DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/26 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 74.5 - - 82.6 - - - - - 72.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 123 - - 371 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3031 - - 9724 - - - - - 4903 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10641 - - 16400 - - - - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12041 - - 18734 - - - - - 13913 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5160 - - 2387 - - - - - 4758 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 314 - - 661 - - - - - 18 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 7 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 17 - - - - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 267 - - 234 - - - - - 249 Direction Wind Shear - - - 21 - - 21 - - - - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 8 - - 14 - - - - - 20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2475 - - 950 - - - - - -1525 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14517 - - 17785 - - - - - 15439 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8479 - - -752 - - - - - -6724 ODpotential blCL - - - 20520 - - 19486 - - - - - 20637 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 90 - - - - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - 90 - - 120 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 74.5 - - 82.6 - - - - - 72.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.8 - - 29.0 - - - - - 30.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 77.5 - - 84.1 - - - - - 80.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.3 - - 27.9 - - - - - 29.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 123 - - 371 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3031 - - 9724 - - - - - 4903 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 96 - - 59 - - - - - 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] 99680 39 107 36 106 28 098 99680 92126 24 104 27 093 24 093 92126 86300 29 103 16 101 18 083 86300 81479 29 102 18 118 19 101 81479 77338 23 099 19 110 19 105 77338 73681 11 121 15 113 12 104 73681 70385 8 138 13 135 7 113 70385 67360 8 167 11 173 8 068 67360 64552 4 158 12 171 5 205 64552 61849 10 236 8 262 2 155 61849 59059 22 214 25 233 18 230 59059 56205 27 235 33 233 29 240 56205 53514 40 239 43 235 34 242 53514 51099 52 232 49 231 43 246 51099 48923 54 235 52 233 54 244 48923 46933 61 242 58 237 61 239 46933 45092 70 241 67 238 66 236 45092 43376 76 236 75 236 70 237 43376 41768 78 233 77 235 75 239 41768 40257 81 234 79 236 80 239 40257 38844 83 237 83 237 83 238 38844 37497 84 240 84 239 85 238 37497 36150 84 242 83 241 85 237 36150 34778 80 242 79 241 83 236 34778 33389 72 241 73 239 80 236 33389 31973 61 240 66 238 72 239 31973 30521 52 237 58 238 61 240 30521 29041 47 233 52 237 52 238 29041 27530 44 230 48 235 46 236 27530 25992 40 230 44 233 43 236 25992 24429 37 229 42 230 42 238 24429 22836 36 227 40 228 40 239 22836 21210 35 237 38 229 37 238 21210 19574 35 241 34*233 34 232 19574 18009 33 236 30*237 33 224 18009 16583 30 221 25 237 32 220 16583 15304 29 206 20 236 30 222 15304 14151 28 198 16 233 27*227 14151 13107 26 208 15 232 25*234 13107 12158 23*228 15 232 22 241 12158 11297 21*248 15 232 19 246 11297 10519 17 262 14 231 15 251 10519 9814 13 272 14 231 12 256 9814 9167 9 281 14 230 10 261 9167 8583 5 286 14 230 9 265 8583 8085 3 286 13 229 8 266 8085 7697 2 285 13 229 8 266 7697 7426 1 296 12 229 6 264 7426 7260 1 296 11 228 4 259 7260 7164 1 301 9 228 3 256 7164 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