DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/12 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 - - - 39.4 - - 35.0 - - - - - 27.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 65 - - 78 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2494 - - 960 - - - - - 1150 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9853 - - 7144 - - - - - 7144 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11504 - - 9970 - - - - - 10160 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4002 - - 1960 - - - - - 2674 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 244 - - 184 - - - - - 36 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 1 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 25 - - - - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 174 - - 217 - - - - - 248 Direction Wind Shear - - - 20 - - 16 - - - - - 21 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 35 - - 34 - - - - - 10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4343 - - 2809 - - - - - 3000 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7161 - - 7161 - - - - - 7161 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1847 - - 1593 - - - - - -619 ODpotential blCL - - - 9657 - - 8377 - - - - - 10779 blCL maxRH - - - 97 - - 100 - - - - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 430 - - 110 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 39.4 - - 35.0 - - - - - 27.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.7 - - 34.6 - - - - - 23.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 42.6 - - 38.2 - - - - - 33.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.7 - - 34.0 - - - - - 24.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 65 - - 78 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2494 - - 960 - - - - - 1150 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 87 - - 100 - - - - - 22 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 96870 28 275 39 271 40 282 96870 89507 27 277 33 276 31 274 89507 83889 27 264 27 272 29 266 83889 79274 30 248 24 265 23 250 79274 75312 26 241 23 265 14 266 75312 71772 31 242 32 259 27 257 71772 68546 40 242 36 245 41 244 68546 65558 36 241 34 230 39 238 65558 62759 27 235 25 235 32 238 62759 60029 22 243 26 251 37 246 60029 57160 26 252 31 246 37 242 57160 54155 36 238 34 235 37 233 54155 51282 40 235 37 233 31 222 51282 48711 42 230 41 236 26 236 48711 46413 48 228 40 235 30 250 46413 44325 41 223 38 225 33 239 44325 42422 33 221 37 210 33 230 42422 40684 36 224 33 214 33 228 40684 39083 48 220 30 227 32 229 39083 37597 51 214 43 228 33 227 37597 36217 45 213 44 223 31 220 36217 34915 43 209 44 220 28 212 34915 33628 41 206 45 212 24 201 33628 32331 39 205 44 206 20 195 32331 31030 36 204 40 201 23 207 31030 29721 31 200 32 197 33 222 29721 28394 26 193 22 189 51 225 28394 27045 24 186 19 180 64 211 27045 25670 24 184 22 181 61 200 25670 24269 25 188 24 191 59 198 24269 22843 27 193 26 198 61 203 22843 21390 29 195 28 201 62 215 21390 19904 31 195 30 203 61 226 19904 18413 32 196 30 203 56 233 18413 16987 31 196 27 202 49 233 16987 15691 31 196 24 205 44 231 15691 14531 32 197 24 206 38 227 14531 13488 31 199 23 204 30 227 13488 12546 30 199 23 205 26 231 12546 11689 28*198 24 208 25 238 11689 10911 25*193 25 212 26 243 10911 10207 23 186 26*215 25*246 10207 9568 21 178 27*218 22*247 9568 8981 20 172 27 219 18 249 8981 8451 18 165 27 219 14 251 8451 7999 17 160 25 217 11 249 7999 7646 15 157 23 216 9 246 7646 7399 14 155 21 214 6 236 7399 7248 13 155 18 213 4 231 7248 7161 8 153 11 211 2 220 7161 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