DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/15 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 - - - 67.2 - - 72.6 - - - - - 65.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 350 - - 390 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4964 - - 7599 - - - - - 4414 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12546 - - 14701 - - - - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13974 - - 16609 - - - - - 13424 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1250 - - 1062 - - - - - 2002 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 518 - - 620 - - - - - 60 W* B/S - - - 22 - - 12 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 9 - - - - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 279 - - 298 - - - - - 352 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 15 - - - - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 11 - - 25 - - - - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -90 - - 1292 - - - - - 500 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14064 - - 15317 - - - - - 12925 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5760 - - -3541 - - - - - -6675 ODpotential blCL - - - 19734 - - 20150 - - - - - 20099 blCL maxRH - - - 66 - - 68 - - - - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.2 - - 72.6 - - - - - 65.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.4 - - 30.1 - - - - - 33.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 68.7 - - 74.0 - - - - - 71.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.2 - - 28.9 - - - - - 32.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 350 - - 390 - - - - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4964 - - 7599 - - - - - 4414 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 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] 99057 33 094 25 096 24 087 99057 91562 29 106 18 104 28 088 91562 85785 26 104 16 102 23 092 85785 81000 20 091 19 094 17 088 81000 76903 15 091 17 076 14 082 76903 73297 16 075 13 060 16 061 73297 70031 14 053 14 062 15 054 70031 67020 13 043 14 035 17 052 67020 64225 11 065 10 028 18 034 64225 61518 17 041 10 033 20 020 61518 58699 22 359 14 004 18 356 58699 55785 23 353 19 356 22 354 55785 53021 26 353 26 357 29 359 53021 50554 30 354 29 003 37 004 50554 48366 33 355 38 011 33 003 48366 46388 35 005 46 013 32 010 46388 44581 44 006 49 013 51 012 44581 42920 41 011 50 013 58 003 42920 41376 48 017 50 014 50 001 41376 39926 42 013 51 012 40 003 39926 38563 39 013 52 007 40 004 38563 37258 41 015 49 005 41 005 37258 35949 38 014 44 006 41 005 35949 34608 33 359 38 003 40 005 34608 33242 31 349 31 001 38 005 33242 31842 34 348 27 354 36 006 31842 30398 37 342 29 348 34 003 30398 28918 37 337 31 346 33 356 28918 27405 37 336 32 342 33 349 27405 25862 35 334 32 337 34 347 25862 24294 32 328 31 329 33 347 24294 22695 31 322 30 322 31 350 22695 21062 29 321 28 320 29 351 21062 19424 25 319 26 321 26 347 19424 17863 21 318 22*326 22 345 17863 16447 18 320 16*328 16 344 16447 15183 15 324 11 317 10 352 15183 14047 12*329 10 312 8*019 14047 13019 8*326 10 308 10*026 13019 12085 6 313 9 301 11 019 12085 11236 5 307 9 292 11 007 11236 10470 5 291 9 286 12 356 10470 9775 4 266 9 281 13 348 9775 9138 4 255 9 276 13 341 9138 8562 5 245 9 271 13 336 8562 8071 5 236 8 268 13 332 8071 7688 5 230 8 265 12 328 7688 7421 5 228 8 263 10 323 7421 7257 5 226 7 262 8 317 7257 7163 4 224 6 261 4 312 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