DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 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 - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.4 - - 46.5 - - 48.0 - - 39.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 67 - - 134 - - -9 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 918 - - 1918 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2933 - - 3813 - - 2934 - - 2933 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3911 - - 4911 - - 2951 - - 2951 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1051 - - 1327 - - 4065 - - 498 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 167 - - 266 - - 15 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 19 - - 8 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 148 - - 147 - - 141 - - 160 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - -8 - - 1 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -895 - - -2061 - - -5344 - - -4183 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4806 - - 6972 - - 8296 - - 7134 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4914 - - -5735 - - -8387 - - -10260 ODpotential blCL - - - 8825 - - 10646 - - 11338 - - 13211 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 80 - - 61 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.4 - - 46.5 - - 48.0 - - 39.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.8 - - 26.4 - - 22.1 - - 18.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 39.8 - - 45.3 - - 48.3 - - 44.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.7 - - 25.3 - - 21.1 - - 17.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 67 - - 134 - - -9 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 918 - - 1918 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 3 - - 21 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 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] 97032 24 097 26 071 33 071 22 078 97032 89924 22 099 19 070 25 083 23 063 89924 84366 22 095 15 074 22 093 18 065 84366 79688 23 097 12 101 15 091 17 087 79688 75595 17 104 12 134 6 098 14 077 75595 71949 9 114 13 142 2 156 8 058 71949 68659 4 155 8 162 4 226 6 018 68659 65637 6 291 7 200 8 265 6 280 65637 62832 10 284 5 223 7 256 9 248 62832 60108 14 281 11 274 9 257 8 264 60108 57250 20 267 19 262 14 253 11 275 57250 54266 22 255 19 256 18 253 21 265 54266 51408 25 255 26 256 23 249 25 250 51408 48835 24 277 30 257 31 255 29 248 48835 46540 40 260 42 254 40 252 30 252 46540 44463 49 247 43 246 42 252 36 257 44463 42561 45 245 40 255 41 251 42 248 42561 40817 43 250 48 261 42 249 37 242 40817 39216 49 248 53 256 44 256 34 255 39216 37734 50 244 53 251 55 260 47 254 37734 36365 47 247 55 250 63 256 58 250 36365 35074 51 256 56 249 73 247 76 242 35074 33789 59 259 57 251 81 242 84 236 33789 32476 66 260 64 249 86 240 80 232 32476 31132 66 255 68 244 78 242 66 237 31132 29739 63 253 61 249 62 245 61 241 29739 28283 59 256 57 254 59 247 59 243 28283 26762 49 253 54 256 58 248 54 246 26762 25178 42 243 46 255 53 251 49 249 25178 23535 35 241 35 254 46 252 40 253 23535 21835 28 231 34 254 36 251 34 253 21835 20070 17 216 30 247 27 251 31 250 20070 18238 11 201 18 225 23 251 23 253 18238 16377 13 186 17 190 18 244 16 265 16377 14586 15 181 22 176 16 231 13 249 14586 12957 14 186 20 177 14 207 12 238 12957 11506 12 189 14 180 13 196 12 226 11506 10212 11 186 12 187 13 188 11 211 10212 9054 11 179 11 186 12 184 13 190 9054 8020 15 168 13 177 13 174 16 169 8020 7098 21 159 17 166 15 156 22 156 7098 6282 25 154 20 156 17 147 28 147 6282 5556 26 152 21*151 18 142 30 144 5556 4902 25 152 21*149 18 140 28 144 4902 4321 23*153 20 148 17 140 24 148 4321 3833 19*152 20 147 15 141 20 153 3833 3457 16 148 19 147 14 141 15 157 3457 3198 15 146 18 146 13 141 10 157 3198 3040 14 146 16 146 11*141 7*157 3040 2950 10 144 12 145 8*141 3*160 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