DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/11 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.5 - - 64.9 - - - - - 52.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 264 - - 362 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4590 - - 7215 - - - - - 1599 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12146 - - 14349 - - - - - 7146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13600 - - 16225 - - - - - 10609 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1837 - - 1268 - - - - - 2880 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 461 - - 591 - - - - - 14 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 21 - - - - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 276 - - 275 - - - - - 292 Direction Wind Shear - - - 26 - - 19 - - - - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 20 - - 16 - - - - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2846 - - 3510 - - - - - -846 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10755 - - 12716 - - - - - 11456 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -659 - - 474 - - - - - -8466 ODpotential blCL - - - 14259 - - 15751 - - - - - 19075 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 64 - - - - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.5 - - 64.9 - - - - - 52.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.0 - - 33.7 - - - - - 27.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.6 - - 66.7 - - - - - 60.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.2 - - 33.1 - - - - - 26.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 264 - - 362 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4590 - - 7215 - - - - - 1599 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 51 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 98611 20 273 19 269 22 270 98611 91191 15 267 18 278 12 272 91191 85442 9 288 9 247 7 329 85442 80680 8 291 6 284 10 320 80680 76598 2 290 5 305 5 307 76598 72986 5 301 8 281 8 312 72986 69710 3 266 8 311 4 298 69710 66692 7 277 11 283 8 022 66692 63883 17 280 16 264 12 311 63883 61159 28 274 21 278 20 296 61159 58310 34 266 29 274 30 289 58310 55361 43 274 38 278 42 276 55361 52568 60 277 57 278 51 278 52568 50068 73 273 72 273 65 280 50068 47839 79 271 81 270 79 278 47839 45827 83 272 86 270 87 276 45827 43996 87 272 90 273 92 278 43996 42315 90 273 93 277 94 279 42315 40755 91 276 95 281 94 280 40755 39297 91 278 94 281 91 281 39297 37936 89 280 92 280 87 280 37936 36636 85 282 89 278 82 278 36636 35337 80 281 83 277 79 275 35337 34011 74 278 77 276 76 273 34011 32666 69 277 72 274 71 273 32666 31292 64 277 67 273 63 274 31292 29882 61 278 63 273 59 275 29882 28437 59 279 61 274 56 275 28437 26958 58 277 60 275 54 275 26958 25451 58 275 58 275 52 275 25451 23920 57 275 56 275 50 276 23920 22359 56 275 54 273 48 275 22359 20764 52 275 50 270 46 274 20764 19163 48 274 45 269 44 273 19163 17635 47 274 41 270 42 273 17635 16248 46 274 37*272 39 275 16248 15011 43 274 30*274 37 276 15011 13898 40*275 26 274 35 275 13898 12890 34*276 22 275 32 275 12890 11975 27 277 21 275 30 276 11975 11144 21 276 21 275 27*277 11144 10394 18 276 20 276 24*281 10394 9715 16 276 20 275 21 285 9715 9092 15 276 20 275 16 291 9092 8529 14 275 19 275 13 299 8529 8050 14 275 18 275 11 304 8050 7676 13 274 17 275 9 306 7676 7415 12 274 16 275 7 309 7415 7255 11 273 15 274 5 312 7255 7163 8 273 11 273 3 320 7163 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