DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/29 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 77.0 - - 80.2 - - - - - 73.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 221 - - 339 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 11108 - - 14299 - - - - - 10334 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 17197 - - 20097 - - - - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 20118 - - 23309 - - - - - 19344 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3387 - - 1884 - - - - - 4113 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 582 - - 729 - - - - - 43 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 9 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 14 - - - - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 216 - - 226 - - - - - 237 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 20 - - - - - 21 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 40 - - 16 - - - - - 33 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 5986 - - 7573 - - - - - 4069 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14133 - - 15737 - - - - - 15276 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 3557 - - 4178 - - - - - -158 ODpotential blCL - - - 16561 - - 19131 - - - - - 19502 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 90 - - - - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - 640 - - 490 - - - - - 190 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 77.0 - - 80.2 - - - - - 73.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.6 - - 35.6 - - - - - 31.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.0 - - 81.8 - - - - - 80.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 38.9 - - 34.6 - - - - - 30.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 221 - - 339 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 11108 - - 14299 - - - - - 10334 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 59 - - - - - 82 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 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] 99744 37 107 33 111 29 098 99744 92210 31 122 27 108 29 104 92210 86396 28 131 22 115 26 099 86396 81567 23 108 22 130 16 092 81567 77399 19 103 17 122 11 100 77399 73710 18 111 13 112 11 124 73710 70382 11 154 12 115 7 112 70382 67341 6 177 10 148 5 139 67341 64534 4 173 5 166 3 050 64534 61827 3 255 6 192 9 253 61827 59010 14 275 9 265 9 196 59010 56079 21 222 24 236 14 248 56079 53285 33 237 34 236 36 259 53285 50786 41 237 45 230 45 243 50786 48546 48 235 51 242 47 241 48546 46506 63 229 70 236 60 240 46506 44632 76 222 70 224 67 232 44632 42903 77 217 63 221 64 227 42903 41299 75 217 64 223 65 225 41299 39804 77 219 68 223 65 223 39804 38410 78 219 71 224 59 223 38410 37090 80 219 70 226 49 229 37090 35782 78 219 63 227 40 233 35782 34453 65 222 53 228 34 240 34453 33107 53 222 44 231 33 245 33107 31729 52 224 41 231 30 244 31729 30309 53 225 38 234 27 245 30309 28852 50 224 35 238 24 249 28852 27360 43 221 36 239 23 248 27360 25838 38 218 40 232 24 247 25838 24293 34 218 34*225 27 248 24293 22725 30 230 26*222 32 237 22725 21123 25*234 23 226 33 231 21123 19507 22*231 23 233 31*232 19507 17957 22 228 19 240 24*237 17957 16545 22 228 14 240 15 240 16545 15279 23 226 11 232 10 239 15279 14136 22 221 10 228 6 239 14136 13098 19 217 10 225 5 239 13098 12154 15 211 9 216 5 239 12154 11295 13 203 9 213 5 237 11295 10519 12 196 10 210 5 237 10519 9815 12 191 10 207 5 236 9815 9168 11 190 10 205 5 236 9168 8584 11 189 10 203 5 234 8584 8086 11 188 9 202 5 231 8086 7697 11 187 9 200 5 227 7697 7426 10 186 9 200 4 217 7426 7260 9 186 8 200 4 207 7260 7164 8 186 7 199 3 205 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