DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 1000z - - 1334z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.8 - - 66.4 - - 58.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 379 - - 121 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7493 - - 6277 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 8520 - - 6887 - - 2934 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 10486 - - 9270 - - 2952 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1994 - - 3699 - - 5851 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 584 - - 378 - - 3 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 17 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 283 - - 294 - - 308 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 13 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -11 - - -12 - - -4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 151 - - -1661 - - -6187 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 10335 - - 10931 - - 9139 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -495 - - -2793 - - -9608 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 10981 - - 12063 - - 12560 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 87 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 66.8 - - 66.4 - - 58.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 31.5 - - 28.5 - - 28.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.5 - - 65.3 - - 60.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 31.0 - - 28.0 - - 28.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 379 - - 121 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 7493 - - 6277 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 17 - - 49 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 98627 19 269 23 267 23 279 98627 91238 20 266 20 297 17 271 91238 85507 14 260 15 267 17 271 85507 80750 13 275 8 242 12 261 80750 76654 10 280 8 269 7 281 76654 73030 5 296 7 271 8 290 73030 69756 4 348 1 332 6 298 69756 66752 8 282 5 284 7 310 66752 63968 4 308 6 272 3 272 63968 61270 13 260 13 265 11 246 61270 58448 17 255 17 280 25 268 58448 55513 33 239 28 256 32 252 55513 52703 33 234 34 249 32 224 52703 50164 38 249 38 251 38 267 50164 47890 50 258 51 265 47 264 47890 45823 58 257 60 262 53 271 45823 43919 62 255 64 259 63 273 43919 42153 66 254 68 259 70 271 42153 40506 72 253 73 258 75 268 40506 38965 80 251 77 255 75 262 38965 37517 88 247 81 251 73 260 37517 36123 97 243 85 249 73 258 36123 34721 100 239 90 247 75 255 34721 33291 100 241 95 243 75 255 33291 31843 104 242 99 239 70 258 31843 30363 104 242 101 237 58 258 30363 28836 100 241 100 235 49 263 28836 27262 96 241 96 233 41 270 27262 25637 91 241 92 234 36 286 25637 23957 86 241 86 238 38 298 23957 22217 79 240 77 242 38 296 22217 20414 72 241 67 247 40 292 20414 18546 63 245 59 251 38 289 18546 16651 53 250 51 251 34 284 16651 14829 41 253 41 247 35 269 14829 13172 31 251 31 245 39 260 13172 11696 21*250 25 255 33 263 11696 10381 17*256 21*267 26 277 10381 9206 16 261 19*281 22 291 9206 8154 15 277 18 283 21 299 8154 7215 15 282 18 292 20 302 7215 6379 15 288 17 295 20 305 6379 5635 15 292 17 298 20 307 5635 4964 14 296 17 300 19 309 4964 4365 14 299 17 302 18 310 4365 3863 14 303 16 303 17 313 3863 3475 14 304 16 304 14 314 3475 3207 13 305 15 304 11 314 3207 3044 13 306 14 305 9*313 3044 2951 11 307 11 306 5*308 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