DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 73.7 - - 76.2 - - 75.3 - - 67.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 355 - - 355 - - 177 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9344 - - 10972 - - 10676 - - 7406 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 16070 - - 17400 - - 16701 - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 18354 - - 19982 - - 19686 - - 16416 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1849 - - 2243 - - 2485 - - 3311 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 644 - - 680 - - 537 - - 74 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 9 - - 7 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 14 - - 14 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 272 - - 267 - - 272 - - 284 Direction Wind Shear - - - 26 - - 27 - - 22 - - 21 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 16 - - 12 - - 9 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3355 - - 4050 - - 3425 - - 2705 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14999 - - 15933 - - 16261 - - 13712 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -352 - - 1282 - - -198 - - -2365 ODpotential blCL - - - 18706 - - 18700 - - 19884 - - 18781 blCL maxRH - - - 81 - - 84 - - 76 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - 210 - - 430 - - 250 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 73.7 - - 76.2 - - 75.3 - - 67.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.4 - - 30.8 - - 28.5 - - 31.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 75.2 - - 77.7 - - 77.8 - - 73.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.3 - - 29.6 - - 27.4 - - 30.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 355 - - 355 - - 177 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9344 - - 10972 - - 10676 - - 7406 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 24 - - 34 - - 5 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 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] 99432 33 095 26 092 25 102 29 098 99432 91875 20 113 19 101 21 090 23 095 91875 86044 21 124 14 113 17 094 21 087 86044 81212 21 101 16 113 16 097 17 091 81212 77051 14 088 17 111 12 091 16 086 77051 73375 12 094 12 084 13 078 12 084 73375 70057 10 091 4 078 10 053 12 088 70057 67002 6 103 6 139 3 341 11 033 67002 64174 5 057 4 089 1 071 6 327 64174 61443 5 347 6 008 5 022 2 005 61443 58595 11 302 6 271 7 294 2 248 58595 55631 19 270 21 271 24 281 19 291 55631 52796 21 274 25 268 28 268 27 271 52796 50256 31 279 31 277 31 276 36 275 50256 47989 41 278 43 275 47 271 41 271 47989 45944 51 274 52 270 51 270 52 274 45944 44089 59 272 59 269 61 270 62 270 44089 42398 67 268 65 265 64 266 66 264 42398 40838 69 263 66 261 62 263 63 259 40838 39385 68 262 65 260 59 261 57 259 39385 38031 66 263 64 261 55 262 53 262 38031 36741 62 263 63 261 51 263 50 262 36741 35451 56 261 62 261 48 264 47 261 35451 34135 52 261 58 260 47 263 43 261 34135 32798 49 263 53 258 49 258 40 259 32798 31429 49 265 51 253 49 252 38 255 31429 30021 50 265 51 249 48 248 37 252 30021 28580 52 266 50 251 46 249 39 250 28580 27109 53 268 48 254 44 250 42 248 27109 25609 52 270 46 253 42 252 42 248 25609 24084 47 268 46 253 40 254 39 251 24084 22528 43 264 45 257 39 258 36 258 22528 20937 40 264 43*265 37*263 33 265 20937 19337 37*269 35*269 30*267 31 270 19337 17805 32*274 20 270 21 270 29*273 17805 16410 20 274 14 268 12 273 25*275 16410 15161 14 269 13 268 11 275 21 277 15161 14034 12 269 13 267 11 275 16 278 14034 13012 12 269 12 267 12 275 13 281 13012 12082 11 270 12 266 12 275 11 286 12082 11236 10 270 12 267 12 275 12 291 11236 10471 10 271 12 266 13 274 12 292 10471 9777 10 272 12 266 13 274 13 293 9777 9140 9 273 11 266 13 273 13 294 9140 8564 9 273 11 265 13 273 14 294 8564 8073 8 273 11 265 13 273 14 293 8073 7689 8 274 10 265 12 272 13 292 7689 7422 8 273 10 264 12 272 10 291 7422 7258 7 272 9 264 11 272 8 290 7258 7163 6 272 8 263 9 271 4 288 7163 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