DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/16 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 - - - 43.1 - - 42.9 - - - - - 33.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 321 - - 462 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5010 - - 5014 - - - - - 3343 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12547 - - 12679 - - - - - 7144 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14020 - - 14024 - - - - - 12353 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1471 - - 951 - - - - - 1116 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 504 - - 567 - - - - - 51 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 22 - - - - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - 262 - - 270 - - - - - 317 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 20 - - - - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 18 - - 18 - - - - - -25 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4581 - - 3642 - - - - - 2913 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9439 - - 10382 - - - - - 9440 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 2307 - - 1767 - - - - - 319 ODpotential blCL - - - 11713 - - 12257 - - - - - 12034 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 80 - - - - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 43.1 - - 42.9 - - - - - 33.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.6 - - 22.2 - - - - - 17.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 45.0 - - 44.2 - - - - - 37.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.7 - - 21.7 - - - - - 17.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 321 - - 462 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5010 - - 5014 - - - - - 3343 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 66 - - 20 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 2 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] 98136 2 313 8 278 3 018 98136 90706 3 200 4 294 11 032 90706 84959 5 160 1 217 7 004 84959 80184 9 132 3 272 7 357 80184 76080 4 166 5 322 7 326 76080 72464 3 300 6 266 8 318 72464 69183 10 286 2 270 9 288 69183 66137 9 271 7 262 7 260 66137 63285 16 265 7 266 6 290 63285 60495 16 265 17 275 10 289 60495 57571 22 270 31 266 14 294 57571 54541 27 264 29 263 27 292 54541 51661 27 269 28 272 31 273 51661 49088 33 274 36 278 28 263 49088 46789 40 270 42 272 29 284 46789 44707 43 266 43 263 43 281 44707 42816 45 265 41 262 48 269 42816 41083 49 264 47 266 43 260 41083 39477 56 260 55 265 37 263 39477 37986 63 257 59 261 40 272 37986 36608 67 253 59 258 47 273 36608 35317 70 248 59 256 53 265 35317 34047 76 244 59 255 54 257 34047 32766 78 243 58 257 53 254 32766 31474 74 243 57 260 51 256 31474 30157 70 242 57 263 51 258 30157 28804 67 243 56 263 51 259 28804 27417 63 246 55 261 52 260 27417 25999 55 248 54 260 54 261 25999 24557 49 252 52 259 56 264 24557 23093 46 257 51 261 58 267 23093 21603 46 262 49 262 60 271 21603 20081 45 265 48 262 59 274 20081 18553 42 264 46 260 54 274 18553 17095 39 260 46 258 52 272 17095 15773 36 256 44 257 52 271 15773 14594 33*252 40*257 49 273 14594 13536 30*250 31*259 42 279 13536 12583 27 250 24 262 34*290 12583 11719 25 253 22 265 28*303 11719 10936 22 257 22 268 25 312 10936 10227 20 265 21 272 23 318 10227 9585 19 269 21 276 21 321 9585 8995 17 277 21 278 20 322 8995 8460 17 279 21 279 19 322 8460 8005 16 280 21 279 17 323 8005 7649 15 280 20 280 16 323 7649 7401 14 280 19 280 14 323 7401 7249 13 281 17 280 12 323 7249 7161 10 280 12 280 7 323 7161 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