DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/18 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 = 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 - - - - - - 57.9 - - 59.3 - - 48.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 329 - - 110 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3454 - - 4875 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 5287 - - 5780 - - 2956 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 6447 - - 7868 - - 2973 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1900 - - 1692 - - 1624 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 431 - - 336 - - 7 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 9 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 140 - - 096 - - 061 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 6 - - 17 - - 7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -3088 - - -1841 - - -3610 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 9536 - - 9709 - - 6584 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -5894 - - -4619 - - -7997 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 12341 - - 12487 - - 10970 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 45 - - 53 - - 43 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 57.9 - - 59.3 - - 48.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 26.5 - - 27.1 - - 30.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 55.9 - - 58.2 - - 53.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.9 - - 26.6 - - 30.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 329 - - 110 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3454 - - 4875 - - 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] 96917 19 337 13 355 18 332 96917 89751 13 358 12 029 13 020 89751 84154 12 023 11 052 11 043 84154 79497 7 032 12 048 10 045 79497 75483 4 038 10 025 11 036 75483 71928 5 028 7 341 11 013 71928 68703 7 013 8 304 11 342 68703 65735 10 345 10 313 12 321 65735 62980 12 323 13 316 13 313 62980 60306 14 307 15 305 17 305 60306 57509 16 305 16 302 18 294 57509 54599 21 308 20 306 17 302 54599 51816 27 302 26 302 22 300 51816 49311 28 296 26 302 26 287 49311 47062 29 305 31 301 28 291 47062 45013 36 310 36 296 34 300 45013 43129 45 308 36 299 40 296 43129 41381 46 298 38 306 37 294 41381 39755 32 288 37 311 31 308 39755 38250 19 292 31 309 25 307 38250 36860 14 308 23 308 16 321 36860 35546 11 329 15 307 10 000 35546 34237 8 001 6 304 8 043 34237 32898 8 046 5 083 11 086 32898 31528 10 061 17 088 21 097 31528 30113 10 055 26 089 32 100 30113 28641 8 043 29 092 38 100 28641 27109 7 036 29 096 35 101 27109 25517 6 041 30 100 33 103 25517 23864 5 051 30 102 34 103 23864 22150 5 063 27 101 34 102 22150 20367 5 073 20 100 33 105 20367 18509 7 084 14 096 29 114 18509 16616 9 092 11 093 18 106 16616 14796 11 105 10 099 11 100 14796 13141 13 113 10 114 9 110 13141 11667 13 118 11 123 10 118 11667 10352 12 121 11 125 12 123 10352 9178 11 126 11 127 14 127 9178 8129 13 136 11*125 14 134 8129 7194 15*142 10*119 14 140 7194 6365 15*144 9 105 12 138 6365 5627 15 144 9 099 11 128 5627 4961 13 142 9 093 10 117 4961 4369 13 140 9 089 11 107 4369 3872 12 138 8 086 10 098 3872 3489 12 135 8 084 9 088 3489 3225 11 134 8 083 6 074 3225 3064 10 133 8 082 4*065 3064 2972 9 133 7 082 3*061 2972 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