DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/20 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 - - - 51.0 - - 53.3 - - - - - 46.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 27 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1108 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7145 - - 7145 - - - - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7163 - - 10118 - - - - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3960 - - 2125 - - - - - 1817 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 29 - - 153 - - - - - 9 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 4 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 8 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 299 - - 260 - - - - - 030 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 13 - - - - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - 10 - - - - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -4138 - - -1016 - - - - - -2876 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11302 - - 11135 - - - - - 10039 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11980 - - -8786 - - - - - -9248 ODpotential blCL - - - 19143 - - 18904 - - - - - 16411 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 67 - - - - - 67 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 51.0 - - 53.3 - - - - - 46.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.0 - - 29.8 - - - - - 27.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.4 - - 58.1 - - - - - 56.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.9 - - 28.6 - - - - - 27.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 7 - - 27 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 1108 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 6 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 4 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] 96296 13 244 21 302 13 276 96296 89282 8 301 15 309 12 313 89282 83849 1 316 10 299 15 305 83849 79323 4 340 11 301 8 344 79323 75396 6 032 8 332 12 321 75396 71912 10 339 14 314 14 315 71912 68763 11 351 11 325 11 305 68763 65881 16 336 19 319 14 335 65881 63226 20 299 27 283 26 313 63226 60677 21 303 22 291 31 312 60677 58009 34 304 28 298 36 301 58009 55207 42 294 38 298 40 288 55207 52505 46 281 48 287 45 280 52505 50055 47 278 53 278 50 278 50055 47845 50 282 55 271 55 278 47845 45828 53 280 54 270 59 276 45828 43975 57 279 58 273 62 275 43975 42264 63 275 65 272 71 273 42264 40687 66 269 67 268 79 269 40687 39237 64 270 67 268 77 268 39237 37892 63 270 64 269 70 267 37892 36611 64 269 64 269 69 267 36611 35328 65 269 66 270 71 267 35328 34015 69 270 69 269 73 268 34015 32679 71 271 70 268 74 269 32679 31310 68 272 70 270 75 269 31310 29902 62 273 66 271 73 269 29902 28459 57 273 61 271 68 269 28459 26984 54 274 58 270 64 267 26984 25481 51 272 56 268 61 266 25481 23953 48 269 53 267 60 266 23953 22394 45 266 50 264 59 267 22394 20801 42 264 46 261 55 268 20801 19202 40 266 42 261 48 266 19202 17675 38 268 39 262 41 263 17675 16287 36 269 36 263 36 260 16287 15046 33 267 33 263 34 258 15046 13927 30 265 30 262 33 255 13927 12913 27 265 27 261 32 252 12913 11991 25 267 23 260 30 249 11991 11156 23 272 20 259 28 249 11156 10401 21 278 17*258 25 249 10401 9718 20 284 14*257 22 247 9718 9093 18 289 11 257 17 241 9093 8528 14 294 8 258 12 236 8528 8047 10 298 6 261 7 240 8047 7673 6 303 5 268 2 251 7673 7413 4 312 4 276 3 036 7413 7254 1*320 3 283 5*031 7254 7162 0*336 2 303 4*024 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