DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/28 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 80.4 - - 90.8 - - - - - 82.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 229 - - 325 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2188 - - 10865 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4219 - - 11155 - - - - - 2936 Hcrit BL Top - - - 5181 - - 13858 - - - - - 2954 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2482 - - 2026 - - - - - 957 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 328 - - 628 - - - - - 5 W* B/S - - - 61 - - 11 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 10 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 353 - - 219 - - - - - 091 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 17 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 79 - - - - - 5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6346 - - -569 - - - - - -9432 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11528 - - 14427 - - - - - 12386 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9107 - - -1776 - - - - - -11885 ODpotential blCL - - - 14288 - - 15634 - - - - - 14839 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 81 - - - - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.4 - - 90.8 - - - - - 82.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.1 - - 37.1 - - - - - 38.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 78.6 - - 88.5 - - - - - 84.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.9 - - 36.8 - - - - - 38.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 229 - - 325 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2188 - - 10865 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 63 - - 26 - - - - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 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] 99208 12 119 13 101 5 109 99208 91746 9 065 16 094 6 081 91746 85994 11 089 11 084 9 080 85994 81209 10 094 6 087 12 087 81209 77067 14 101 8 121 12 087 77067 73412 7 091 6 049 10 071 73412 70122 5 083 2 104 8 046 70122 67096 1 082 1 186 5 066 67096 64290 4 175 6 213 5 264 64290 61582 3 196 7 238 6 268 61582 58754 13 269 12 255 16 225 58754 55804 26 259 31 259 25 252 55804 52987 34 248 39 244 40 253 52987 50466 41 251 40 249 48 252 50466 48222 54 251 55 252 53 256 48222 46198 58 244 65 245 58 255 46198 44347 59 241 63 237 60 248 44347 42642 65 239 60 236 62 239 42642 41063 73 239 62 237 62 238 41063 39591 79 244 65 242 66 237 39591 38213 75 248 70 245 72 233 38213 36888 70 246 71 246 72 231 36888 35548 65 240 70 244 68 230 35548 34160 63 230 69 242 65 229 34160 32730 63 222 69 240 64 229 32730 31243 63 225 64 243 64 232 31243 29689 63 230 57 239 60 238 29689 28070 61 234 53 234 55 233 28070 26389 52 235 52 239 46 226 26389 24653 44 239 53 248 32 243 24653 22863 43 253 45 253 28 259 22863 21012 38 256 35 251 28 252 21012 19107 30 262 33 249 28 254 19107 17178 20 268 31 260 26 253 17178 15317 13 235 23*251 24 250 15317 13617 17 219 18*224 21 252 13617 12093 18 221 17 226 19 249 12093 10727 15 219 15 224 15 244 10727 9501 13 209 13 223 12 233 9501 8402 10 196 11 221 8 208 8402 7419 7 190 9 217 8 173 7419 6545 5 194 7 211 9 147 6545 5765 3*210 5 205 11 133 5765 5061 2*235 4 198 13 125 5061 4435 1 297 4 190 14 119 4435 3908 1 352 3 182 14 114 3908 3501 2 015 3 174 13 108 3501 3221 2 023 3 167 10 102 3221 3050 2 022 2 164 7*098 3050 2953 2 023 2 159 3*091 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