DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/01 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0655z - - 0703z - - 1003z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 45.9 - - 51.6 - - 56.2 - - 53.1 - - 48.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 1 - - 96 - - 10 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 2755 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 2934 - - 2934 - - 4267 - - 2934 - - 2934 Hcrit BL Top 2951 - - 2951 - - 5748 - - 2951 - - 2951 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 506 - - 4689 - - 3740 - - 3740 - - 2928 Hgt.Variab. W* 11 - - 19 - - 278 - - 28 - - 11 W* B/S 1 - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 6 - - 13 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 190 - - 228 - - 236 - - 222 - - 149 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -7 - - -14 - - 32 - - -16 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -353 - - -1345 - - 230 - - -1516 - - -18 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 3304 - - 4296 - - 5518 - - 4467 - - 2969 sfcLCL ODpotential -3079 - - -2505 - - -1287 - - -3004 - - -1874 ODpotential blCL 6030 - - 5456 - - 7035 - - 5955 - - 4825 blCL maxRH 86 - - 100 - - 89 - - 87 - - 92 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 150 - - 340 - - 190 - - 290 CAPE Temp@2m 45.9 - - 51.6 - - 56.2 - - 53.1 - - 48.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 41.4 - - 42.8 - - 41.9 - - 43.3 - - 45.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 46.3 - - 51.8 - - 55.2 - - 52.9 - - 49.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 40.7 - - 41.5 - - 40.7 - - 42.1 - - 44.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 1 - - 96 - - 10 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 2755 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 45 - - 101 - - 58 - - 48 - - 67 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 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] 96283 11 226 16 244 9 249 14 277 22 293 96283 89136 12 325 8 240 10 262 15 276 13 290 89136 83655 11 324 4 210 10 271 13 284 12 327 83655 79093 11 289 9 307 15 267 13 279 18 296 79093 75147 15 269 13 271 16 263 19 288 16 285 75147 71627 17 273 15 265 23 259 23 289 17 297 71627 68404 25 287 22 277 32 260 24 277 22 296 68404 65424 30 284 25 284 26 262 27 277 25 281 65424 62642 28 278 25 292 24 283 33 277 33 276 62642 59933 33 282 38 281 36 282 34 278 34 270 59933 57088 37 274 38 273 41 272 34 279 35 286 57088 54127 33 271 30 275 34 270 37 282 44 281 54127 51302 35 278 32 287 33 279 47 277 36 288 51302 48744 42 280 40 285 37 279 46 274 49 290 48744 46448 44 275 41 278 43 277 46 280 57 277 46448 44383 40 268 41 274 48 275 49 283 55 269 44383 42503 36 268 43 275 48 275 59 283 50 273 42503 40769 37 269 46 275 49 278 67 278 55 281 40769 39157 37 265 47 271 61 275 69 276 69 283 39157 37657 35 258 49 267 64 268 70 277 80 279 37657 36263 32 257 44 263 61 263 74 276 86 274 36263 34941 33 261 43 255 56 260 76 276 87 271 34941 33623 29 260 47 246 51 257 72 275 87 273 33623 32275 27 260 47 238 48 254 62 268 90 277 32275 30900 29 262 46 236 46 250 51 258 88 277 30900 29484 28 265 46 237 46 249 44 250 72 270 29484 28023 23 265 45 238 48 252 41 242 50 252 28023 26520 26 260 44 241 46 254 42 244 38 232 26520 24965 31 262 42 244 42 250 41 250 34 226 24965 23350 27 255 39 245 41 245 36 249 35 233 23350 21678 26 248 34 247 41 245 31 245 34 232 21678 19946 27 248 30 250 37 246 29 240 34 232 19946 18146 27 253 25 248 30 243 29 239 34 235 18146 16314 27 264 25 242 26 237 30 240 34 241 16314 14548 29 275 27 239 27 231 31 241 34 246 14548 12937 28 277 29 238 28 231 32 242 35 248 12937 11500 22 272 29 239 28 234 33 244 35 250 11500 10216 16 255 29 241 26 236 35 246 37 252 10216 9066 13 240 28 243 24 237 36 247 38 252 9066 8037 11 236 28 244 22 238 36 247 39 251 8037 7119 9 239 27 241 20 238 36 243 40 250 7119 6303 9 248 26 237 18*238 33 239 39 247 6303 5576 10 253 23 232 17*238 30 235 37 245 5576 4920 11 250 20 229 15 238 26 232 34 242 4920 4336 12 242 18 227 14 237 22 230 28 239 4336 3844 13 236 15 228 12 236 17 229 21 232 3844 3464 11 228 13 228 11 235 14 228 13 217 3464 3202 6 216 11 228 10 234 11 227 9 192 3202 3042 4*212 9*228 9 233 10*225 7*171 3042 2950 2*190 6*228 7 231 7*222 5*149 2950 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