DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/20 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 47.0 - - 62.2 - - 70.9 - - 71.7 - - 58.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 31 - - 317 - - 389 - - 134 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 201 - - 2372 - - 8737 - - 8948 - - 202 BL Depth Hcrit 5245 - - 6544 - - 11637 - - 11110 - - 5246 Hcrit BL Top 5262 - - 7433 - - 13798 - - 14009 - - 5263 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 418 - - 2201 - - 1988 - - 2831 - - 122 Hgt.Variab. W* 80 - - 383 - - 633 - - 449 - - 9 W* B/S 2 - - 18 - - 9 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 4 - - 13 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 051 - - 143 - - 214 - - 224 - - 162 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 9 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -2 - - -1 - - -8 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4355 - - -6224 - - -4420 - - -4865 - - -9283 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9617 - - 13658 - - 18219 - - 18875 - - 14546 sfcLCL ODpotential -10706 - - -9996 - - -8699 - - -8934 - - -14902 ODpotential blCL 15968 - - 17429 - - 22497 - - 22943 - - 20165 blCL maxRH 49 - - 77 - - 79 - - 65 - - 71 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 47.0 - - 62.2 - - 70.9 - - 71.7 - - 58.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 23.8 - - 20.5 - - 8.0 - - 5.9 - - 14.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 46.4 - - 60.0 - - 68.2 - - 70.2 - - 63.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.0 - - 19.7 - - 7.0 - - 5.1 - - 13.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 31 - - 317 - - 389 - - 134 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 201 - - 2372 - - 8737 - - 8948 - - 202 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 8 - - 16 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 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] 96910 17 267 28 263 29 279 28 279 28 294 96910 89637 18 287 21 266 21 262 31 283 28 289 89637 84065 13 274 18 264 24 267 30 293 21 294 84065 79457 11 264 14 275 20 273 22 295 15 297 79457 75480 9 291 9 285 13 275 18 299 14 305 75480 71949 14 293 15 290 15 282 15 281 13 295 71949 68744 14 292 15 283 14 281 16 253 18 276 68744 65798 19 283 15 293 12 304 9 275 10 284 65798 63048 22 273 21 268 21 267 19 277 15 286 63048 60373 24 276 19 264 19 251 17 253 15 269 60373 57576 30 275 21 269 21 269 19 255 17 269 57576 54661 40 258 31 260 28 261 18 266 23 264 54661 51888 39 255 37 262 32 268 35 268 31 264 51888 49412 35 262 39 262 40 262 41 260 33 257 49412 47212 35 271 35 260 37 257 32 259 27 245 47212 45238 38 275 33 270 30 274 27 282 23 256 45238 43454 38 275 39 291 48 294 36 289 30 267 43454 41825 40 283 59 297 53 292 41 282 38 262 41825 40310 52 285 68 295 53 289 43 277 40 263 40310 38887 54 283 63 291 55 288 45 278 40 267 38887 37547 45 283 56 281 55 288 47 281 37 268 37547 36261 37 279 50 274 48 286 45 283 34 270 36261 34968 29 277 43 270 41 278 41 283 33 271 34968 33641 26 278 36 261 39 267 36 280 34 269 33641 32283 28 280 37 262 38 262 34 275 32 267 32283 30883 30 280 35 268 39 262 32 269 30 265 30883 29433 29 281 30 267 39 262 31 264 27 263 29433 27938 27 280 29 261 38 262 32 262 24 258 27938 26397 25 271 27 254 35 259 33 261 22 253 26397 24814 24 261 28 253 33 251 33 260 23 251 24814 23193 24 258 29 252 34 248 34 257 24 252 23193 21530 26 253 28 254 32 248 34 254 27 257 21530 19820 25 244 26 255 27 250 30 255 31 262 19820 18096 21 239 23 246 21 251 25 254 33 256 18096 16447 19 237 21 236 23 247 22 248 29 252 16447 14947 19 234 21 228 22*238 17*231 22 254 14947 13603 18 231 19 225 17*226 16*225 18 253 13603 12394 17 229 17 220 14 218 16 224 15 246 12394 11302 16 224 15 215 14 216 15 224 13 231 11302 10316 13 221 13 215 13 215 15 224 13 217 10316 9427 9 216 11 218 13 213 14 224 13 207 9427 8629 9 197 9 216 12 212 14 224 14 200 8629 7911 10 195 7*203 12 211 14 224 15 195 7911 7257 10 184 5*176 12 210 13 224 16 191 7257 6670 10 158 4 146 11 208 13 224 17 187 6670 6173 8 114 4 139 11 208 12 224 16 184 6173 5787 11 062 4 134 11 207 12 224 15 179 5787 5520 10 051 4 130 10 207 12 224 13 173 5520 5357 8*050 4 129 10 207 11 224 10*166 5357 5263 6*051 4 128 9 207 10 225 6*162 5263 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