DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/26 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 46.1 - - 48.4 - - 44.4 - - 40.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -5 - - 10 - - -4 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2933 - - 2933 - - 2933 - - 2933 Hcrit BL Top - - - 2951 - - 2951 - - 2951 - - 2951 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5089 - - 6864 - - 6449 - - 1318 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 22 - - 29 - - 7 - - 9 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 9 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 242 - - 256 - - 080 - - 169 Direction Wind Shear - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -20 - - -18 - - 4 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2257 - - -3580 - - -2736 - - -2222 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 5208 - - 6531 - - 5687 - - 5173 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3545 - - -4630 - - -4715 - - -5752 ODpotential blCL - - - 6496 - - 7581 - - 7666 - - 8703 blCL maxRH - - - 58 - - 60 - - 84 - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 30 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 46.1 - - 48.4 - - 44.4 - - 40.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.4 - - 29.9 - - 29.7 - - 28.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.2 - - 48.2 - - 46.9 - - 43.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.2 - - 28.7 - - 28.5 - - 27.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -5 - - 10 - - -4 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 34 - - 3 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 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] 95842 25 357 28 004 33 023 33 036 95842 88901 22 002 23 001 24 013 27 009 88901 83492 27 343 17 359 18 005 19 006 83492 78959 25 317 22 333 18 357 17 354 78959 75014 11 282 15 297 19 300 19 317 75014 71505 9 255 10 311 12 250 17 300 71505 68306 26 265 26 276 4 283 10 284 68306 65309 29 272 37 270 32 271 25 277 65309 62479 26 262 38 263 41 258 36 253 62479 59726 24 253 33 252 37 252 38 254 59726 56864 24 261 24 255 31 254 35 260 56864 53894 34 270 24 277 33 267 35 262 53894 51049 53 261 41 268 39 271 35 263 51049 48486 67 252 52 259 44 270 39 265 48486 46195 72 244 58 252 48 267 45 265 46195 44121 73 239 65 247 56 261 51 263 44121 42227 77 239 72 245 63 256 56 258 42227 40484 79 238 78 243 67 252 58 256 40484 38872 78 238 81 240 69 248 59 253 38872 37375 78 239 81 239 71 246 59 254 37375 35985 82 240 83 241 71 245 58 256 35985 34668 89 241 85 241 72 245 54 258 34668 33355 96 241 87 240 70 244 49 259 33355 32014 100 239 87 240 66 243 44 261 32014 30645 98 237 84 239 58 244 37 265 30645 29237 92 236 79 239 51 249 29 276 29237 27781 86 236 72 240 49 256 26 299 27781 26276 78 237 65 242 51 260 24 294 26276 24724 71 235 59 242 50 259 28 281 24724 23124 67 234 53 242 44 257 34 271 23124 21475 65 234 43 244 39 255 36 265 21475 19766 61 234 32 248 34 255 36 261 19766 17989 58 237 27 250 30 257 36 258 17989 16179 54 241 24 251 28 263 34 256 16179 14433 51 245 23 256 27 268 30 259 14433 12840 46 249 25 260 26 270 26 269 12840 11417 41 255 27 262 28 268 28 277 11417 10144 39 260 29 258 30 263 32 277 10144 9005 38 263 30 253 29 257 37 272 9005 7985 37 263 29 249 29 252 39 266 7985 7074 33 261 28 246 28 251 40 258 7074 6265 30 255 27 246 27 252 39 249 6265 5545 28 248 25 246 25 254 37 243 5545 4896 27 246 23 247 22 256 33 238 4896 4317 25 244 21 248 17 258 29 235 4317 3831 21 243 18 250 11 262 23 230 3831 3457 18 243 16 252 6 270 16 222 3457 3197 15 243 14 253 1 315 11 211 3197 3040 13*243 12*254 2*065 7*195 3040 2950 9*242 9*256 3*080 4*169 2950 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