DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/21 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.5 - - 61.5 - - - - - 52.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 120 - - 215 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2824 - - 5037 - - - - - 1954 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10515 - - 12409 - - - - - 7146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11834 - - 14047 - - - - - 10964 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2014 - - 2051 - - - - - 3482 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 311 - - 447 - - - - - 23 W* B/S - - - 17 - - 28 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 166 - - 159 - - - - - 159 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 1 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 11 - - 12 - - - - - 14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2476 - - 2968 - - - - - 1227 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9358 - - 11080 - - - - - 9738 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2290 - - -1164 - - - - - -3465 ODpotential blCL - - - 14124 - - 15211 - - - - - 14429 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 57 - - - - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 80 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.5 - - 61.5 - - - - - 52.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.2 - - 37.7 - - - - - 34.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 59.2 - - 63.7 - - - - - 61.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.0 - - 36.8 - - - - - 34.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 120 - - 215 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2824 - - 5037 - - - - - 1954 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 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] 98168 6 240 12 304 2 282 98168 90836 8 343 4 337 8 311 90836 85186 17 349 9 017 17 324 85186 80527 18 356 10 348 18 328 80527 76518 16 325 16 324 13 341 76518 72962 9 287 18 296 12 353 72962 69727 10 296 14 300 13 334 69727 66742 11 314 12 297 12 317 66742 63963 11 305 9 278 12 294 63963 61261 11 291 11 269 15 281 61261 58436 14 277 15 269 17 258 58436 55504 15 273 18 262 19 244 55504 52715 15 259 21 251 18 238 52715 50207 15 241 22 234 22 248 50207 47966 16 232 23 233 24 234 47966 45944 19 233 22 234 22 227 45944 44097 20 232 25 239 23 217 44097 42388 19 255 24 236 22 213 42388 40798 22 269 23 235 25 203 40798 39319 21 269 18 231 25 192 39319 37946 18 264 17 239 15 193 37946 36651 18 256 18 248 15 209 36651 35363 15 269 19 248 25 214 35363 34046 15 284 22 250 30 216 34046 32707 17 276 23 248 23 220 32707 31332 21 270 24 248 17 227 31332 29916 21 276 23 255 13 245 29916 28464 18 276 19 260 11 232 28464 26982 16 272 17 262 10 216 26982 25477 12 270 16 263 12 214 25477 23950 7 252 15 258 13 219 23950 22394 6 204 13 252 13 224 22394 20803 5 190 10 237 12 232 20803 19203 4 195 9 229 11 242 19203 17674 5 183 8 224 10 251 17674 16286 6 166 7 216 9 253 16286 15046 5 154 5*203 5 244 15046 13929 4 148 3*185 1 356 13929 12917 2 145 2 150 4 018 12917 11997 2*142 2 141 4 020 11997 11163 2*133 2 147 3*028 11163 10409 2 130 3 154 1*085 10409 9726 3 152 3 158 3 156 9726 9100 3 166 3 163 5 163 9100 8535 4 174 4 166 6 164 8535 8054 4 179 4 166 6 166 8054 7677 5 180 4 165 6 164 7677 7415 5 180 4 165 4 155 7415 7255 5 178 4 165 2 116 7255 7163 4 180 3 165 1 068 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