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Board » Flag Officers » Race proposals » Aland Sea Race 2013

Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-05-14 15:22:26 - Aland Sea Race 2013
	This race will be opening for practice tomorrow, Wednesday 15 May 2013, but before it does I would like your opinion(s) on the weather system in use. Right now it is set up with global_gfs - SOL's "usual" weather, NOAA grib files which update every 6hrs. The resolution of these files is, at best, 0.5d. In the Baltic it is possible for SOL to use Baltic MM5 weather files which have a much higher resolution, ideal for archipelago racing BUT, and it is a big BUT.... the files only update, at best, twice a day and in the past, at weekends in particular, the files sometimes haven't updated at all, leaving us with forecast weather unamended. SO... please would you register your votes below for global_gfs or Baltic MM5 weather a.s.a.p. so that I can get it squared away. To preview the race as it is currently set up (global_gfs) please log in as the sol boat: USERNAME: sol PASSWORD: sol and then click here Thanks! NB the button above the choice is the voting one. Please do not use the third button - it is to show me the voting results and I think if you click that one then you can't vote (again) ________________ --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2013-05-14 16:18:39 ---
Poll: Which weather system? global_gfs Baltic_MM5 Show Results (You won't be able to vote.) You need to be logged in to vote.
Posted by JB Posts 305 Registered at 2013-03-07 08:54:34	2013-05-14 16:09:47 - Re: Aland Sea Race 2013
	Alo RC & All. The link http://www.sailonline.org/wiki/edit/Baltic_MM5/ has a problem. Anyhow I voted for him. Let's have a try and, good race to SOLers. Sail Fair.
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-05-14 16:18:21 - Re: Aland Sea Race 2013
	JB - the name Baltic MM5 mistakenly appeared as a link... it wasn't meant to be one but it is how the wiki formatted what I typed (with the _) I have now changed it so it won't show as a link. Thanks! _________ --- Last Edited by RainbowChaser at 2013-05-14 16:19:07 ---
Posted by RainbowChaser Posts 2656 Registered at 2009-06-14 09:44:50	2013-05-15 10:31:16 - Re: Aland Sea Race 2013
	Thank you to those who voted... the race is now open for practice and, as voted for, the wx system is remaining as global_gfs - less high res but regular updates!

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