DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/22 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 74.6 - - 75.9 - - - - - 66.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 280 - - 258 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7570 - - 8460 - - - - - 4929 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14511 - - 15173 - - - - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 16580 - - 17470 - - - - - 13939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2395 - - 1581 - - - - - 3530 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 553 - - 558 - - - - - 45 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 8 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 13 - - - - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 187 - - 226 - - - - - 224 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 12 - - - - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 24 - - 20 - - - - - 23 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4395 - - 4515 - - - - - 3577 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12185 - - 12956 - - - - - 10362 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1405 - - 1811 - - - - - -817 ODpotential blCL - - - 15175 - - 15659 - - - - - 14756 blCL maxRH - - - 92 - - 96 - - - - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 690 - - 610 - - - - - 740 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 74.6 - - 75.9 - - - - - 66.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.8 - - 43.7 - - - - - 46.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 76.6 - - 78.1 - - - - - 74.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.2 - - 43.0 - - - - - 45.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 280 - - 258 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7570 - - 8460 - - - - - 4929 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 67 - - 85 - - - - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 6 - - - - - 7 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] 99367 26 100 12 105 11 069 99367 91918 14 074 13 094 9 069 91918 86148 10 078 9 084 10 123 86148 81337 9 121 9 075 12 092 81337 77195 12 166 8 062 11 085 77195 73550 10 122 6 119 8 060 73550 70248 7 093 7 156 6 040 70248 67212 7 107 11 151 3 360 67212 64397 8 148 8 167 3 170 64397 61682 8 169 10 178 7 229 61682 58879 6 213 9 163 17 193 58879 55995 18 240 17 247 17 206 55995 53249 30 235 36 238 25 220 53249 50778 35 219 42 223 37 237 50778 48564 41 223 44 226 49 234 48564 46551 46 227 50 230 55 231 46551 44707 48 226 57 228 60 228 44707 43011 48 225 59 224 63 228 43011 41435 51 227 56 225 63 229 41435 39961 58 228 51 226 58 229 39961 38584 60 228 48 226 53 225 38584 37271 56 223 48 225 49 223 37271 35957 46 211 49 226 44 223 35957 34615 44 213 50 222 39 223 34615 33252 42 217 46 215 39 214 33252 31857 34 212 39 210 37 206 31857 30419 31 216 36 209 36 206 30419 28945 28 218 33 214 35 214 28945 27437 28 216 31 227 36 222 27437 25900 24 213 29 233 36 231 25900 24339 19 216 27 229 36 240 24339 22752 15 215 24 224 34 246 22752 21133 13 216 20 219 34 248 21133 19506 12 222 19 220 31 248 19506 17949 10*216 16*237 28 251 17949 16532 6*224 14*253 21 249 16532 15263 7 245 14 254 15 228 15263 14120 8 240 14 244 14*213 14120 13082 8 207 14 237 13*213 13082 12139 11 181 14 230 13 216 12139 11281 13 173 14 220 12 219 11281 10506 13 171 14 211 13 221 10506 9803 14 170 14 207 13 224 9803 9159 14 170 14 205 12 226 9159 8576 14 170 14 204 10 231 8576 8080 14 170 14 202 7 241 8080 7693 13 169 13 201 4 272 7693 7424 13 169 13 200 4 326 7424 7258 12 170 12 199 4 353 7258 7164 9 170 9 199 3 358 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