DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 27.6 - - 29.9 - - - - - 23.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 61 - - 73 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 486 - - 2877 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7144 - - 10249 - - - - - 7143 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9496 - - 11887 - - - - - 7161 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1011 - - 1279 - - - - - 2255 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 139 - - 267 - - - - - 8 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 25 - - 17 - - - - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 022 - - 017 - - - - - 359 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 12 - - - - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -37 - - 31 - - - - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1279 - - 3394 - - - - - -115 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8217 - - 8494 - - - - - 7276 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4273 - - -821 - - - - - -6123 ODpotential blCL - - - 13769 - - 12708 - - - - - 13284 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 72 - - - - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 27.6 - - 29.9 - - - - - 23.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 17.1 - - 18.1 - - - - - 17.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.0 - - 33.1 - - - - - 29.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.0 - - 17.0 - - - - - 16.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 61 - - 73 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 486 - - 2877 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 96006 16 308 18 335 12 050 96006 88909 26 318 32 319 21 344 88909 83490 29 309 30 304 31 324 83490 79000 26 308 22 287 33 315 79000 75102 24 298 24 292 27 316 75102 71622 24 282 24 290 22 312 71622 68443 15 266 20 281 23 314 68443 65503 19 310 19 288 27 309 65503 62768 22 303 20 295 20 297 62768 60089 19 275 18 283 12 290 60089 57268 16 280 18 281 20 333 57268 54352 22 311 19 309 24 336 54352 51574 23 311 12 322 15 329 51574 49057 13 288 18 353 17 008 49057 46796 4 016 30 340 41 011 46796 44765 30 355 35 347 54 360 44765 42932 41 356 40 003 50 007 42932 41262 45 007 49 014 65 026 41262 39721 54 357 59 018 88 028 39721 38290 51 359 69 019 110 025 38290 36956 63 017 85 023 122 023 36956 35680 100 024 112 024 125 023 35680 34407 132 022 132 021 116 024 34407 33112 142 017 135 022 103 025 33112 31799 141 016 131 023 100 023 31799 30453 136 019 123 022 104 022 30453 29068 117 021 119 020 100 021 29068 27650 94 017 120 024 92 021 27650 26204 83 010 107 027 81 021 26204 24737 80 007 85 025 72 019 24737 23249 70 009 73 019 67 019 23249 21736 47 006 66 021 62 022 21736 20191 30 000 57 025 56 024 20191 18644 21 004 45 021 47 022 18644 17172 17 009 34 014 37 015 17172 15840 16 009 27 011 29 007 15840 14650 17 006 24 010 24 002 14650 13580 20 003 22 011 22 359 13580 12611 22 004 20*011 21 359 12611 11733 25 007 19*012 21 000 11733 10938 27 011 19 014 22 001 10938 10221 29 016 19 016 22 002 10221 9574 29*019 18 017 21 002 9574 8982 29*021 18 019 21 003 8982 8449 28 022 17 020 20 003 8449 7996 27 023 16 021 18 003 7996 7643 24 023 14 021 14 001 7643 7397 21 022 13 022 10 354 7397 7247 17 022 11 022 7*347 7247 7160 10 019 7 022 4*348 7160 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