USA (1.4km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Derrick Salmon)
Southern California esp. San Diego, USA (4km & 1.3km resolution) (produced by a hangglider/paraglider pilot, Al C)
Baltic, S.Finland, W.Russia (7.2km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Elmer Joandi)
Avenal, California, USA (4 & 1.3km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Alex Caldwell)
North and South Island, New Zealand (3.3km resolution) (produced by a sailplane pilot, Mats Henrikson)
Additional example forecasts, not being run daily, are available for:
San Francisco Bay CA/NV (4km & 1.3km resolution)
Sierra Mts. CA/NV (4km resolution)
Minden NV - Tahoe CA (4km & 1.3km resolution)<
Sierra Mts. CA/NV (4km resolution) - for a mt. wave day in the southern Sierras, (3 April 2005)
Minden NV - Tahoe CA (4km resolution) - for a mt. wave day, 27 March 2005
Sierra Mts. CA/NV (4km resolution) - for a stronger mt. wave day with notable secondary/tertiary waves (18 May 2005)
(In the above, note the agreement of the 500mb
vertical velocity forecast waves and the
corresponding satellite clouds, particularly the agreement in location of the
secondary/tertiary waves)
News items:
RASP
BLIPMAPs inspire a "North Sea" Turnpoint - "Sailplane and Gliding"
article by John Williams
For futher Information:
RASP Forum - comments and discussion by RASP user/operators
RASP Creation - information for those interested in running RASP for their own region
