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<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">I have also added an extra day (Z2+5) to
the Z2 models. I have been using this run for development runs,
but I have set it to be published for the moment.</font></p>
<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">There are a few tweaks to the default
view on the Java viewer screen.</font></p>
<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">Next step is to setup a separate map
server as we are still piggy backing off the UK one and that is
under notice to get switched off...<br>
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<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">Ian</font></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/20/25 13:24, Ian wrote:<br>
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<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">Hi All</font></p>
<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">I have made a few changes to the
timing of the RASP Beta forecasts:</font></p>
<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">There is a bug in the code which
handles the difference between local time and universal time.
Historically the graphics claimed both were the same and
generated forecasts at UTC times claiming they were local
times. I had an uphill battle trying to fix this but I have
implemented a work around in the meantime:</font></p>
<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">1) I have changed the time basis of
the forecasts to Universal Time (UTC or GMT). The server time
clock and local time zone have been set to UTC. So all the
times you see are UTC, ie 2 hours ahead of local South African
Time (SAST). Thus a chart labelled 1200 UTC is actually 1400
local time. (Just remember to add 2 hours on to every time you
see.) This is less convenient but it is correct, which better
and facilitates other changes.</font></p>
<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">2) I have adjusted the "Z2" "today"
model to use source data from the GFS run 3 hours earlier.
This results in the model now getting published at 7h30 local
time in the morning instead of 09h00. This makes it much more
useful for planing tasks and daily flying. <br>
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<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">(The above does not effect the legacy
forecasts.)<br>
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<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">Regards</font></p>
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<p><font face="DejaVu Sans">Ian</font></p>
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