A Regional Atmospheric Soaring Predictor for SANTA YNEZ region, CA

Plots generated using the RASP software made available by Dr. Jack Glendening

Santa Ynez RASP domain set up by Dr. Alex Caldwell, Central Calif. Soaring Club

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Store file xcsoar-rasp.dat in XCSoarData folder. Start XCSoar. Go to Info menu on 2nd page. Select Weather. Click on Terrain box. Select XCSoar parameter you want. Select desired time.

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Wednesday 18 Jun 1100 - - - THERMAL PARAMETERS - - - Thermal Updraft Velocity & B/S Ratio Thermal Updraft Velocity (W*) Buoyancy/Shear Ratio Ht of Critical Updraft Strength (Hcrit) Depth of Critical Updraft Strength (AGL Hcrit) BL Top BL Depth Thermal Height Uncertainty MSL Height of max/min Wbl Sfc.Heating Normalized Sfc. Sun Sfc.Temperature Sfc.Dewpoint - - - WIND PARAMETERS - - - Sfc.Wind BL Avg. Wind Wind at BL Top BL Wind Shear BL Max. Up/Down (Convergence) - - - CLOUD PARAMETERS - - - Cu Potential Cu Cloudbase (Sfc.LCL) MSL Cu Cloudbase where CuPotential>0 OD Potential OD Cloudbase (BL CL) MSL OD Cloudbase where ODpotential>0 BL Explicitly-predicted CloudWater BL Cloud Cover CAPE RAIN-3hr. accumulated - - - WAVE PARAMETERS - - - Vertical Velocity at 850mb Vertical Velocity at 700mb Vertical Velocity at 500mb Vert.Velocity Slice at Vert.Vel.Max - - - SOUNDINGS - - - #1: Santa Ynez #2: New Cuyama #5: Vandenburg AFB #6: Santa Barbara #7: Big Pine #8: Mc Kinley #9: Figueroa #10: Zaca Average dry thermal updraft strength near mid-BL height. Subtract glider descent rate to get average vario reading for cloudless thermals. Updraft strengths will be stronger than this forecast if convective clouds are present, since cloud condensation adds buoyancy aloft (i.e. this neglects cloudsuck). W* depends upon both the surface heating and the BL depth Click for Next Hour Ctrl-Click for Value Shift-Click for PopUp Report of Values Ctl-Shift-Click for Previous Time Mouse Wheel to Zoom Scroll Down Parameters to Soundings for List of Sites Works on IExplorer, Chrome on Windows, Firefox on Linux. Sorry, Broken on Mac on Safari and Chrome. Los Angeles Area Forecast Discussion Reno Area Forecast Discussion S.J. Valley Area Forecast Discussion GFS, NAM, NAM-HIRES, RAP Animated Forecasts SW Vis. Sat. Loop SW Enhanced IR Sat. Loop GOES W. WV Sat. Loop GOES W. Enh. IR Sat. Loop HRRR - High Resolution Rapid Refresh - 3km 18 hour atmos. model. NexSat Goes West WV Loop NexSat JetStream US Radar Loop Modis RapidFire 250m res. Surface Prog Charts ADDS NEXSAT NRL Monterey DTC DUAT - Weather, TFRs, Notams NOAA Aviation Weather Center ADDS Flightaware - Reno Air Traffic, airport diagrams, IFR appr. plates AIRNAV Airport Info. Skyvector Sectional Charts w. METARS VFRMap Sectional Charts Mono Lake Webcam Nevada Webcams California Webcams Avenal Elementary Weatherunderground Station Run Schedule