DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 S_Butte_ID 5061ft pt41326@-113.145,43.463,5173ft (BSB) #old BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.4 degF SPONSORED BY: Idaho Hang and Paragliding Association Inc RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 58.7 - - 61.7 - - 57.7 - - 50.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 359 - - 381 - - 102 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5959 - - 8055 - - 4892 - - 201 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9366 - - 11072 - - 7844 - - 5246 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11020 - - 13116 - - 9953 - - 5262 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2004 - - 2174 - - 3496 - - 3540 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 542 - - 611 - - 334 - - 11 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 28 - - 30 - - 22 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 260 - - 261 - - 278 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 15 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 25 - - 27 - - -7 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -867 - - -98 - - -1878 - - -3773 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11888 - - 13214 - - 11832 - - 9035 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3036 - - -1442 - - -3700 - - -6698 ODpotential blCL - - - 14056 - - 14558 - - 13653 - - 11960 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 79 - - 89 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 58.7 - - 61.7 - - 57.7 - - 50.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.6 - - 21.6 - - 24.0 - - 28.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.5 - - 59.5 - - 56.8 - - 51.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.3 - - 21.4 - - 23.9 - - 28.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 359 - - 381 - - 102 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5959 - - 8055 - - 4892 - - 201 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 28 - - 16 - - 55 - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96391 8 284 15 259 11 244 19 275 96391 89175 10 293 14 288 10 279 13 307 89175 83641 9 301 13 308 10 272 14 320 83641 79063 15 311 14 311 15 301 19 290 79063 75112 16 320 16 319 15 322 16 289 75112 71616 22 311 20 310 23 324 16 325 71616 68435 24 312 30 299 38 302 29 305 68435 65480 35 302 38 291 41 290 28 294 65480 62717 37 289 42 282 36 288 30 302 62717 60021 37 279 37 276 32 283 35 296 60021 57195 31 272 30 273 35 279 40 285 57195 54249 26 278 31 276 44 275 44 279 54249 51426 36 278 43 278 50 273 46 274 51426 48889 51 271 56 276 52 272 47 275 48889 46632 58 268 60 270 58 278 53 281 46632 44608 62 272 61 273 66 275 62 280 44608 42780 67 274 70 275 67 274 66 277 42780 41115 73 274 74 274 76 277 77 277 41115 39586 82 275 78 275 86 276 86 277 39586 38171 84 273 85 272 89 274 97 278 38171 36856 82 274 89 267 84 271 105 276 36856 35596 83 272 88 268 78 268 106 271 35596 34325 84 266 84 272 78 263 102 270 34325 33022 84 260 76 270 76 256 94 275 33022 31693 84 264 69 265 69 253 77 275 31693 30327 83 271 66 269 65 252 68 263 30327 28912 77 273 66 277 62 255 67 257 28912 27450 72 272 61 274 59 258 62 259 27450 25944 68 269 58 265 54 261 52 258 25944 24396 65 265 58 258 52 265 43 261 24396 22811 63 261 59 258 52 267 43 270 22811 21183 61 261 58 263 52 269 42 272 21183 19508 58 264 56 267 52 271 43 272 19508 17817 54 266 54 269 53 270 45 264 17817 16195 51 265 51 267 52 264 45 252 16195 14718 49 265 47 266 50 258 43 246 14718 13397 47 265 40*265 44 254 39 248 13397 12210 41 266 35*263 38 255 34 252 12210 11141 34*264 32 263 30 259 30 260 11141 10178 30*261 31 262 26*265 28 270 10178 9310 29 260 31 262 23*271 27 278 9310 8533 29 260 30 261 23 274 27 286 8533 7834 29 260 29 261 22 277 28 291 7834 7199 28 259 29 261 22 279 26 296 7199 6629 28 259 28 260 22 280 23 301 6629 6147 27 259 28 260 21 281 19 304 6147 5773 26 259 27 260 21 282 15 305 5773 5512 24 259 26 260 20 282 12 303 5512 5353 23 259 24 260 18 283 9*301 5353 5262 19 259 20 260 15 283 5*296 5262 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