DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/25 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 - - 1332z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 49.0 - - 51.7 - - 50.8 - - 43.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 68 - - 93 - - -1 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2038 - - 3725 - - 3505 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9677 - - 11080 - - 7145 - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11048 - - 12735 - - 12515 - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1454 - - 1355 - - 2730 - - 4526 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 242 - - 325 - - 148 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 25 - - 23 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 256 - - 251 - - 256 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear - - - 29 - - 29 - - 29 - - 24 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 32 - - 27 - - 15 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2758 - - 4066 - - 4010 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8291 - - 8669 - - 8506 - - 7162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2385 - - 93 - - -539 - - -4945 ODpotential blCL - - - 13433 - - 12642 - - 13054 - - 12108 blCL maxRH - - - 63 - - 74 - - 73 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 80 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 49.0 - - 51.7 - - 50.8 - - 43.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.5 - - 38.3 - - 38.1 - - 37.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 52.5 - - 55.0 - - 55.1 - - 51.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.2 - - 37.1 - - 36.9 - - 36.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 68 - - 93 - - -1 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2038 - - 3725 - - 3505 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 18 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 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] 95929 15 261 16 296 9 287 15 263 95929 88825 25 278 18 313 16 298 14 301 88825 83376 29 265 23 298 22 317 18 309 83376 78891 20 279 19 282 34 312 24 321 78891 75028 20 308 29 278 36 291 28 304 75028 71604 26 303 26 291 29 292 28 302 71604 68491 15 314 22 299 26 294 31 298 68491 65622 5 307 26 274 33 273 32 282 65622 62960 32 277 33 260 39 263 42 270 62960 60373 49 274 40 267 44 267 48 268 60373 57670 53 269 53 270 53 271 55 267 57670 54865 60 265 64 268 61 270 61 265 54865 52176 67 267 70 265 67 268 66 268 52176 49728 73 267 74 265 73 267 73 270 49728 47509 78 265 82 263 83 265 80 266 47509 45476 83 263 89 260 90 262 85 262 45476 43610 87 264 93 259 93 260 89 261 43610 41900 92 265 93 260 93 260 93 263 41900 40332 93 264 93 260 93 259 95 263 40332 38884 92 262 93 259 93 258 94 262 38884 37534 90 262 91 260 92 259 93 261 37534 36246 89 262 90 261 89 259 91 260 36246 34957 86 261 88 262 88 259 88 259 34957 33641 81 261 88 263 86 259 85 258 33641 32307 78 262 89 263 87 260 85 258 32307 30943 80 262 92 262 89 260 87 258 30943 29541 86 261 92 260 91 260 88 258 29541 28107 89 259 91 259 92 260 89 257 28107 26640 89 258 89 259 92 260 90 257 26640 25147 87 258 86 258 89 259 89 258 25147 23631 85 259 84 258 87 258 89 259 23631 22090 84 259 83 257 85 258 87 262 22090 20522 82 259 81 257 82 258 83 264 20522 18953 79 259 79 258 77 259 76 265 18953 17458 75 259 74 258 70 259 68 262 17458 16103 70 259 69 259 62 258 61 257 16103 14890 65 260 63 259 54 256 56 253 14890 13798 59 260 55 258 47 254 51 251 13798 12808 54 260 47*257 41*253 48 252 12808 11907 49 260 38*254 36*253 45 254 11907 11089 43*261 32 252 32 253 42 257 11089 10349 37*261 27 251 28 254 37 260 10349 9679 31 260 25 250 25 255 32 264 9679 9065 25 258 22 250 21 257 26 267 9065 8510 21 254 21 250 18 259 21 268 8510 8037 19 252 19 251 16 260 16 267 8037 7668 17 251 18 251 14 262 11 265 7668 7410 15 250 16 251 12 263 6 261 7410 7252 13 249 14 251 10 264 3*260 7252 7162 9 248 10 250 7 264 3*078 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