DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.4 - - 62.2 - - 55.0 - - 47.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 242 - - 290 - - 113 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1626 - - 2850 - - 2010 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3839 - - 4791 - - 3774 - - 2933 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4619 - - 5843 - - 5003 - - 2951 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1431 - - 4599 - - 1840 - - 2463 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 304 - - 389 - - 255 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 12 - - 7 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 10 - - 14 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 336 - - 320 - - 337 - - 328 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 12 - - 5 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 4 - - 12 - - 7 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2750 - - -2834 - - -618 - - -1866 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7370 - - 8678 - - 5621 - - 4817 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5952 - - -4048 - - -2835 - - -6700 ODpotential blCL - - - 10571 - - 9891 - - 7838 - - 9651 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 85 - - 87 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.4 - - 62.2 - - 55.0 - - 47.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.3 - - 34.2 - - 40.5 - - 36.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 54.6 - - 60.2 - - 54.0 - - 47.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.7 - - 33.4 - - 39.8 - - 36.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 242 - - 290 - - 113 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1626 - - 2850 - - 2010 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 55 - - 39 - - 49 - - 46 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 - - 5 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] 96399 10 280 16 258 14 279 18 282 96399 89173 10 302 10 284 9 242 16 296 89173 83653 5 308 11 342 7 314 18 306 83653 79104 15 300 16 286 16 316 13 302 79104 75163 14 313 18 302 26 313 15 297 75163 71647 24 303 24 308 29 296 21 279 71647 68439 28 293 30 294 28 287 21 280 68439 65469 29 287 36 284 31 294 24 303 65469 62696 32 284 36 280 38 286 35 298 62696 59997 35 281 36 274 41 274 42 287 59997 57177 35 283 37 276 43 270 43 278 57177 54235 39 283 43 274 42 269 43 273 54235 51413 44 276 48 271 42 277 44 275 51413 48875 48 270 51 272 48 283 47 276 48875 46616 50 269 56 275 58 283 51 278 46616 44584 55 280 61 274 66 277 57 281 44584 42744 67 278 64 276 68 274 63 280 42744 41060 73 271 69 279 74 275 71 279 41060 39515 77 270 79 273 82 274 85 273 39515 38096 84 271 82 269 89 274 98 268 38096 36778 90 270 81 267 96 274 102 262 36778 35506 91 269 82 263 97 272 101 257 35506 34214 90 266 85 261 89 270 102 257 34214 32876 87 262 85 263 76 264 99 260 32876 31499 83 262 84 262 74 259 94 267 31499 30074 86 268 79 256 73 257 79 272 30074 28591 79 270 72 256 70 258 57 263 28591 27051 73 272 65 266 62 259 53 260 27051 25450 71 268 62 271 59 262 49 265 25450 23790 67 265 62 265 57 268 45 272 23790 22072 62 264 63 261 51 267 41 271 22072 20288 59 265 59 261 49 264 38 266 20288 18434 56 265 53 260 48 263 38 265 18434 16546 52 265 49 260 47 263 38 267 16546 14729 49 263 48 261 45 260 39 268 14729 13074 46 262 45 258 43 256 40 263 13074 11599 43 262 38 253 41 255 40 259 11599 10284 39 265 32 250 39 257 39 262 10284 9107 34 268 30 251 36 260 39 269 9107 8056 29 271 26 255 30 265 33 271 8056 7121 24 270 22 259 24 272 22 270 7121 6295 20 267 18*266 19 284 10 289 6295 5564 14 267 13*281 15*305 8 335 5564 4908 7*279 11 303 14*325 11 348 4908 4326 5*306 10 327 14 336 13 345 4326 3837 5 333 10 333 14 339 14 341 3837 3460 5 341 10 336 14 341 14 337 3460 3200 5 350 10 338 14 341 12 332 3200 3041 5 351 10 340 13 341 10*330 3041 2950 5 354 9 342 11 342 7*328 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