DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 01/08 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 15.1 - - 19.3 - - 15.0 - - 6.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 3 - - 27 - - -25 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1957 - - 5422 - - 2713 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7143 - - 10577 - - 7143 - - 7143 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10967 - - 14432 - - 11723 - - 7160 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1887 - - 1497 - - 3357 - - 3769 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 94 - - 236 - - 48 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 29 - - 24 - - 25 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 343 - - 336 - - 322 - - 338 Direction Wind Shear - - - 25 - - 21 - - 22 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -41 - - -32 - - -37 - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3153 - - 6101 - - 4556 - - -410 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7815 - - 8331 - - 7167 - - 7571 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -797 - - 2035 - - 567 - - -3014 ODpotential blCL - - - 11764 - - 12397 - - 11156 - - 10174 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 75 - - 76 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 15.1 - - 19.3 - - 15.0 - - 6.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 6.4 - - 8.3 - - 9.2 - - -0.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 19.6 - - 23.1 - - 21.3 - - 15.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 5.7 - - 7.3 - - 8.7 - - 5.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 3 - - 27 - - -25 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1957 - - 5422 - - 2713 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 1 - - 1 - - 3 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 95749 49 257 51 274 56 277 49 279 95749 88763 26 267 34 268 40 285 36 281 88763 83377 19 261 23 265 24 279 25 275 83377 78864 18 254 13 261 16 279 17 266 78864 74909 18 274 13 260 23 276 11 277 74909 71364 20 274 16 273 26 274 12 272 71364 68124 24 283 28 268 37 277 15 276 68124 65122 25 265 29 256 30 270 26 272 65122 62316 15 243 14 221 18 243 23 265 62316 59573 18 295 25 292 16 278 20 268 59573 56700 36 283 39 277 32 280 24 272 56700 53718 37 264 39 257 33 276 26 280 53718 50871 25 259 26 256 26 288 29 284 50871 48311 24 278 23 278 26 300 23 283 48311 46015 28 290 28 295 24 301 24 312 46015 43931 29 290 31 297 29 316 35 318 43931 42039 28 288 28 301 36 321 44 318 42039 40319 24 293 30 311 35 323 42 316 40319 38742 26 312 32 317 37 331 37 328 38742 37285 33 315 36 325 41 337 38 347 37285 35933 34 312 43 330 47 340 45 355 35933 34655 31 314 49 332 49 344 54 358 34655 33393 29 322 50 331 52 350 64 001 33393 32120 32 326 47 328 64 355 76 005 32120 30842 33 324 44 328 78 357 87 006 30842 29543 33 324 42 330 87 358 94 005 29543 28212 34 329 39 327 91 359 94 003 28212 26849 37 335 34 320 91 360 92 002 26849 25457 40 339 29 317 85 359 89 001 25457 24041 40 342 27 324 73 358 86 001 24041 22605 34 343 28 333 61 357 83 001 22605 21146 26 340 31 335 55 357 81 002 21146 19660 21 335 32 333 51 358 78 003 19660 18175 19 335 32 329 46 356 69 004 18175 16763 20 337 32 327 38 348 60 004 16763 15486 22 340 31*328 33 337 54 002 15486 14348 24 341 29*332 30 334 49 358 14348 13327 26 342 28 335 28 334 45 354 13327 12403 28 342 27 338 28*332 40 350 12403 11565 31*343 26 338 28*330 36 344 11565 10805 34*343 26 338 28 327 32 340 10805 10118 35 343 25 337 28 325 30 340 10118 9497 34 343 24 336 28 323 29 341 9497 8927 33 343 21 334 27 320 27 342 8927 8411 30 343 20 333 26 318 25 342 8411 7972 26 343 19 333 23 315 21 342 7972 7628 22 343 17 332 19 313 16 340 7628 7390 18 343 15 332 16 311 11 336 7390 7244 15 343 13 332 12 310 7*336 7244 7159 9 343 8 331 6 309 3*349 7159 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