DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/09 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 20.6 - - 32.7 - - 32.9 - - 30.9 - - 21.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -32 - - 33 - - 50 - - 2 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 487 - - 793 - - 708 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7144 - - 7144 - - 7144 - - 7144 - - 7144 Hcrit BL Top 7161 - - 9497 - - 9803 - - 9718 - - 7161 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 956 - - 845 - - 858 - - 938 - - 2188 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 116 - - 155 - - 69 - - 6 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 25 - - 28 - - 22 - - 10 BL Wind Direction 344 - - 292 - - 299 - - 294 - - 312 Direction Wind Shear 17 - - 28 - - 33 - - 33 - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg -24 - - -22 - - -26 - - 18 - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1 - - 1365 - - 912 - - 744 - - -1347 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7160 - - 8132 - - 8892 - - 8974 - - 8508 sfcLCL ODpotential -7343 - - -5381 - - -7835 - - -8568 - - -9839 ODpotential blCL 14504 - - 14878 - - 17638 - - 18286 - - 17000 blCL maxRH 77 - - 62 - - 68 - - 68 - - 73 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 20.6 - - 32.7 - - 32.9 - - 30.9 - - 21.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 15.9 - - 22.1 - - 19.0 - - 16.8 - - 9.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 29.3 - - 36.3 - - 36.4 - - 35.1 - - 30.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 19.9 - - 20.8 - - 17.8 - - 15.7 - - 10.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -32 - - 33 - - 50 - - 2 - - -16 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 487 - - 793 - - 708 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 8 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96312 3 082 3 058 8 135 4 153 4 040 96312 89178 5 073 9 134 7 153 1 108 5 037 89178 83651 4 055 8 125 12 178 7 218 3 017 83651 79026 4 005 4 116 6 148 7 240 5 288 79026 75023 6 314 5 193 10 257 13 253 11 272 75023 71456 7 250 3 232 11 213 8 259 11 271 71456 68197 10 272 6 237 19 259 20 275 27 274 68197 65216 18 261 18 258 22 260 23 263 28 279 65216 62465 15 254 13 277 14 286 19 285 29 290 62465 59795 22 281 36 291 28 282 35 286 32 285 59795 56988 39 287 42 280 50 274 44 278 43 278 56988 54054 47 286 43 284 48 274 50 272 54 273 54054 51252 58 279 55 284 56 280 55 272 56 268 51252 48737 62 268 65 271 65 276 58 274 53 269 48737 46482 60 267 66 260 68 268 63 276 57 274 46482 44434 57 272 62 258 66 264 68 272 64 274 44434 42566 56 281 61 266 68 265 71 270 69 273 42566 40860 69 286 67 274 72 267 74 273 76 281 40860 39297 78 283 72 276 76 271 82 278 89 283 39297 37856 83 282 78 279 81 276 94 276 97 276 37856 36525 87 280 85 282 87 277 90 271 95 272 36525 35271 88 276 89 283 87 277 85 273 94 275 35271 34028 86 279 89 283 85 279 87 276 94 276 34028 32761 87 285 89 284 85 280 87 275 94 274 32761 31471 87 289 90 286 85 281 90 278 94 273 31471 30149 87 292 91 287 84 280 89 278 95 275 30149 28791 87 293 90 287 83 277 85 276 92 276 28791 27402 84 292 86 285 82 274 82 272 89 277 27402 25985 78 289 81 280 81 272 80 269 85 276 25985 24545 75 284 78 275 80 270 80 267 82 276 24545 23084 73 279 77 273 79 269 80 267 79 275 23084 21598 71 275 77 273 77 269 79 269 77 275 21598 20080 70 273 76 275 76 272 79 272 75 275 20080 18557 69 273 73 275 73 274 76 275 73 275 18557 17101 67 274 71 275 70 275 72 277 71 273 17101 15779 64 274 68 274 67 274 68 277 68 272 15779 14597 62 274 66 273 64 275 64 276 66 272 14597 13535 60 274 63 273 62 276 62 276 62 273 13535 12576 59 274 61 273 60 278 60 277 59 274 12576 11706 57 276 59 275 57 281 56 279 55 275 11706 10919 56 277 56 278 54 285 51 281 52 276 10919 10208 53 280 51 281 49*289 44*285 47 278 10208 9565 48 283 45*284 43*292 37*289 42 281 9565 8977 42 286 37*288 36 297 30 293 35 286 8977 8446 36 289 31 291 29 300 24 296 28 292 8446 7995 28 293 25 293 26 301 18 298 21 299 7995 7643 21 299 21 295 23 302 15 298 13 309 7643 7397 14 313 18 295 20 302 11 298 8 325 7397 7247 7*344 15 296 17 303 9 298 4*355 7247 7160 6*064 10 298 11 303 4 295 3*063 7160 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