DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/08 SunValley_ID 9010ft pt41923@43.686,-114.391,7241ft SPONSORED BY: Sun Valley Paragliding Club BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +4.1 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 - - - 80.8 - - 80.9 - - 80.8 - - 69.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 218 - - 145 - - 90 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10053 - - 10558 - - 10741 - - 2550 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 16345 - - 16453 - - 16165 - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 19063 - - 19568 - - 19751 - - 11560 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3176 - - 3946 - - 2716 - - 5278 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 561 - - 502 - - 434 - - 40 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 18 - - 20 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 267 - - 257 - - 267 - - 305 Direction Wind Shear - - - 29 - - 26 - - 25 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 16 - - 10 - - 20 - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 791 - - 1924 - - 2559 - - -2660 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 18273 - - 17645 - - 17193 - - 14220 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1963 - - -568 - - -540 - - -8169 ODpotential blCL - - - 21026 - - 20136 - - 20291 - - 19729 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 100 - - 67 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 60 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.8 - - 80.9 - - 80.8 - - 69.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.2 - - 28.1 - - 30.0 - - 32.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 83.0 - - 83.7 - - 84.0 - - 77.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.1 - - 27.0 - - 29.0 - - 31.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 218 - - 145 - - 90 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10053 - - 10558 - - 10741 - - 2550 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 42 - - 99 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 99681 25 115 20 111 21 097 21 085 99681 92187 24 097 15 113 17 090 20 096 92187 86366 20 096 19 113 15 091 19 089 86366 81518 15 107 16 094 16 102 13 075 81518 77365 17 127 14 070 14 100 12 084 77365 73705 14 113 7 101 10 093 13 081 73705 70378 11 127 8 113 6 108 7 058 70378 67309 9 070 10 082 7 143 4 100 67309 64461 10 013 3 273 3 338 6 019 64461 61719 8 317 2 229 3 308 6 314 61719 58887 15 268 13 308 11 322 6 318 58887 55971 23 285 24 274 23 285 22 299 55971 53217 28 270 26 252 35 272 38 282 53217 50766 30 274 31 259 47 266 49 275 50766 48576 38 280 41 269 53 263 57 270 48576 46590 52 283 51 274 55 266 60 270 46590 44770 60 278 58 274 60 274 61 276 44770 43090 65 273 61 273 63 277 60 282 43090 41523 65 273 60 272 61 276 60 282 41523 40055 62 275 57 272 55 276 58 279 40055 38677 60 277 47 277 47 277 54 279 38677 37359 58 279 41 282 42 280 51 279 37359 36039 52 279 40 283 39 283 47 280 36039 34691 42 277 36 282 38 285 44 280 34691 33322 36 273 32 282 36 283 42 283 33322 31920 33 272 32 279 34 281 40 281 31920 30480 30 272 31 277 34 278 39 278 30480 29005 27 274 29 276 34 273 38 273 29005 27497 25 279 27 271 33 270 37 270 27497 25962 26 275 28 261 33 265 35 268 25962 24402 28 268 29 259 33 262 34 269 24402 22814 35 269 32 265 33 265 33 270 22814 21191 40 271 36 270 34*269 32 271 21191 19558 39*271 37*271 34*272 30 272 19558 17995 35*272 34*270 30 273 28 273 17995 16572 30 272 25 267 23 272 25 273 16572 15296 25 269 20 263 18 269 22 274 15296 14147 21 267 17 258 18 268 19 276 14147 13104 18 266 17 257 18 267 16 279 13104 12156 15 265 17 255 17 266 13*281 12156 11295 13 264 16 251 17 264 12*285 11295 10517 12 262 16 249 17 261 12 292 10517 9812 11 261 15 246 17 259 12 301 9812 9165 11 260 15 244 16 258 14 308 9165 8581 10 259 15 243 16 256 15 313 8581 8084 9 257 15 242 15 256 15 315 8084 7695 9 256 14 241 15 254 14 315 7695 7425 8 255 13 240 14 254 11 315 7425 7259 8 255 12 240 13 253 8 314 7259 7164 6 254 9 238 9 251 5 317 7164 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