DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/13 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 - - - 75.8 - - 74.3 - - - - - 60.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 338 - - 417 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5323 - - 6799 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6756 - - 8018 - - - - - 2934 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8316 - - 9792 - - - - - 2952 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2159 - - 3118 - - - - - 6027 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 506 - - 588 - - - - - 7 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 26 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 261 - - 280 - - - - - 349 Direction Wind Shear - - - 16 - - 18 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -34 - - -29 - - - - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3507 - - -2959 - - - - - -7804 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11824 - - 12751 - - - - - 10756 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7693 - - -7148 - - - - - -13746 ODpotential blCL - - - 16009 - - 16940 - - - - - 16698 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 56 - - - - - 46 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 75.8 - - 74.3 - - - - - 60.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.8 - - 28.0 - - - - - 24.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.6 - - 72.1 - - - - - 62.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.6 - - 26.8 - - - - - 23.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 338 - - 417 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5323 - - 6799 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 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] 98256 4 294 3 043 9 337 98256 90829 4 113 5 253 14 360 90829 85109 9 132 5 230 9 026 85109 80368 6 115 5 098 6 024 80368 76288 1 293 10 022 6 359 76288 72689 4 058 7 352 9 027 72689 69430 8 036 5 349 8 355 69430 66442 13 001 9 332 10 032 66442 63664 10 007 7 333 8 335 63664 60958 12 306 6 354 9 329 60958 58133 24 288 26 295 22 288 58133 55205 18 306 21 272 22 280 55205 52430 19 310 1 099 25 321 52430 49941 30 279 18 310 41 305 49941 47700 45 270 48 289 43 284 47700 45655 52 264 54 274 38 285 45655 43766 58 255 55 258 41 296 43766 42012 64 244 55 253 50 300 42012 40383 61 237 55 260 60 299 40383 38875 57 239 60 272 70 294 38875 37478 59 238 72 278 75 287 37478 36151 62 234 82 272 73 284 36151 34821 65 229 87 263 67 285 34821 33457 66 226 85 258 67 290 33457 32058 64 226 83 258 71 290 32058 30604 62 227 82 260 73 286 30604 29083 62 229 81 259 74 285 29083 27497 63 229 78 257 74 286 27497 25848 64 226 74 254 72 287 25848 24140 65 224 71 249 69 286 24140 22376 67 222 70 243 64 285 22376 20548 71 221 71 238 58 285 20548 18653 73 219 71 235 54 288 18653 16732 72 217 68 234 50 293 16732 14888 67 219 60 236 44 294 14888 13214 63 224 44 236 37 293 13214 11726 56 230 31 241 32 296 11726 10400 45 232 29*251 26 297 10400 9217 33*234 28*255 21 301 9217 8162 26*242 27 266 19 310 8162 7220 25 249 27 277 18 316 7220 6383 24 256 27 284 17 322 6383 5638 24 264 28 286 16 327 5638 4965 23 267 28 288 16 333 4965 4366 23 269 27 289 15 339 4366 3864 22 271 27 290 14 343 3864 3476 22 272 26 291 12 347 3476 3208 20 274 25 292 10 349 3208 3044 19 275 23 292 8*350 3044 2951 15 276 18 294 4*349 2951 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