DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/11 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.0 - - 77.4 - - - - - 69.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 318 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3023 - - 4371 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 4897 - - 5982 - - - - - 2935 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6016 - - 7364 - - - - - 2953 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2045 - - 2976 - - - - - 2687 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 388 - - 462 - - - - - 3 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 13 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 7 - - - - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 345 - - 330 - - - - - 084 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 13 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 8 - - 11 - - - - - 4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2049 - - -1930 - - - - - -5427 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8065 - - 9295 - - - - - 8380 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4930 - - -3942 - - - - - -9783 ODpotential blCL - - - 10946 - - 11306 - - - - - 12736 blCL maxRH - - - 66 - - 78 - - - - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.0 - - 77.4 - - - - - 69.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 46.7 - - 46.6 - - - - - 43.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.0 - - 75.1 - - - - - 72.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 46.4 - - 46.3 - - - - - 42.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 318 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3023 - - 4371 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 11 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 6 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] 98646 18 258 21 267 19 251 98646 91203 17 281 14 276 15 277 91203 85462 9 311 8 254 9 307 85462 80712 2 311 6 299 7 337 80712 76622 2 005 4 016 3 298 76622 73004 2 308 7 295 5 329 73004 69722 2 151 7 281 3 017 69722 66701 12 300 9 299 14 310 66701 63901 16 279 14 272 15 298 63901 61182 21 278 18 276 19 293 61182 58323 33 285 32 286 30 285 58323 55363 45 278 43 278 44 279 55363 52572 56 271 55 273 57 281 52572 50087 63 269 67 269 70 278 50087 47874 71 271 76 268 77 274 47874 45873 79 274 82 272 82 275 45873 44048 87 277 87 277 88 278 44048 42367 92 279 92 281 93 281 42367 40803 95 281 94 283 94 282 40803 39338 95 283 93 282 93 281 39338 37960 92 283 89 280 89 281 37960 36635 88 283 86 277 85 280 36635 35295 82 283 82 276 81 279 35295 33911 74 279 77 277 76 276 33911 32488 68 277 71 276 71 274 32488 31013 63 278 66 275 64 274 31013 29477 60 279 62 275 57 276 29477 27880 58 278 59 275 54 277 27880 26219 57 276 56 276 52 277 26219 24498 55 276 53 276 50 276 24498 22717 52 275 50 275 49 276 22717 20873 47 275 47 272 47 274 20873 18961 42 275 42 268 46 272 18961 17019 40 276 39 267 45 269 17019 15155 40 274 38 266 44 264 15155 13460 38 270 38 267 39 257 13460 11948 34 267 35 265 31 251 11948 10597 29 265 27 257 24 247 10597 9386 24 261 18 249 18 248 9386 8301 19 258 14*255 12 251 8301 7332 14 254 10*269 7 248 7332 6472 7*259 8 288 2 215 6472 5707 5*288 7 322 3 112 5707 5017 4 321 7 345 7 090 5017 4403 5 346 8 352 9 083 4403 3888 5 356 8 357 9 078 3888 3490 6 002 8 000 9 076 3490 3215 6 004 8 002 7 075 3215 3048 6 007 8 002 4*078 3048 2952 5 006 7 004 2*084 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