DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 47.9 - - 47.7 - - - - - 35.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 12 - - 41 - - - - - -48 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 345 - - 1731 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7145 - - 7145 - - - - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9355 - - 10741 - - - - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2383 - - 1514 - - - - - 1379 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 89 - - 198 - - - - - 9 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 21 - - - - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 295 - - 291 - - - - - 341 Direction Wind Shear - - - 24 - - 26 - - - - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -19 - - -14 - - - - - -30 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 894 - - 2709 - - - - - 2 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8462 - - 8033 - - - - - 7162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4616 - - -2653 - - - - - -5156 ODpotential blCL - - - 13971 - - 13394 - - - - - 12319 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 81 - - - - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 47.9 - - 47.7 - - - - - 35.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.7 - - 37.2 - - - - - 32.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 52.4 - - 51.6 - - - - - 42.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.5 - - 36.0 - - - - - 32.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 12 - - 41 - - - - - -48 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 345 - - 1731 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 26 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 5 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] 96372 22 237 10 261 19 256 96372 89303 15 241 18 251 10 280 89303 83832 5 258 12 257 14 286 83832 79271 7 304 7 301 14 286 79271 75330 12 293 13 294 11 285 75330 71844 8 278 9 315 11 301 71844 68700 19 301 18 302 18 311 68700 65835 21 304 20 289 14 319 65835 63175 20 308 14 286 24 286 63175 60580 25 291 22 270 39 278 60580 57863 32 277 34 266 47 271 57863 55018 37 275 44 271 56 271 55018 52264 48 279 54 273 63 271 52264 49754 57 275 66 267 65 278 49754 47483 64 267 71 264 75 279 47483 45413 68 266 73 267 75 273 45413 43519 72 270 77 269 67 278 43519 41779 78 273 86 268 84 286 41779 40178 87 268 94 265 101 272 40178 38705 96 262 96 261 105 263 38705 37343 99 260 95 259 100 267 37343 36053 94 261 96 258 91 269 36053 34770 84 261 96 258 82 265 34770 33469 81 266 92 257 81 267 33469 32152 83 265 88 258 95 272 32152 30802 85 262 85 263 104 273 30802 29414 87 261 85 268 102 275 29414 27993 86 262 82 272 88 279 27993 26545 84 264 75 271 72 277 26545 25071 81 265 73 266 66 271 25071 23575 76 265 73 264 67 268 23575 22053 72 264 69 264 65 272 22053 20499 68 263 64 266 59 277 20499 18936 65 262 60 268 52 277 18936 17442 62 262 58 269 48 275 17442 16083 59 264 56 270 49 273 16083 14867 55 266 54 271 50 271 14867 13772 51 270 52 272 51 269 13772 12780 47 272 49 274 49 269 12780 11878 43 275 44 276 47 270 11878 11061 40 277 39*279 44 272 11061 10322 37 279 33*283 41 277 10322 9654 34*282 28 289 39 285 9654 9043 30*287 24 293 36 295 9043 8492 26 293 20 295 33 306 8492 8024 21 298 17 295 28 316 8024 7659 16 302 15 295 22 326 7659 7406 13 302 13 294 17 333 7406 7251 10 303 10 293 11*343 7251 7162 7 303 7 293 6*353 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