DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/25 Pickle_Butte_ID 2993ft pt41913@43.425,-116.746,3054ft SPONSORED BY: Idaho Hang Gliding Association BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.2 degF RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1332z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 69.4 - - 75.3 - - 69.9 - - 62.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 198 - - 244 - - 70 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4582 - - 7396 - - 1650 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 5939 - - 8228 - - 2935 - - 2935 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7575 - - 10389 - - 4643 - - 2952 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2042 - - 2741 - - 3813 - - 5273 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 403 - - 508 - - 204 - - 3 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 14 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 264 - - 269 - - 004 - - 342 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 15 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 24 - - 29 - - 14 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2416 - - -962 - - -3682 - - -4292 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9992 - - 11352 - - 8326 - - 7244 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6194 - - -2411 - - -5557 - - -7449 ODpotential blCL - - - 13769 - - 12800 - - 10200 - - 10401 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 82 - - 86 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 90 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.4 - - 75.3 - - 69.9 - - 62.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.7 - - 35.4 - - 43.5 - - 40.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.7 - - 73.5 - - 69.1 - - 66.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.8 - - 34.2 - - 42.9 - - 40.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 198 - - 244 - - 70 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4582 - - 7396 - - 1650 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 27 - - 45 - - 80 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - 6 - - 6 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95951 15 295 14 302 18 289 23 278 95951 88871 17 275 22 303 15 316 14 288 88871 83404 32 271 35 286 29 294 22 298 83404 78918 17 282 24 286 27 291 26 307 78918 75067 18 319 17 296 27 292 20 297 75067 71635 26 302 33 281 27 281 23 289 71635 68510 25 284 30 268 24 271 27 291 68510 65641 11 262 23 248 29 261 30 267 65641 62977 22 274 21 258 37 260 36 252 62977 60386 45 277 45 276 46 269 44 261 60386 57676 59 268 59 270 51 268 51 265 57676 54850 69 261 67 264 58 267 59 260 54850 52135 74 261 74 261 65 265 66 261 52135 49671 80 263 80 261 74 265 74 267 49671 47439 86 263 86 260 83 261 84 268 47439 45394 91 261 93 258 90 258 91 263 45394 43518 94 260 96 258 93 258 97 260 43518 41807 96 261 97 259 97 259 102 261 41807 40244 97 262 98 259 100 259 104 262 40244 38796 97 262 97 259 101 257 104 261 38796 37438 97 264 97 260 100 258 102 261 37438 36130 91 264 94 260 97 259 98 260 36130 34806 83 263 91 260 94 259 94 258 34806 33438 78 262 88 260 91 259 91 259 33438 32031 78 260 88 261 89 259 89 260 32031 30572 83 257 89 260 89 259 88 260 30572 29049 89 256 91 259 90 259 88 259 29049 27464 90 255 92 258 91 257 87 259 27464 25818 87 255 90 257 92 256 87 258 25818 24115 85 256 87 256 92 255 87 258 24115 22358 84 257 83 254 89 256 83 259 22358 20545 83 258 80 253 83 257 75 261 20545 18670 80 258 75 253 73 258 66 263 18670 16770 73 258 67 255 63 257 59 262 16770 14942 65 257 56 254 52 252 51 255 14942 13276 57 255 43 252 42 250 43 244 13276 11790 50 254 29 249 37 254 36 243 11790 10462 41 255 22*250 32 261 31 254 10462 9274 33 258 21*251 28 269 27 269 9274 8211 24*259 18 256 25 277 25 283 8211 7262 19*259 16 262 21 284 25 295 7262 6419 17 259 15 268 16 296 25 302 6419 5667 15 261 14 274 12 311 24 306 5667 4988 14 264 13 278 9*334 23 310 4988 4383 13 266 12 283 8*356 20 314 4383 3875 12 269 12 286 8 002 15 320 3875 3482 11 271 11 289 8 006 11 326 3482 3211 10 273 11 290 8 008 8 331 3211 3046 9 274 10 292 8 010 6*333 3046 2951 8 275 9 293 7 010 3*342 2951 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 21Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography