DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 44.7 - - 49.1 - - - - - 42.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 70 - - 74 - - - - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 950 - - 2179 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7145 - - 9801 - - - - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9960 - - 11189 - - - - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1502 - - 1781 - - - - - 3887 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 186 - - 249 - - - - - 11 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 6 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 8 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 146 - - 168 - - - - - 072 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 10 - - - - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - 14 - - - - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1207 - - -485 - - - - - -3535 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11167 - - 11675 - - - - - 10698 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9820 - - -7248 - - - - - -9702 ODpotential blCL - - - 19780 - - 18437 - - - - - 16865 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 74 - - - - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 44.7 - - 49.1 - - - - - 42.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.0 - - 23.0 - - - - - 21.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.0 - - 52.4 - - - - - 51.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.9 - - 21.9 - - - - - 20.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 70 - - 74 - - - - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 950 - - 2179 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 23 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 3 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] 96719 20 290 25 286 29 297 96719 89489 22 278 26 279 26 285 89489 83951 17 261 22 276 21 294 83951 79347 10 249 16 290 17 303 79347 75365 14 257 18 291 17 285 75365 71840 12 278 17 280 13 286 71840 68640 14 286 14 273 16 294 68640 65685 16 290 14 269 18 274 65685 62942 18 280 14 274 21 264 62942 60283 15 274 16 272 18 258 60283 57496 18 276 18 272 19 264 57496 54588 22 270 23 270 23 268 54588 51807 23 263 28 257 26 272 51807 49305 26 265 31 261 31 268 49305 47069 29 261 32 260 34 263 47069 45056 25 265 28 258 36 261 45056 43232 27 275 31 260 33 257 43232 41571 33 274 29 259 30 249 41571 40045 30 278 27 267 32 240 40045 38634 31 290 29 263 37 227 38634 37321 32 283 27 264 36 219 37321 36066 31 278 26 261 35 217 36066 34806 32 281 28 255 35 213 34806 33518 32 279 27 252 36 218 33518 32207 29 278 27 250 35 225 32207 30862 23 280 28 249 31 228 30862 29478 21 276 29 249 27 230 29478 28056 20 264 30 249 25 234 28056 26603 16 263 28 247 23 236 26603 25122 12 261 21 245 22 237 25122 23620 8 253 17 235 22 236 23620 22095 7 238 15 223 22 235 22095 20540 8 239 13 218 22 230 20540 18979 10 239 12 216 22 221 18979 17484 10 240 12 220 19 221 17484 16123 10 241 12 225 19 226 16123 14904 10 241 12 231 20 230 14904 13806 11 237 13 233 21 229 13806 12812 11 230 13 232 19 224 12812 11908 10 218 13*226 18 212 11908 11089 10 204 11*210 16 194 11089 10349 10*187 10 184 15 172 10349 9679 10*170 10 165 15 153 9679 9065 9 150 10 157 15 143 9065 8509 9 141 9 155 14 139 8509 8036 8 138 7 153 12 132 8036 7667 7 138 6 151 10 120 7667 7410 6 137 6 150 8 093 7410 7252 5 139 5 150 6*071 7252 7162 4 139 4 150 4*037 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