DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/12 Pickle_Butte_ID 2993ft pt41913@43.425,-116.746,3054ft SPONSORED BY: Idaho Hang Gliding Association BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.2 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 - - - 0955z - - 1000z - - 1334z - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.0 - - 83.3 - - 84.4 - - 74.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 201 - - 238 - - 54 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1543 - - 3851 - - 2261 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 3718 - - 5469 - - 2936 - - 2936 Hcrit BL Top - - - 4536 - - 6844 - - 5254 - - 2953 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2724 - - 5607 - - 8768 - - 320 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 281 - - 403 - - 208 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 34 - - 39 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 2 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 327 - - 288 - - 087 - - 142 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 11 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 16 - - 29 - - 24 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5966 - - -5743 - - -8176 - - -8840 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10502 - - 12588 - - 13431 - - 11794 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9473 - - -8238 - - -10274 - - -13282 ODpotential blCL - - - 14009 - - 15082 - - 15528 - - 16235 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 85 - - 76 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.0 - - 83.3 - - 84.4 - - 74.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.1 - - 37.9 - - 35.3 - - 33.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 74.4 - - 81.3 - - 83.7 - - 79.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.6 - - 37.4 - - 34.8 - - 32.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 201 - - 238 - - 54 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1543 - - 3851 - - 2261 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 83 - - 39 - - 4 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 98620 20 262 21 254 26 261 29 280 98620 91217 18 265 21 276 18 257 18 272 91217 85496 12 267 16 272 12 291 7 299 85496 80742 8 285 15 257 12 295 10 293 80742 76654 9 296 11 286 9 305 8 299 76654 73054 8 283 6 287 9 282 6 315 73054 69798 7 302 4 340 5 263 5 276 69798 66789 10 300 11 331 5 317 1 213 66789 63988 16 262 17 283 14 296 10 306 63988 61278 11 276 14 266 13 305 10 345 61278 58434 19 291 21 285 27 276 27 290 58434 55505 30 277 32 273 39 269 40 266 55505 52755 44 283 43 278 46 275 48 275 52755 50285 63 276 61 271 60 269 58 270 50285 48063 68 268 66 262 64 259 63 256 48063 46045 74 276 75 273 66 264 67 251 46045 44197 95 284 89 277 81 270 77 257 44197 42495 105 280 98 273 98 269 100 260 42495 40916 102 274 100 269 103 264 115 259 40916 39437 98 273 100 267 102 261 112 255 39437 38047 95 273 95 265 97 260 107 253 38047 36709 92 274 90 263 92 258 104 252 36709 35355 89 272 86 262 89 256 101 251 35355 33957 88 270 85 262 86 255 98 248 33957 32520 88 267 84 260 84 254 95 245 32520 31032 88 266 83 259 83 252 93 242 31032 29485 83 265 81 257 83 250 92 242 29485 27879 75 265 79 256 80 249 90 242 27879 26216 65 265 76 256 75 248 82 242 26216 24499 56 262 68 256 69 248 73 240 24499 22724 50 258 57 256 62 248 69 239 22724 20885 47 255 50 252 54 248 64 242 20885 18983 44 253 47 247 48 245 56 238 18983 17059 41 252 45 244 43 241 47 230 17059 15208 37 251 41 244 33 230 39 223 15208 13520 32 249 35 242 26 218 35 220 13520 12011 27 245 27 235 24 220 32 218 12011 10659 24 243 20 227 21 221 29 216 10659 9445 21 241 19 229 17 218 26 215 9445 8356 19 240 16 230 13 212 24 213 8356 7382 17 238 12*232 9 199 22 210 7382 6515 14 235 8*235 6 174 20 204 6515 5741 11 236 5 243 5*134 17 194 5741 5043 7*239 2 275 5*104 15 180 5043 4422 3*253 2 345 6 092 14 160 4422 3899 1 309 3 001 6 086 15 147 3899 3496 2 347 3 010 6 082 14 138 3496 3218 2 000 3 013 6 081 12 134 3218 3049 2 008 4 014 6 079 8*136 3049 2952 2 010 3 015 6 078 5*142 2952 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