DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - 1000z - - 1334z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 53.1 - - 43.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 451 - - 160 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5523 - - 4507 - - 289 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 13077 - - 11832 - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 14533 - - 13517 - - 9299 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1156 - - 1957 - - 1280 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 580 - - 384 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 22 - - 20 - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 261 - - 325 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 23 - - 26 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 18 - - -11 - - -34 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1122 - - -333 - - -1455 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 13411 - - 13851 - - 10755 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3916 - - -4911 - - -6716 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 18449 - - 18428 - - 16015 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 47 - - 58 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 56.4 - - 53.1 - - 43.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 22.3 - - 17.3 - - 22.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 57.8 - - 55.8 - - 49.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 21.8 - - 17.0 - - 21.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 451 - - 160 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 5523 - - 4507 - - 289 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 3 - - 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] 98637 20 269 24 265 21 265 98637 91236 23 284 23 282 20 272 91236 85506 20 272 16 280 18 280 85506 80741 10 256 12 286 14 281 80741 76644 5 259 8 292 12 302 76644 73029 7 314 9 282 11 307 73029 69758 6 307 7 286 9 283 69758 66756 8 230 7 303 4 322 66756 63966 9 232 6 212 8 290 63966 61264 10 299 5 229 16 261 61264 58462 16 223 18 254 24 252 58462 55537 30 249 38 264 31 266 55537 52716 49 247 51 257 48 254 52716 50177 50 247 53 255 49 251 50177 47913 53 251 55 254 50 256 47913 45862 55 250 56 249 56 255 45862 43978 57 249 58 244 61 252 43978 42227 61 249 60 244 64 249 42227 40589 67 248 66 245 67 250 40589 39055 75 244 77 246 74 248 39055 37625 84 242 89 244 84 244 37625 36273 93 241 99 241 91 240 36273 34936 100 240 102 238 95 239 34936 33586 104 238 102 238 102 237 33586 32229 104 238 103 238 107 236 32229 30849 103 239 104 238 106 234 30849 29438 100 238 102 237 102 233 29438 27999 95 238 98 236 97 232 27999 26538 91 237 92 236 89 231 26538 25056 88 236 86 235 82 230 25056 23557 83 235 81 234 76 229 23557 22034 78 233 77 234 72 230 22034 20480 73 233 72 235 67 233 20480 18920 67 235 64 236 61 237 18920 17429 60 239 56 237 57 240 17429 16073 53 244 49 236 53 241 16073 14859 44*248 44 235 50 240 14859 13765 35*250 38*237 47 241 13765 12774 25 249 33*241 44 243 12774 11873 22 248 27 249 40 247 11873 11057 22 248 22 257 36 255 11057 10320 22 248 19 265 32 269 10320 9654 21 248 17 271 28*286 9654 9044 21 248 17 273 24*305 9044 8495 21 248 17 274 24 323 8495 8027 20 247 16 274 23 329 8027 7662 20 247 16 274 20 331 7662 7408 18 246 15 275 16 334 7408 7252 17 246 14 274 12 337 7252 7162 12 245 10 274 6 341 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