DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/13 Hammett_Rim_ID 2983ft pt40714@42.875,-115.427,2966ft SPONSORED BY: Idaho Hang Gliding Association BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 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 - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.2 - - 66.9 - - - - - 56.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 204 - - 267 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2535 - - 3981 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4418 - - 5601 - - - - - 2928 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5518 - - 6964 - - - - - 2945 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2041 - - 2406 - - - - - 1690 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 332 - - 422 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 6 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 12 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 294 - - 304 - - - - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 7 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -5 - - -9 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2984 - - -3986 - - - - - -6173 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8502 - - 10950 - - - - - 9119 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7327 - - -7085 - - - - - -11045 ODpotential blCL - - - 12845 - - 14049 - - - - - 13990 blCL maxRH - - - 65 - - 78 - - - - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.2 - - 66.9 - - - - - 56.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.3 - - 29.0 - - - - - 27.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 58.8 - - 65.1 - - - - - 61.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.8 - - 28.3 - - - - - 27.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 204 - - 267 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2535 - - 3981 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 13 - - - - - 54 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - - - - 3 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] 96200 5 116 8 067 8 069 96200 89139 7 048 3 096 13 055 89139 83631 4 039 7 080 4 067 83631 79025 8 061 9 316 12 026 79025 75040 13 026 2 299 7 354 75040 71510 18 347 17 358 18 356 71510 68308 18 306 23 318 25 322 68308 65390 6 304 15 313 19 314 65390 62686 26 341 18 325 24 318 62686 60046 41 323 36 303 40 309 60046 57288 52 306 46 301 50 306 57288 54424 56 304 57 305 58 306 54424 51687 61 310 61 302 65 299 51687 49225 68 310 67 304 68 300 49225 47022 76 302 79 303 77 304 47022 45025 77 296 83 299 85 300 45025 43200 75 295 78 295 84 293 43200 41527 75 297 75 292 82 287 41527 39984 76 296 74 293 82 285 39984 38549 75 293 72 294 81 285 38549 37203 74 291 69 293 79 286 37203 35906 73 291 67 292 76 287 35906 34593 72 293 65 291 73 288 34593 33236 70 293 65 289 70 290 33236 31840 71 292 69 289 66 294 31840 30392 73 294 75 291 65 296 30392 28883 73 296 78 293 67 296 28883 27316 70 298 76 295 70 296 27316 25691 65 297 71 296 72 296 25691 24010 62 296 65 295 70 296 24010 22276 61 296 61 292 64 296 22276 20480 61 296 60 290 59 296 20480 18616 58 295 59 290 56 296 18616 16721 54 293 56 288 52 292 16721 14897 51 289 51 286 48 286 14897 13237 48 287 46 286 44 279 13237 11753 44 287 42 286 41 271 11753 10427 41 290 37 282 37 268 10427 9239 37 294 31 277 32 272 9239 8176 33 297 26 277 28 278 8176 7227 29 299 19*284 22 284 7227 6384 23 299 15*292 18 293 6384 5634 17*297 14 297 15 304 5634 4960 13*294 12 305 14 319 4960 4360 9 294 12 307 14 338 4360 3857 9 294 11 309 13 351 3857 3469 8 295 11 310 10 357 3469 3200 8 294 10 311 5 349 3200 3037 7 295 10 312 2*294 3037 2944 7 296 9 312 3*230 2944 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