DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/24 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 45.4 - - 49.9 - - - - - 44.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 24 - - 121 - - - - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1487 - - 1767 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7145 - - 9787 - - - - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10497 - - 10777 - - - - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 963 - - 1118 - - - - - 1734 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 160 - - 270 - - - - - 9 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 6 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 23 - - - - - 0 BL Wind Direction - - - 252 - - 269 - - - - - 111 Direction Wind Shear - - - 29 - - 30 - - - - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 24 - - 23 - - - - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2688 - - 2853 - - - - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7809 - - 7924 - - - - - 7162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2676 - - -1943 - - - - - -5453 ODpotential blCL - - - 13173 - - 12720 - - - - - 12616 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 78 - - - - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 45.4 - - 49.9 - - - - - 44.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.1 - - 39.9 - - - - - 38.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 49.4 - - 53.1 - - - - - 52.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.9 - - 38.7 - - - - - 37.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 24 - - 121 - - - - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1487 - - 1767 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 97 - - 14 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 6 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] 96089 13 285 11 299 18 298 96089 89044 16 281 21 304 16 290 89044 83620 10 235 24 292 16 284 83620 79108 16 320 13 282 20 311 79108 75225 34 302 16 308 25 300 75225 71798 33 291 31 290 23 298 71798 68682 25 290 26 281 25 298 68682 65812 30 300 22 286 36 282 65812 63152 45 298 31 297 40 264 63152 60570 51 296 39 292 44 268 60570 57862 57 298 53 288 52 275 57862 55045 71 293 65 286 59 273 55045 52359 77 284 73 284 65 273 52359 49937 76 281 74 281 71 277 49937 47749 74 284 75 281 76 279 47749 45743 73 289 79 279 79 275 45743 43898 75 287 80 275 79 269 43898 42203 73 280 73 269 79 265 42203 40643 67 278 66 265 80 263 40643 39199 65 280 63 263 78 263 39199 37851 65 281 63 263 78 263 37851 36563 63 282 65 264 81 263 36563 35274 64 283 72 266 83 263 35274 33956 66 283 79 266 85 263 33956 32616 70 282 82 267 87 263 32616 31242 75 280 81 268 88 264 31242 29827 78 278 79 270 88 266 29827 28375 79 277 77 271 88 268 28375 26890 78 276 75 271 87 270 26890 25377 77 276 73 271 86 272 25377 23843 77 277 71 272 85 273 23843 22283 76 278 70 272 82 275 22283 20695 75 278 68 271 80 277 20695 19102 73 279 66 271 76 279 19102 17582 70 279 64 271 70 278 17582 16205 66 279 62 270 64 273 16205 14974 61 280 61 270 59 266 14974 13868 56 278 60 270 55 260 13868 12865 51 275 57 269 52 257 12865 11955 46 270 53 268 49 257 11955 11127 39*265 46*267 45 258 11127 10379 33*262 39*267 41 259 10379 9702 27 259 32 268 36 259 9702 9081 22 255 26 269 30 258 9081 8519 17 248 20 269 24 256 8519 8042 14 241 18 270 17 254 8042 7670 11 235 16 270 11 252 7670 7412 10 230 14 270 5 247 7412 7253 8 227 13 271 0*180 7253 7162 6 223 9 270 5*067 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