DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 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 - - - 67.8 - - 55.4 - - - - - 50.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 305 - - 181 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8849 - - 3139 - - - - - 1022 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15586 - - 10929 - - - - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17859 - - 12149 - - - - - 10032 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1296 - - 1934 - - - - - 3118 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 601 - - 369 - - - - - 45 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 28 - - 22 - - - - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - 223 - - 233 - - - - - 278 Direction Wind Shear - - - 40 - - 21 - - - - - 30 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 20 - - 14 - - - - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4199 - - 4478 - - - - - 1889 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13660 - - 7671 - - - - - 8143 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1927 - - 1801 - - - - - -3171 ODpotential blCL - - - 15932 - - 10348 - - - - - 13203 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 96 - - - - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - 60 - - 300 - - - - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.8 - - 55.4 - - - - - 50.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.3 - - 46.0 - - - - - 39.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.7 - - 57.9 - - - - - 55.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.3 - - 44.9 - - - - - 38.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 305 - - 181 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8849 - - 3139 - - - - - 1022 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 62 - - 86 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 7 - - - - - 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] 99382 31 101 29 112 26 085 99382 91844 25 109 20 104 19 077 91844 86040 15 129 16 122 20 093 86040 81195 14 136 15 124 15 102 81195 77006 11 125 12 097 12 098 77006 73318 10 141 5 113 10 104 73318 69988 16 148 6 168 11 108 69988 66920 13 128 6 176 7 086 66920 64068 1 240 5 238 2 234 64068 61315 7 252 7 228 6 216 61315 58451 16 225 11 202 9 215 58451 55458 20 243 14 242 12 230 55458 52594 29 243 26 240 22 243 52594 50025 31 238 27 230 25 240 50025 47729 31 233 33 237 30 242 47729 45647 36 235 42 230 33 239 45647 43746 42 232 47 230 38 235 43746 42001 53 239 61 233 44 231 42001 40391 62 230 75 226 47 230 40391 38898 64 226 76 219 53 228 38898 37513 62 225 74 219 61 224 37513 36204 61 224 73 221 62 223 36204 34906 60 222 73 223 60 221 34906 33591 57 221 71 221 60 220 33591 32260 56 223 66 218 61 220 32260 30902 53 226 59 214 60 220 30902 29508 48 225 55 213 57 220 29508 28081 41 221 53 218 53 220 28081 26625 37 223 50 224 48 221 26625 25144 39 230 44 228 43 223 25144 23641 46 236 39 230 39 226 23641 22113 52 238 37 233 36 229 22113 20553 56 233 37 235 33 229 20553 18985 56*229 39 234 30 230 18985 17486 51*227 40 231 29 233 17486 16126 43 227 41 230 31 238 16126 14910 37 226 40 229 35 240 14910 13816 31 224 37 229 38 240 13816 12823 26 222 34*229 38 243 12823 11921 24 221 31*230 39 249 11921 11101 21 219 28 231 40 255 11101 10360 20 217 26 233 37*260 10360 9688 19 217 24 234 33*265 9688 9072 18 215 21 235 27 272 9072 8515 17 215 19 235 22 280 8515 8041 17 214 18 235 17 288 8041 7670 16 214 17 236 13 294 7670 7412 15 214 15 235 9 298 7412 7254 14 213 14 235 7 301 7254 7162 11 213 10 234 4 306 7162 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