DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 04/30 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 43.9 - - 47.7 - - 48.9 - - 40.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 215 - - 233 - - 84 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5921 - - 8738 - - 9902 - - 2957 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13102 - - 15356 - - 15493 - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14931 - - 17748 - - 18912 - - 11967 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1211 - - 975 - - 1151 - - 5930 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 475 - - 552 - - 418 - - 64 W* B/S - - - 26 - - 13 - - 7 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 8 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 041 - - 036 - - 042 - - 136 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 12 - - 16 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 18 - - 11 - - 23 - - 20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4608 - - 6364 - - 6611 - - 2990 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10323 - - 11385 - - 12301 - - 8978 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1124 - - 2890 - - 3341 - - -1209 ODpotential blCL - - - 13807 - - 14858 - - 15571 - - 13176 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 86 - - 83 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 50 - - 110 - - 100 - - 80 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 43.9 - - 47.7 - - 48.9 - - 40.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.8 - - 22.8 - - 20.1 - - 26.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 46.2 - - 49.9 - - 52.0 - - 46.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.7 - - 21.6 - - 19.0 - - 25.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 215 - - 233 - - 84 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5921 - - 8738 - - 9902 - - 2957 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 44 - - 33 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 97354 3 017 10 294 8 358 5 353 97354 89929 6 323 7 307 10 327 8 356 89929 84306 3 329 8 299 9 304 11 334 84306 79652 3 298 16 290 12 306 8 341 79652 75616 9 281 15 276 12 306 8 344 75616 72029 9 269 13 277 12 293 12 329 72029 68776 10 308 13 298 10 293 15 333 68776 65782 14 301 15 298 12 316 18 332 65782 63003 14 322 14 303 16 317 20 317 63003 60311 17 328 14 319 17 314 19 317 60311 57502 19 322 17 317 21 312 18 317 57502 54578 21 320 21 308 23 314 19 319 54578 51777 25 322 22 306 25 316 22 321 51777 49246 27 317 24 310 27 312 25 322 49246 46971 28 322 26 315 25 313 27 324 46971 44906 33 331 32 318 29 319 31 324 44906 43019 33 333 32 321 32 324 32 332 43019 41294 29 327 32 330 28 326 29 329 41294 39703 27 338 30 327 34 312 32 302 39703 38221 34 345 33 348 29 001 22 014 38221 36848 38 345 36 349 38 002 36 023 36848 35556 38 344 33 346 37 002 36 020 35556 34279 36 345 28 350 32 008 31 035 34279 32991 32 340 25 356 29 010 34 059 32991 31696 28 343 25 356 26 030 41 069 31696 30379 29 348 25 349 30 054 45 071 30379 29030 28 351 25 344 34 064 47 073 29030 27650 25 355 23 349 36 065 47 074 27650 26239 23 001 22 357 35 064 44 074 26239 24801 22 008 21 004 33 062 39 073 24801 23337 21 016 19 013 30 058 39 074 23337 21843 20 023 19 022 27 050 40 070 21843 20314 19 026 19 031 25*041 34 061 20314 18781 17 028 18*039 19*041 22 048 18781 17317 16 031 14*043 16 047 18 040 17317 15985 14*034 12 048 15 048 17 034 15985 14791 10*036 10 049 13 047 16 029 14791 13713 7 035 9 047 12 046 13 027 13713 12736 5 040 8 042 10 043 10*026 12736 11846 3 044 7 033 9 041 7*029 11846 11039 2 046 6 025 8 035 4 041 11039 10309 2 047 6 019 7 031 3 086 10309 9647 1 050 6 014 6 029 4 133 9647 9040 1 051 5 009 6 026 6 151 9040 8492 1 060 5 005 6 024 9 158 8492 8025 1 067 5 001 5 022 10 160 8025 7661 1 076 5 358 5 022 11 159 7661 7407 1 082 4 356 5 021 10 159 7407 7251 1 091 4 356 4 020 8 157 7251 7162 0 093 3 355 3 018 4 156 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