DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/26 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 60.3 - - 63.1 - - 60.2 - - 51.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 203 - - 302 - - 44 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7308 - - 9839 - - 7242 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14151 - - 16393 - - 13119 - - 7146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 16318 - - 18849 - - 16252 - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2412 - - 1411 - - 2560 - - 6295 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 499 - - 625 - - 333 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 21 - - 23 - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - 164 - - 167 - - 159 - - 106 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 25 - - 28 - - 27 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 33 - - 23 - - 23 - - 35 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4972 - - 7456 - - 6243 - - -611 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11346 - - 11393 - - 10010 - - 7774 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 2474 - - 4251 - - 1817 - - -5574 ODpotential blCL - - - 13844 - - 14598 - - 14435 - - 12737 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 100 - - 71 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 220 - - 580 - - 840 - - 390 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 60.3 - - 63.1 - - 60.2 - - 51.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.0 - - 37.4 - - 40.5 - - 42.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.9 - - 65.1 - - 63.7 - - 58.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.9 - - 36.3 - - 39.2 - - 40.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 203 - - 302 - - 44 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7308 - - 9839 - - 7242 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 53 - - 98 - - 0 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98777 17 107 6 096 16 086 22 091 98777 91304 15 107 8 089 10 069 15 078 91304 85526 14 097 11 104 9 082 14 100 85526 80732 10 077 15 109 9 097 14 098 80732 76612 6 127 11 083 15 113 13 082 76612 72965 11 169 6 056 15 116 8 111 72965 69652 13 172 2 172 9 108 12 139 69652 66589 12 147 10 174 2 131 7 110 66589 63726 9 143 12 173 7 164 7 134 63726 60946 7 139 10 178 6 175 8 160 60946 58057 6 149 12 179 5 208 8 173 58057 55063 8 172 15 173 10 194 9 149 55063 52202 10 175 14 167 16 180 9 180 52202 49631 13 181 16 172 20 169 18 176 49631 47339 20 190 22 182 21 177 24 165 47339 45282 28 194 27 187 18 186 24 158 45282 43418 34 184 33 193 16 193 20 153 43418 41710 31 169 37 184 29 187 26 179 41710 40134 25 173 37 171 43 177 40 183 40134 38680 27 182 35 168 46 167 43 172 38680 37332 30 177 35 173 42 160 36 166 37332 36056 31 168 35 174 37 159 31 169 36056 34782 33 166 35 175 34 162 32 174 34782 33482 37 171 35 176 32 163 33 171 33482 32161 41 170 35 176 30 162 31 164 32161 30811 41 169 35 176 28 163 30 158 30811 29424 39 173 34 173 27 166 31 154 29424 28006 35 165 32 170 27 170 31 153 28006 26559 34 155 31 167 27 172 30 154 26559 25085 37 156 31 163 27 173 29 157 25085 23589 35 155 32 161 27 177 28 162 23589 22068 31 162 31 168 26 182 25 170 22068 20518 29 173 32 184 27 186 26 178 20518 18965 29 186 32*191 29 186 30 180 18965 17484 28*194 30*190 30*184 33 177 17484 16138 26*193 28 188 31*182 35 176 16138 14932 26 182 27 185 31 178 36 175 14932 13842 26 172 25 180 30 175 35 173 13842 12852 26 165 23 174 29 171 34 167 12852 11950 25 159 21 164 26 163 33 160 11950 11130 25 156 20 156 23 153 32 151 11130 10386 24 154 20 147 21 143 32 142 10386 9710 24 152 20 140 20 133 32 135 9710 9090 23 151 20 137 19 127 32 129 9090 8528 22 151 20 136 18 125 30 120 8528 8049 22 150 19 134 18 124 27 110 8049 7675 21 150 19 134 17 124 22 100 7675 7414 20 149 18 134 16 123 17 094 7414 7255 18 149 16 134 14 123 12*087 7255 7162 12 148 12 134 9 123 5*072 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