DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/05 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 77.7 - - 78.6 - - - - - 72.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 294 - - 133 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 13748 - - 14571 - - - - - 13113 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 19561 - - 19553 - - - - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 22758 - - 23581 - - - - - 22123 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1418 - - 1164 - - - - - 2143 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 692 - - 545 - - - - - 31 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 13 - - - - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 235 - - 232 - - - - - 228 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 13 - - - - - 26 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 17 - - 26 - - - - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 6221 - - 6380 - - - - - 5589 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16537 - - 17202 - - - - - 16535 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 2819 - - 3906 - - - - - 677 ODpotential blCL - - - 19939 - - 19675 - - - - - 21446 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 100 - - - - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 160 - - 170 - - - - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 77.7 - - 78.6 - - - - - 72.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.8 - - 27.7 - - - - - 24.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.5 - - 81.3 - - - - - 80.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.6 - - 26.5 - - - - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 294 - - 133 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 13748 - - 14571 - - - - - 13113 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 101 - - - - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 99512 34 102 30 098 30 088 99512 91942 30 104 25 103 30 098 91942 86142 21 113 19 105 26 098 86142 81340 22 110 16 119 22 096 81340 77200 22 095 19 104 17 082 77200 73556 16 073 18 101 13 082 73556 70274 8 117 13 095 5 062 70274 67256 8 156 5 083 4 139 67256 64446 5 182 7 286 4 011 64446 61724 5 233 11 265 9 307 61724 58893 10 270 17 252 20 281 58893 55968 24 275 25 266 27 263 55968 53189 34 265 33 258 35 264 53189 50687 39 260 37 254 44 259 50687 48435 46 260 46 259 52 263 48435 46394 55 261 62 258 59 263 46394 44532 64 263 65 259 68 264 44532 42816 72 263 70 262 72 261 42816 41224 63 262 63 261 72 259 41224 39743 54 257 52 255 64 258 39743 38376 56 257 49 251 47 250 38376 37079 54 261 47 260 45 244 37079 35776 41 254 45 256 45 245 35776 34443 33 246 41 243 43 244 34443 33086 34 243 41 242 39 245 33086 31695 31 245 36 241 35 254 31695 30263 26 248 30 238 32 254 30263 28798 27 247 26 247 25 249 28798 27305 28 243 23 260 18 251 27305 25788 26 236 22 257 18 253 25788 24252 22*236 20*243 22 238 24252 22690 22*253 19*243 23*225 22690 21092 24 260 18 241 24*219 21092 19483 23 260 17 238 22 220 19483 17938 22 254 15 232 19 223 17938 16529 20 234 14 231 17 226 16529 15264 21 229 14 230 14 229 15264 14122 20 229 13 228 11 232 14122 13086 15 224 12 227 8 238 13086 12143 12 216 12 226 5 245 12143 11287 10 201 11 226 3 255 11287 10511 10 183 11 225 2 267 10511 9809 10 179 11 225 2 277 9809 9164 10 177 11 225 2 285 9164 8581 10 175 10 224 1 305 8581 8084 9 173 10 224 1 325 8084 7696 9 172 9 224 1 339 7696 7425 9 172 9 224 1 354 7425 7260 8 172 8 223 2 012 7260 7164 7 171 7 223 2 018 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