DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/25 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 - - - 30.4 - - 33.6 - - 35.8 - - 31.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 233 - - 192 - - 99 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4649 - - 5524 - - 4612 - - 1652 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12147 - - 12730 - - 11646 - - 7144 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13659 - - 14534 - - 13622 - - 10662 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 920 - - 856 - - 2008 - - 2980 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 447 - - 445 - - 336 - - 25 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 8 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 11 - - 14 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 247 - - 259 - - 251 - - 258 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 18 - - 28 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 9 - - -16 - - 17 - - 12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4686 - - 4786 - - 3885 - - 2012 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8973 - - 9748 - - 9737 - - 8651 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 2069 - - 1310 - - 135 - - -2892 ODpotential blCL - - - 11590 - - 13224 - - 13487 - - 13554 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 82 - - 66 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.4 - - 33.6 - - 35.8 - - 31.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.2 - - 15.9 - - 18.1 - - 18.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 32.6 - - 36.0 - - 38.9 - - 37.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 15.1 - - 14.8 - - 17.1 - - 17.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 233 - - 192 - - 99 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4649 - - 5524 - - 4612 - - 1652 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 37 - - 27 - - 0 - - 51 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] 97088 13 287 18 289 13 311 14 278 97088 89763 11 276 16 296 14 300 14 314 89763 84181 7 295 11 282 14 288 12 321 84181 79536 5 270 8 252 14 267 13 310 79536 75505 10 223 7 291 9 262 10 277 75505 71922 16 223 19 260 16 263 11 271 71922 68660 9 229 17 241 14 248 16 263 68660 65650 10 274 13 249 14 240 19 244 65650 62846 14 261 19 252 13 258 17 261 62846 60117 14 252 17 250 20 267 19 274 60117 57256 18 261 20 259 22 259 20 269 57256 54261 19 254 20 262 21 267 20 252 54261 51390 24 271 23 278 24 270 21 259 51390 48817 32 273 30 273 27 276 21 270 48817 46520 30 270 31 266 32 276 26 270 46520 44439 29 272 31 268 34 266 29 266 44439 42538 32 275 32 275 32 266 34 268 42538 40789 33 279 36 275 39 270 38 264 40789 39177 36 279 38 270 44 265 37 263 39177 37690 36 275 35 275 45 264 41 265 37690 36319 37 275 42 278 47 269 50 264 36319 35030 41 276 51 277 57 274 64 267 35030 33760 43 275 54 273 74 272 76 262 33760 32478 44 272 60 270 85 265 80 259 32478 31190 46 272 61 268 81 262 74 257 31190 29880 44 273 60 268 73 266 68 259 29880 28537 38 272 58 269 72 269 67 260 28537 27162 33 272 55 269 75 271 67 261 27162 25759 30 274 53 271 75 274 65 264 25759 24333 31 275 51 275 72 278 58 269 24333 22891 31 273 47 278 63 282 50 273 22891 21429 32 271 45 279 47 279 43 270 21429 19940 34 272 44 278 41 268 39 260 19940 18447 34 275 42 276 41 266 40 258 18447 17023 31 278 39 273 41 268 40 260 17023 15728 25 279 32*267 38 265 38 262 15728 14570 18*278 23*260 36*260 35 263 14570 13526 12*277 16 254 31*255 31 262 13526 12579 9 275 13 253 25 250 26 259 12579 11719 7 267 11 255 20 246 22 256 11719 10936 6 254 9 257 16 244 18*251 10936 10228 5 230 8 260 12 243 15*246 10228 9585 5 218 7 264 10 246 13 244 9585 8995 5 213 7 266 8 253 10 249 8995 8461 5 209 7 269 6 264 7 262 8461 8005 5 209 7 269 5 273 5 283 8005 7649 5 207 6 268 5 277 4 307 7649 7401 5 207 6 269 5 278 3 325 7401 7249 4 206 6 270 4 278 3 344 7249 7161 4 205 5 267 4 278 2 352 7161 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