DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/28 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 - - - 77.4 - - 81.5 - - - - - 72.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 342 - - 388 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8195 - - 11343 - - - - - 7361 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15116 - - 17750 - - - - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17205 - - 20353 - - - - - 16371 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3251 - - 2460 - - - - - 5189 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 607 - - 706 - - - - - 15 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 6 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 20 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 234 - - 245 - - - - - 238 Direction Wind Shear - - - 26 - - 20 - - - - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 19 - - 13 - - - - - 19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3068 - - 2072 - - - - - -661 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14137 - - 18282 - - - - - 17033 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2572 - - -1490 - - - - - -4452 ODpotential blCL - - - 19777 - - 21843 - - - - - 20823 blCL maxRH - - - 38 - - 41 - - - - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 350 - - 0 - - - - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 77.4 - - 81.5 - - - - - 72.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.0 - - 25.6 - - - - - 22.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.0 - - 82.9 - - - - - 80.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.1 - - 24.4 - - - - - 21.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 342 - - 388 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8195 - - 11343 - - - - - 7361 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 99600 29 104 30 105 33 100 99600 92085 25 110 25 100 24 099 92085 86292 27 119 25 098 22 091 86292 81473 27 109 21 113 22 095 81473 77317 24 106 22 119 19 106 77317 73646 14 091 18 123 18 116 73646 70330 5 103 17 123 13 102 70330 67293 1 348 9 125 4 099 67293 64487 6 185 3 189 3 250 64487 61793 9 201 10 206 11 236 61793 59007 4 181 12 234 15 224 59007 56109 24 231 30 238 20 223 56109 53345 32 227 43 229 29 251 53345 50881 33 223 42 217 42 245 50881 48691 32 227 35 222 49 232 48691 46703 38 241 40 235 50 225 46703 44866 46 240 47 239 49 227 44866 43152 52 237 56 237 53 236 43152 41552 55 233 63 234 65 238 41552 40054 57 232 65 233 72 236 40054 38652 61 235 67 233 74 235 38652 37315 66 238 69 235 73 237 37315 35979 65 239 66 237 69 238 35979 34622 60 240 59 237 61 239 34622 33247 56 238 55 238 55 240 33247 31844 55 239 52 241 49 240 31844 30402 47 243 44 246 44 241 30402 28926 40 242 37 246 40 238 28926 27419 33 243 32 245 36 233 27419 25887 28 245 28 244 33 235 25887 24335 26 242 25 244 31 244 24335 22758 26 240 25 245 33 245 22758 21147 27 243 28*244 34 238 21147 19525 30 247 29*243 31 231 19525 17970 32*249 29 246 27 226 17970 16551 30*249 25 248 23*224 16551 15279 26 250 22 250 20*225 15279 14132 21 247 19 250 17 228 14132 13092 18 239 17 248 13 231 13092 12147 17 235 16 246 9 237 12147 11289 15 232 16 244 7 241 11289 10514 13 224 15 242 6 248 10514 9810 12 210 15 241 6 253 9810 9165 11 206 15 239 6 259 9165 8581 11 203 15 237 6 264 8581 8084 11 200 14 236 6 267 8084 7696 11 198 14 235 5 267 7696 7425 10 197 13 234 4 262 7425 7259 9 196 12 234 3 252 7259 7164 8 195 10 233 2 248 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