DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 44.6 - - 48.6 - - 48.7 - - 42.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 230 - - 306 - - 143 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4701 - - 5156 - - 3936 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6112 - - 6584 - - 5290 - - 2933 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7694 - - 8149 - - 6929 - - 2951 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1881 - - 2523 - - 2390 - - 3231 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 430 - - 485 - - 345 - - 2 W* B/S - - - 19 - - 25 - - 8 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 4 - - 8 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 297 - - 006 - - 048 - - 102 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 11 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - 15 - - 18 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 354 - - 323 - - -927 - - -2780 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7340 - - 7826 - - 7856 - - 5731 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1192 - - -517 - - -3008 - - -6410 ODpotential blCL - - - 8886 - - 8666 - - 9937 - - 9361 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 79 - - 73 - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 44.6 - - 48.6 - - 48.7 - - 42.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.0 - - 24.7 - - 24.8 - - 28.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.0 - - 46.5 - - 47.5 - - 45.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.9 - - 23.6 - - 23.7 - - 27.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 230 - - 306 - - 143 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4701 - - 5156 - - 3936 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 17 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96846 37 261 51 276 44 288 37 284 96846 89510 34 266 31 278 34 277 39 283 89510 83923 25 281 25 276 27 285 29 280 83923 79296 25 292 19 281 28 287 24 290 79296 75300 21 281 18 286 24 289 23 294 75300 71764 14 274 16 285 16 296 18 289 71764 68543 17 298 17 301 17 302 14 300 68543 65565 21 301 20 303 20 307 13 295 65565 62789 16 294 16 300 15 306 13 313 62789 60085 17 314 20 308 23 316 26 317 60085 57263 24 311 26 308 29 314 32 318 57263 54339 26 321 27 314 30 313 31 323 54339 51543 31 329 28 319 31 322 34 326 51543 49022 33 326 35 325 37 325 39 329 49022 46759 37 322 41 323 44 326 47 332 46759 44705 41 322 45 320 50 323 51 327 44705 42829 45 325 47 322 51 319 50 321 42829 41112 50 328 53 328 52 321 50 318 41112 39535 58 329 63 326 54 323 47 320 39535 38080 64 329 67 325 58 329 61 327 38080 36734 67 330 70 331 69 333 67 325 36734 35457 67 333 75 333 77 329 65 328 35457 34171 68 336 78 336 82 327 69 324 34171 32846 70 339 80 338 81 328 68 320 32846 31479 71 338 80 337 77 332 64 323 31479 30055 72 336 77 336 76 337 61 329 30055 28566 71 335 73 335 78 342 61 333 28566 27011 68 336 69 335 70 341 60 334 27011 25392 64 337 65 337 56 337 57 331 25392 23716 59 338 61 338 48 337 50 330 23716 21989 54 339 56 340 44 340 39 333 21989 20205 51 342 52 342 41 343 32 338 20205 18351 47 343 46 345 38 344 30 343 18351 16462 39 338 40 345 34 343 29 348 16462 14640 29 329 31 335 28 339 26 350 14640 12984 22 321 23 319 24 333 21 346 12984 11516 17 312 18 301 20 323 17 338 11516 10212 13 297 12 276 15 296 14 328 10212 9051 10 283 8*267 10 283 12 324 9051 8016 8*276 6*273 3 310 9 325 8016 7094 6*275 4 284 3*343 5 335 7094 6277 6 278 3 345 5*035 3 008 6277 5552 5 286 4 017 7 046 3 053 5552 4900 4 297 5 027 8 049 4 076 4900 4319 3 310 6 032 8 049 4 086 4319 3833 3 323 6 035 8 050 4 085 3833 3458 3 332 7 037 8 050 4 082 3458 3198 3 339 7 037 8 050 3 083 3198 3040 3 341 7 037 8 050 2*091 3040 2950 3 344 6 039 7 051 2*102 2950 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