DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/31 Pickle_Butte_ID 2993ft pt41913@43.425,-116.746,3054ft SPONSORED BY: Idaho Hang Gliding Association BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.2 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - - - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 79.3 - - 88.2 - - 97.5 - - - - - 88.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 42 - - 311 - - 363 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 289 - - 1987 - - 4050 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 2936 - - 4170 - - 5781 - - - - - 2936 Hcrit BL Top 3282 - - 4980 - - 7043 - - - - - 2954 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 898 - - 985 - - 3552 - - - - - 2061 Hgt.Variab. W* 96 - - 352 - - 470 - - - - - 5 W* B/S 1 - - 15 - - 24 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind 12 - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction 309 - - 013 - - 090 - - - - - 325 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 1 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - 10 - - 10 - - - - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7793 - - -7265 - - -7278 - - - - - -9564 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11076 - - 12245 - - 14322 - - - - - 12518 sfcLCL ODpotential -13089 - - -10566 - - -9065 - - - - - -14073 ODpotential blCL 16371 - - 15546 - - 16108 - - - - - 17027 blCL maxRH 45 - - 33 - - 30 - - - - - 38 maxRH CAPE 50 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 79.3 - - 88.2 - - 97.5 - - - - - 88.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 41.7 - - 45.0 - - 44.6 - - - - - 44.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 78.7 - - 86.0 - - 94.9 - - - - - 92.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 41.4 - - 44.7 - - 44.2 - - - - - 44.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 42 - - 311 - - 363 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 289 - - 1987 - - 4050 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 7 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] 99912 39 103 33 107 33 113 25 075 99912 92367 32 103 28 103 26 112 22 099 92367 86538 24 110 16 112 24 091 23 101 86538 81706 18 114 16 129 16 090 23 109 81706 77547 20 106 19 117 12 128 22 093 77547 73869 16 103 18 093 18 122 13 089 73869 70546 12 114 12 101 13 102 11 110 70546 67506 8 136 4 105 8 101 8 095 67506 64712 7 122 8 151 4 161 5 153 64712 62022 3 186 1 151 8 147 3 130 62022 59232 1 231 16 220 10 263 10 236 59232 56350 16 291 22 210 24 252 11 247 56350 53616 28 287 18 266 26 252 24 269 53616 51179 48 273 37 282 30 275 29 261 51179 49001 55 272 51 283 44 287 29 271 49001 47020 61 275 62 281 60 284 36 281 47020 45200 67 279 67 282 67 280 46 281 45200 43511 72 283 70 285 66 285 51 278 43511 41925 77 286 72 289 65 292 48 278 41925 40429 78 286 73 291 66 295 46 285 40429 39020 77 287 72 293 64 295 51 290 39020 37662 69 292 69 295 61 294 54 291 37662 36290 54 295 61 295 59 295 53 292 36290 34872 39 301 46 296 56 297 49 293 34872 33414 36 308 38 288 48 292 45 292 33414 31899 40 300 32 285 44 289 44 289 31899 30318 42 294 27 282 35 287 42 289 30318 28669 35 292 26 291 26 281 40 292 28669 26954 19 296 27 292 23 275 34 292 26954 25175 17 294 30 288 23 267 30 284 25175 23340 15 265 24 282 23 266 27 274 23340 21447 7 176 18 271 23 266 25 270 21447 19488 5 196 16 253 22 261 24 262 19488 17499 9 223 13 213 17 237 25 244 17499 15585 13 202 14 217 18 219 26 226 15585 13839 12 189 14 219 19 218 22 228 13839 12276 10 180 12 205 16 217 16 236 12276 10878 9 120 9 185 13 212 10 240 10878 9624 8 094 10 153 9 204 5 238 9624 8500 8 092 9 142 7 181 1 246 8500 7496 8 075 8 130 5*144 2 008 7496 6604 9 053 7 123 4*127 4 003 6604 5810 10 040 5 123 4 115 5 360 5810 5094 9 025 2*094 4 097 6 358 5094 4457 9 351 3*010 4 085 6 353 4457 3923 14 328 4 011 4 073 7 346 3923 3511 15*315 5 014 4 066 7 341 3511 3226 14*310 5 014 4 063 6 337 3226 3052 13 310 5 016 4 062 5*332 3052 2953 9 308 5 016 4 061 4*325 2953 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