The Weather Forecasting Forum

There are "extra" sounding sites out there, but unfortunately they are via private or government activities and closed to public use. Your best bet is to access short-term (such as 6 or 12 hour) forecast soundings, such as via BUFKIT ... http://www.meteo.psu.edu/bufkit/CONUS_NAM_12.html John

There are "extra" sounding sites out there, but unfortunately they are via private or government activities and closed to public use. Your best bet is to access short-term (such as 6 or 12 hour) forecast soundings, such as via BUFKIT ...
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/bufkit/CONUS_NAM_12.html

The RAOB 5.7 CDs will not always correctly install on Vista, while the newer RAOB 5.8 CDs are fully Vista compatible. Send your RAOB serial number to Environmental Research Serivces (at wxx@raob.com) to obtain a new installation CD.

John Shewchuk

There seems to be an old (bad) copy of the Demo still around. Please use the latest Demo from this site... http://www.raob.com/Downloads.htm ... as it is updated monthly. Sorry about the prior problems and please let me know of any future problems.

Thanks,
John

I see a reference to the RAOB 5.6 Demo, however, RAOB 5.7 is the current version. The latest demo is available here ... http://www.raob.com/Downloads.htm ... If there are still problems, just let me know. Thanks, John

RAOB 5.7's new optional Fronts & Forecast module not only analyses sounding frontal layers (using classic thermal wind theory), but it can also create reliable short-term forecasts using only the plotted sounding, or using advections from upwind soundings ... http://www.raob.com

The RAOB 5.6 program can now process 25 data formats, including these 5 new formats ... -- ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System) data. -- Dropsonde data from the National Hurricane Center's "hurricane hunter" aircraft. -- MeteoSwiss data from the Swiss Weather Cen...

RAOB now decodes over 20 sounding formats and includes numerous program additions and features over the prior version. A free program update will be released later this month, which will add ACARS and Vaisala HiRes decoders and other enhancements. Details are listed here ... http://www.raob.com Prog...

Can anyone identify the station names/locations of the following UA sounding sites?

55385
56187
78807

The latest verion of RAOB (ver 5.5) can process BUFKIT and 13 other data formats. RAOB 5.6, which is due for release in August will be able to process 6 more data formats, including IGRA, KMA, SHIP, LAND MOBILE and others. If you have a another format which you'd like to decode, just let me know.