[Rasp] Changes to timing of RASP Beta forecasts

[Ian]

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.

There are a few tweaks to the default view on the Java viewer screen.

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...

Ian


On 11/20/25 13:24, Ian wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I have made a few changes to the timing of the RASP Beta forecasts:
>
> 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:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> (The above does not effect the legacy forecasts.)
>
> Regards
>
>
> Ian
>
>
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