DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/09 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 14.3 - - 24.3 - - 20.4 - - 14.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -4 - - 23 - - -12 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1291 - - 878 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7143 - - 7144 - - 7143 - - 7143 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7161 - - 10301 - - 9888 - - 7161 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1851 - - 1585 - - 1008 - - 1320 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 9 - - 137 - - 24 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 11 - - 16 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 005 - - 331 - - 334 - - 350 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 11 - - 18 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -27 - - -14 - - -22 - - -24 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -596 - - 2248 - - 2499 - - -436 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7758 - - 8054 - - 7390 - - 7597 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5756 - - -1565 - - -2675 - - -7745 ODpotential blCL - - - 12917 - - 11866 - - 12563 - - 14906 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 82 - - 76 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 14.3 - - 24.3 - - 20.4 - - 14.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 6.4 - - 14.8 - - 13.9 - - 7.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 20.7 - - 27.9 - - 27.9 - - 23.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 8.1 - - 13.8 - - 14.3 - - 12.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -4 - - 23 - - -12 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1291 - - 878 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 28 - - 28 - - 3 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 95678 52 274 60 280 58 283 48 292 95678 88905 34 282 28 291 31 293 27 316 88905 83558 18 291 14 291 16 308 24 333 83558 79065 13 295 14 308 19 339 23 337 79065 75143 12 291 14 301 14 351 14 359 75143 71611 6 284 10 236 8 009 10 025 71611 68363 16 326 14 325 19 354 18 002 68363 65368 23 287 17 302 16 343 17 321 65368 62583 14 258 2 335 5 325 16 321 62583 59877 25 327 22 350 25 348 19 333 59877 57058 28 319 39 323 35 348 20 351 57058 54123 20 300 36 321 40 339 31 354 54123 51314 19 327 30 321 41 331 41 345 51314 48799 25 338 26 332 38 329 45 341 48799 46568 37 344 31 342 34 336 44 342 46568 44563 46 339 28 344 32 347 43 355 44563 42746 47 349 33 001 46 003 56 005 42746 41088 63 355 51 001 64 005 66 007 41088 39576 71 351 66 359 77 002 75 004 39576 38188 64 352 75 359 74 357 79 355 38188 36891 64 359 69 354 58 356 70 352 36891 35648 66 003 59 009 49 026 50 349 35648 34406 71 003 64 020 60 034 38 010 34406 33141 77 001 63 017 58 028 38 020 33141 31856 79 358 62 012 53 021 40 015 31856 30540 75 354 65 009 52 017 42 008 30540 29182 70 352 68 006 53 015 44 006 29182 27783 63 352 70 003 54 013 47 004 27783 26348 61 352 70 001 53 012 47 004 26348 24880 60 353 67 001 54 009 44 003 24880 23382 57 352 62 360 55 006 40 360 23382 21855 53 351 55 358 53 006 38 358 21855 20294 46 349 45 353 48 005 36 000 20294 18727 40 345 37 348 42 002 35 005 18727 17231 34 341 32 345 36 357 34 008 17231 15875 29 338 28 343 31 353 32 007 15875 14666 25 337 25 339 28 350 31 004 14666 13583 22 337 23 336 26 348 31 002 13583 12606 19 338 21 333 25 346 30 001 12606 11722 16 340 19 332 25 343 30 001 11722 10925 15 343 18*332 24 340 29 001 10925 10207 14 349 16*333 23*338 29 001 10207 9560 14 356 14 334 21*338 27 359 9560 8969 15 003 13 334 19 336 25 356 8969 8438 17 009 11 331 18 334 23 351 8438 7988 17 010 10 329 16 332 20 347 7988 7638 14 007 9 327 14 329 16 345 7638 7394 11 001 7 326 10 327 12 345 7394 7246 9*358 6 326 8 325 8*349 7246 7160 5*356 5 325 4 328 3*006 7160 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