DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/13 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 - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.0 - - 65.4 - - - - - 58.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 148 - - 231 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2089 - - 3473 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3970 - - 5171 - - - - - 2935 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5082 - - 6466 - - - - - 2952 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1528 - - 2429 - - - - - 801 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 280 - - 385 - - - - - 3 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 19 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 278 - - 277 - - - - - 136 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 13 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -27 - - -22 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3750 - - -4136 - - - - - -6257 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8833 - - 10603 - - - - - 9210 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8057 - - -7865 - - - - - -10974 ODpotential blCL - - - 13139 - - 14331 - - - - - 13926 blCL maxRH - - - 92 - - 100 - - - - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.0 - - 65.4 - - - - - 58.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.7 - - 29.1 - - - - - 28.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 58.8 - - 63.8 - - - - - 61.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.1 - - 28.3 - - - - - 28.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 148 - - 231 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2089 - - 3473 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 67 - - 99 - - - - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 96242 4 111 6 069 9 057 96242 89160 8 094 11 094 12 054 89160 83652 6 025 5 012 13 046 83652 79043 5 034 5 274 9 006 79043 75052 11 024 6 358 11 017 75052 71512 19 348 15 327 23 331 71512 68331 17 338 15 318 16 323 68331 65394 15 340 17 331 6 001 65394 62653 24 306 36 298 27 308 62653 60024 30 294 41 287 39 301 60024 57287 29 301 34 297 44 304 57287 54424 41 307 46 302 53 305 54424 51673 54 309 56 300 58 297 51673 49190 68 310 65 303 65 301 49190 46971 81 304 81 303 78 305 46971 44963 85 297 91 299 91 300 44963 43130 84 295 89 294 91 292 43130 41449 85 297 85 292 86 288 41449 39902 88 295 83 293 88 287 39902 38466 87 292 82 293 91 286 38466 37122 86 291 80 292 89 286 37122 35830 83 292 77 291 81 286 35830 34521 81 292 75 292 76 288 34521 33170 81 293 74 290 74 291 33170 31779 81 294 77 288 73 294 31779 30334 80 295 79 289 71 294 30334 28829 75 296 79 291 68 295 28829 27265 68 295 76 293 65 296 27265 25646 64 293 70 294 62 296 25646 23972 62 292 65 293 59 296 23972 22244 62 292 61 291 55 296 22244 20456 60 292 59 290 53 294 20456 18601 56 291 58 289 51 291 18601 16711 52 291 54 288 49 290 16711 14889 48 290 47 290 45 290 14889 13228 43 289 42 290 42 289 13228 11745 40 289 38 290 39 286 11745 10422 37 290 35 290 37 283 10422 9237 35 292 32 288 36 278 9237 8178 33 293 30 284 34 273 8178 7232 32 293 27*278 32 272 7232 6392 30 289 24*274 30 275 6392 5644 28*284 22 273 27 277 5644 4970 25*279 20 275 24 279 4970 4369 21 276 19 277 20 279 4369 3865 20 277 18 280 16 278 3865 3476 18 278 17 282 10 274 3476 3208 17 279 16 284 5 263 3208 3044 15 279 14 285 2*225 3044 2951 11 281 12 287 4*136 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