DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 Hammett_Rim_ID 2983ft pt40714@42.875,-115.427,2966ft SPONSORED BY: Idaho Hang Gliding Association BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 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 - - - - - - 1006z - - 1903z - - 1908z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 6 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.2 - - 60.3 - - 47.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 310 - - 95 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4801 - - 4724 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 6293 - - 5564 - - 2918 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 7784 - - 7707 - - 2935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2365 - - 2628 - - 667 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 472 - - 319 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 14 - - 15 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 106 - - 092 - - 087 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -6 - - -7 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -2187 - - -2583 - - -3958 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9972 - - 10291 - - 6893 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4640 - - -5410 - - -8478 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12424 - - 13117 - - 11413 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 48 - - 43 - - 40 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 60.2 - - 60.3 - - 47.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.6 - - 25.4 - - 28.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 58.5 - - 59.5 - - 50.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.9 - - 24.7 - - 27.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 310 - - 95 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4801 - - 4724 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 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] 96872 20 341 14 001 15 334 96872 89708 13 003 13 035 14 028 89708 84124 12 027 12 053 14 045 84124 79480 9 032 12 047 13 038 79480 75478 5 007 12 031 12 029 75478 71928 5 013 8 350 11 005 71928 68702 9 011 9 306 12 343 68702 65730 11 349 11 317 14 326 65730 62975 14 330 16 320 14 314 62975 60303 17 321 18 311 16 309 60303 57505 20 314 20 307 19 303 57505 54594 23 309 23 308 21 305 54594 51813 30 304 28 306 27 306 51813 49310 32 298 30 303 31 294 49310 47062 34 304 34 305 32 294 47062 45012 42 307 41 301 39 303 45012 43126 50 307 42 302 46 301 43126 41378 49 301 44 304 47 296 41378 39750 40 294 43 307 36 303 39750 38240 32 296 37 308 31 308 38240 36845 27 297 32 306 23 313 36845 35525 22 298 27 302 18 331 35525 34211 14 295 18 300 14 345 34211 32872 7 307 7 307 7 007 32872 31503 7 348 7 059 10 074 31503 30086 9 346 14 068 21 086 30086 28610 8 351 17 071 27 087 28610 27076 7 353 18 078 25 087 27076 25482 5 353 19 082 25 091 25482 23828 3 356 18 079 29 095 23828 22113 3 005 14 074 30 095 22113 20328 4 025 11 069 29 100 20328 18469 4 058 9 068 21 101 18469 16576 6 096 7 075 11 077 16576 14755 7 113 6 093 7 064 14755 13100 8 121 6 095 7 072 13100 11626 9 122 6 098 7 087 11626 10311 10 125 7 114 7 099 10311 9136 13 125 9 116 9 106 9136 8086 16*114 9*115 12 108 8086 7149 16*111 11*106 14 109 7149 6318 16 108 15 097 16 110 6318 5580 15 105 16 093 19 113 5580 4915 15 105 16 091 22 113 4915 4325 14 104 16 090 23 111 4325 3830 13 104 16 089 22 106 3830 3449 13 103 16 088 18 101 3449 3186 12 103 15 088 14 095 3186 3026 11 103 14 087 10*091 3026 2934 10 103 12 087 5*087 2934 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