DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/09 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 - - - 37.3 - - 42.1 - - 40.4 - - 33.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 32 - - 68 - - -3 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 282 - - 2565 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2933 - - 3752 - - 2933 - - 2933 Hcrit BL Top - - - 3275 - - 5558 - - 2950 - - 2950 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3417 - - 2472 - - 3750 - - 802 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 89 - - 237 - - 7 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 7 - - 3 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 249 - - 279 - - 058 - - 165 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - 8 - - 4 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1509 - - -188 - - -1596 - - -635 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 4784 - - 5746 - - 4546 - - 3586 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2772 - - -1745 - - -3113 - - -5765 ODpotential blCL - - - 6047 - - 7303 - - 6063 - - 8715 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 78 - - 70 - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 37.3 - - 42.1 - - 40.4 - - 33.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.2 - - 27.8 - - 31.4 - - 29.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 36.8 - - 41.3 - - 41.5 - - 36.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.2 - - 26.6 - - 30.2 - - 28.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 32 - - 68 - - -3 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 282 - - 2565 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 49 - - 12 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 95761 48 272 54 281 52 285 39 302 95761 88958 27 292 28 304 25 306 31 330 88958 83602 15 308 13 313 20 320 22 338 83602 79108 12 323 9 335 17 328 16 351 79108 75173 11 307 12 313 18 004 18 356 75173 71648 7 337 6 323 20 014 17 348 71648 68429 13 321 8 341 14 024 9 334 68429 65444 13 321 17 356 19 013 11 359 65444 62659 20 334 25 338 24 345 19 340 62659 59962 18 337 23 329 27 346 18 344 59962 57139 18 337 28 338 34 350 28 002 57139 54203 32 331 37 328 41 343 41 350 54203 51418 36 334 33 327 43 341 46 348 51418 48932 36 345 29 351 48 341 48 348 48932 46716 45 351 47 354 42 342 49 353 46716 44716 53 345 48 350 43 353 57 354 44716 42901 52 343 54 350 53 001 59 351 42901 41251 50 354 55 356 63 005 56 002 41251 39742 76 002 65 004 69 008 66 010 39742 38347 79 354 68 004 67 005 75 011 38347 37037 64 345 64 002 58 001 75 011 37037 35769 54 010 58 001 48 007 67 008 35769 34482 60 015 48 006 42 013 50 358 34482 33150 63 006 47 007 44 017 39 358 33150 31776 60 358 49 002 45 017 35 000 31776 30347 55 355 51 359 45 015 33 001 30347 28849 57 352 54 359 46 011 33 004 28849 27283 58 350 53 358 46 008 32 009 27283 25651 57 349 51 001 43 006 29 008 25651 23955 53 352 51 008 38 004 26 356 23955 22196 48 352 51 011 37 006 25 355 22196 20370 45 350 44 003 38 007 26 358 20370 18478 41 350 40 353 36 002 31 353 18478 16558 36 346 37 355 34 354 35 350 16558 14713 31 342 30 354 33 353 35 355 14713 13037 24 338 24 345 29 355 31 005 13037 11551 18 330 19 333 24 354 24 019 11551 10230 14 322 15 318 18 346 16 027 10230 9055 11 315 12 300 12 326 9 024 9055 8010 7 306 11 283 11 297 5 343 8010 7081 5 290 9 277 11 284 6 293 7081 6262 3 282 9*277 11 278 6 270 6262 5536 2 295 8*276 9 275 5 237 5536 4884 4 280 8 276 6 277 6 191 4884 4306 8 262 7 277 4 290 9 164 4306 3823 10 253 6 280 2 324 12 150 3823 3451 9*252 6 283 2 012 13 147 3451 3194 7*248 5 286 3 038 12 152 3194 3039 6 249 5 287 3*049 9*158 3039 2949 5 249 4 289 3*058 5*165 2949 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