DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/31 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.0 - - 38.6 - - - - - 35.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 64 - - 62 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2871 - - 1520 - - - - - 892 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10102 - - 7144 - - - - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11881 - - 10530 - - - - - 9902 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2383 - - 2531 - - - - - 1845 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 253 - - 200 - - - - - 17 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 11 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 226 - - 232 - - - - - 245 Direction Wind Shear - - - 21 - - 12 - - - - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 32 - - 9 - - - - - 15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4720 - - 3369 - - - - - 2741 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7162 - - 7161 - - - - - 7161 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 2237 - - 1993 - - - - - 1097 ODpotential blCL - - - 9644 - - 8537 - - - - - 8805 blCL maxRH - - - 98 - - 100 - - - - - 98 maxRH CAPE - - - 160 - - 160 - - - - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.0 - - 38.6 - - - - - 35.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.4 - - 36.4 - - - - - 33.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.2 - - 41.7 - - - - - 40.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.3 - - 35.5 - - - - - 33.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 64 - - 62 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2871 - - 1520 - - - - - 892 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 91 - - 100 - - - - - 92 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 5 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] 96345 13 270 7 275 19 290 96345 89131 13 269 11 290 9 310 89131 83577 9 256 15 262 15 325 83577 78982 6 271 15 272 21 308 78982 75050 17 298 18 290 15 313 75050 71549 23 277 21 280 22 315 71549 68342 22 284 32 283 30 287 68342 65378 24 287 34 280 33 277 65378 62617 28 288 33 280 33 281 62617 59922 35 286 34 277 33 281 59922 57080 39 278 37 269 36 275 57080 54108 39 273 43 267 40 269 54108 51273 41 273 48 269 45 266 51273 48737 46 270 49 268 47 265 48737 46475 46 271 48 269 47 265 46475 44429 47 271 50 266 46 267 44429 42562 47 266 51 265 48 270 42562 40850 47 265 55 265 54 273 40850 39273 51 269 61 263 60 268 39273 37826 65 265 67 262 64 262 37826 36499 73 263 73 263 75 257 36499 35252 79 264 81 261 84 252 35252 34013 86 262 87 256 86 248 34013 32751 89 259 83 251 79 247 32751 31469 88 257 68 252 71 244 31469 30158 82 253 63 253 65 240 30158 28810 77 249 58 251 61 238 28810 27427 71 249 55 249 60 241 27427 26016 67 250 53 246 51 242 26016 24582 59 255 50 243 41 235 24582 23127 54 262 46 241 38 232 23127 21647 50 266 43 245 31 242 21647 20137 46 269 41 251 27 257 20137 18621 41 274 36 251 26 268 18621 17172 33 270 29 247 24 267 17172 15854 29 263 23 247 22 257 15854 14673 27 261 20 252 21 249 14673 13610 27 261 19 258 21 248 13610 12646 26*259 19 260 21 249 12646 11772 25*251 18 256 21 248 11772 10977 24 240 17*248 20 246 10977 10260 21 231 16*240 18*243 10260 9610 19 223 14 236 15*241 9610 9013 16 216 13 232 13 242 9013 8473 13 209 11 229 11 244 8473 8013 12 205 9 225 8 248 8013 7654 11 204 7 222 6 253 7654 7403 10 203 6 221 4 259 7403 7250 9 203 5 220 3 266 7250 7161 7 201 4 218 2 266 7161 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