DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/24 SunValley_ID 9010ft pt41923@43.686,-114.391,7241ft SPONSORED BY: Sun Valley Paragliding Club BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +4.1 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 44.6 - - 50.5 - - 50.1 - - 50.0 - - 44.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -14 - - 112 - - 18 - - 15 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 4638 - - 5497 - - 4849 - - 3635 BL Depth Hcrit 7145 - - 11854 - - 10247 - - 7146 - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top 7163 - - 13648 - - 14507 - - 13859 - - 12645 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 6059 - - 3527 - - 3476 - - 2401 - - 2163 Hgt.Variab. W* 19 - - 371 - - 229 - - 218 - - 32 W* B/S 1 - - 8 - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 8 - - 9 - - 7 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 022 - - 212 - - 209 - - 259 - - 284 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 13 - - 10 - - 14 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - 14 - - 20 - - 14 - - 7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3392 - - 4110 - - 5165 - - 5365 - - 5483 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10555 - - 9539 - - 9342 - - 8495 - - 7162 sfcLCL ODpotential -9251 - - -291 - - 1482 - - 1847 - - 940 ODpotential blCL 16414 - - 13939 - - 13025 - - 12012 - - 11705 blCL maxRH 89 - - 84 - - 100 - - 91 - - 85 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 210 - - 260 - - 380 - - 180 CAPE Temp@2m 44.6 - - 50.5 - - 50.1 - - 50.0 - - 44.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 23.6 - - 33.5 - - 33.9 - - 37.4 - - 38.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 50.2 - - 53.4 - - 54.3 - - 53.6 - - 50.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 22.7 - - 32.3 - - 32.7 - - 36.3 - - 36.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -14 - - 112 - - 18 - - 15 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 4638 - - 5497 - - 4849 - - 3635 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 56 - - 38 - - 101 - - 65 - - 41 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 97825 19 260 28 248 30 278 22 272 21 266 97825 90432 2 326 12 258 15 247 21 280 20 298 90432 84780 9 328 8 319 11 284 19 296 20 313 84780 80118 8 327 15 327 16 315 17 298 16 321 80118 76117 7 348 14 309 13 306 14 295 17 294 76117 72577 17 318 13 307 11 295 14 287 17 280 72577 69340 23 305 17 292 16 287 19 283 17 278 69340 66322 26 290 21 283 22 276 23 278 20 277 66322 63502 28 281 26 273 28 265 25 274 26 276 63502 60767 32 275 31 270 34 265 35 273 34 275 60767 57900 40 271 39 269 40 265 40 266 39 269 57900 54902 46 269 45 267 44 264 44 261 41 265 54902 52028 50 269 49 263 47 265 46 263 42 263 52028 49440 52 266 48 262 47 263 47 264 39 263 49440 47129 51 264 47 261 44 260 43 262 36 261 47129 45047 47 260 45 258 41 259 40 261 35 258 45047 43155 42 257 40 255 40 256 39 261 34 255 43155 41424 37 262 36 257 37 253 37 261 30 254 41424 39837 37 266 36 264 33 252 35 255 26 262 39837 38378 37 259 38 263 32 253 33 250 26 267 38378 37036 36 255 37 256 33 253 30 251 24 255 37036 35772 34 255 35 250 32 254 27 255 22 240 35772 34517 34 254 34 247 34 255 28 261 20 238 34517 33238 35 253 34 248 35 252 33 259 22 251 33238 31941 37 250 34 250 35 252 36 255 27 258 31941 30612 38 250 34 251 35 253 37 251 29 250 30612 29246 35 252 34 252 35 252 36 248 30 243 29246 27844 32 252 33 251 35 249 35 246 28 240 27844 26410 26 250 30 251 33 244 34 246 24 236 26410 24947 22 249 28 252 31 240 31 246 23 230 24947 23460 19 253 28 248 29 238 29 246 23 231 23460 21946 16 262 29 246 29 240 30 244 22 241 21946 20399 15 275 26 244 28 244 26 239 22 250 20399 18847 17 279 22 241 24 245 24 238 19 246 18847 17367 18 274 18 239 17 236 21 238 15 232 17367 16023 18 261 16 243 15 227 19 242 13 239 16023 14821 16 251 16 244 14*225 18*248 14 259 14821 13740 14 248 16*241 13*221 15*251 15 275 13740 12761 12 250 15*236 12 213 12 250 14*282 12761 11871 10 253 14 231 10 206 9 247 11*288 11871 11062 7 255 11 226 10 203 7 244 9 291 11062 10330 6 256 8 213 9 204 6 246 8 289 10330 9666 4 256 7 191 9 205 6 254 7 286 9666 9056 3 253 7 186 8 207 6 263 7 283 9056 8504 2 254 7 183 7 210 6 284 6 280 8504 8034 1 325 7 182 7 211 6 298 6 276 8034 7666 2 021 7 180 6 213 6 303 5 271 7666 7410 4 031 6 180 5 213 6 306 4 263 7410 7253 4*029 6 180 4 213 5 307 2 246 7253 7162 3*022 5 179 3 213 4 309 2 225 7162 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