DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/20 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.2 - - 77.5 - - - - - 67.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 128 - - 207 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1045 - - 2795 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 2935 - - 4634 - - - - - 2935 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4038 - - 5788 - - - - - 2953 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1523 - - 2793 - - - - - 981 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 214 - - 348 - - - - - 4 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 8 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 7 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 103 - - 129 - - - - - 144 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 4 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 8 - - - - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -7560 - - -7226 - - - - - -7804 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11599 - - 13014 - - - - - 10757 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13393 - - -11942 - - - - - -13278 ODpotential blCL - - - 17431 - - 17730 - - - - - 16231 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 76 - - - - - 42 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.2 - - 77.5 - - - - - 67.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.0 - - 30.6 - - - - - 31.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.0 - - 75.8 - - - - - 73.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.9 - - 29.4 - - - - - 30.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 128 - - 207 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1045 - - 2795 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 3 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 4 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] 96302 14 257 15 301 8 264 96302 89303 7 262 13 317 8 279 89303 83878 2 273 9 291 10 318 83878 79344 5 346 6 300 10 323 79344 75422 5 022 11 303 6 314 75422 71946 5 340 11 308 11 333 71946 68795 15 334 19 307 20 315 68795 65931 15 319 17 291 18 304 65931 63296 15 290 17 278 20 315 63296 60731 25 296 27 292 30 309 60731 58036 32 291 33 288 38 288 58036 55219 39 286 40 286 42 277 55219 52511 43 276 49 280 46 276 52511 50054 46 273 57 273 52 276 50054 47836 52 274 58 264 58 275 47836 45812 55 273 57 264 62 271 45812 43954 58 273 60 267 66 269 43954 42245 66 269 66 264 75 267 42245 40672 68 263 69 260 81 262 40672 39224 66 260 68 262 76 260 39224 37875 65 261 67 263 69 260 37875 36573 65 261 66 264 69 260 36573 35253 67 260 67 263 70 260 35253 33886 70 261 71 262 71 260 33886 32477 71 261 73 261 71 261 32477 31013 68 262 72 261 71 261 31013 29483 62 264 67 262 70 261 29483 27890 58 266 62 263 66 261 27890 26234 56 266 58 262 63 260 26234 24517 54 264 55 260 61 259 24517 22741 50 260 53 259 59 259 22741 20900 45 257 49 259 58 261 20900 18990 40 259 44 261 53 263 18990 17054 35 259 38 262 45 262 17054 15193 31 257 33 258 36 254 15193 13497 27 252 29 254 31 244 13497 11981 21 247 27 250 30 242 11981 10622 16 245 23 244 28 242 10622 9404 13 246 19 236 25 244 9404 8314 10 249 15 229 20 244 8314 7341 8 250 11 221 14 237 7341 6477 6 252 7*192 9 210 6477 5709 4 258 7*151 9 175 5709 5018 3 262 7 137 10 154 5018 4403 1*166 8 128 11 144 4403 3887 3*116 8 124 10 137 3887 3489 4 105 8 121 8 132 3489 3214 4 099 8 119 6 135 3214 3048 4 096 8 119 5*136 3048 2952 4 095 7 116 4*144 2952 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