DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/29 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 52.1 - - 59.3 - - 64.9 - - 64.9 - - 56.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 18 - - 231 - - 289 - - 132 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2220 - - 5346 - - 5910 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 2934 - - 4253 - - 6702 - - 6699 - - 2934 Hcrit BL Top 2951 - - 5213 - - 8339 - - 8903 - - 2952 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1266 - - 2663 - - 4260 - - 3926 - - 5354 Hgt.Variab. W* 29 - - 333 - - 480 - - 385 - - 4 W* B/S 2 - - 19 - - 14 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 3 - - 6 - - 10 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 302 - - 352 - - 027 - - 020 - - 009 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 1 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -3 - - 5 - - 14 - - 19 - - 6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2969 - - -2133 - - -1189 - - -341 - - -3597 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 5920 - - 7346 - - 9529 - - 9244 - - 6549 sfcLCL ODpotential -6105 - - -3973 - - -2519 - - -1447 - - -5964 ODpotential blCL 9056 - - 9186 - - 10858 - - 10350 - - 8916 blCL maxRH 87 - - 88 - - 89 - - 86 - - 73 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 110 - - 100 - - 110 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m 52.1 - - 59.3 - - 64.9 - - 64.9 - - 56.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 36.6 - - 37.5 - - 33.3 - - 34.6 - - 38.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 51.7 - - 57.5 - - 62.8 - - 63.6 - - 59.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 35.8 - - 36.4 - - 32.1 - - 33.7 - - 37.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 18 - - 231 - - 289 - - 132 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2220 - - 5346 - - 5910 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 48 - - 52 - - 57 - - 43 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 97378 5 343 12 304 13 281 19 323 13 336 97378 90035 12 316 9 302 12 281 20 310 16 332 90035 84447 16 311 9 268 15 312 19 314 18 320 84447 79804 19 309 15 274 17 297 16 307 16 314 79804 75774 15 279 13 275 16 285 17 299 15 296 75774 72183 16 267 19 281 18 281 17 296 13 288 72183 68918 18 275 24 278 18 288 19 296 13 301 68918 65909 17 274 24 279 22 293 20 297 15 302 65909 63108 21 286 22 280 23 285 24 297 18 305 63108 60395 22 294 17 292 17 283 23 289 24 299 60395 57574 21 298 18 308 15 298 20 300 22 297 57574 54648 20 303 21 305 20 306 23 316 23 318 54648 51855 20 317 24 313 24 311 26 323 29 317 51855 49341 23 327 26 326 24 316 29 323 29 321 49341 47080 27 327 27 327 27 318 31 323 30 327 47080 45022 30 325 29 326 28 321 33 328 34 335 45022 43140 31 328 30 333 30 333 34 334 41 339 43140 41412 35 329 34 338 33 335 39 343 42 339 41412 39814 36 329 37 340 34 342 46 346 46 339 39814 38333 36 329 41 341 40 349 46 345 52 344 38333 36956 34 325 38 341 43 349 45 349 57 348 36956 35641 29 316 35 339 41 351 47 352 54 348 35641 34323 21 308 32 335 35 354 44 352 45 347 34323 32979 19 319 27 338 30 354 35 348 36 347 32979 31608 25 327 26 343 28 357 29 354 30 347 31608 30189 29 324 26 345 30 358 31 001 27 355 30189 28706 27 316 24 342 30 357 33 360 30 359 28706 27160 25 308 22 340 27 001 34 357 32 357 27160 25552 25 304 22 344 25 008 32 359 33 354 25552 23885 26 306 19 351 23 010 28 002 29 353 23885 22160 20 309 16 347 19 015 24 005 25 356 22160 20369 12 297 10 330 11 358 21 008 23 002 20369 18508 8 316 4 323 7 323 14 356 19 359 18508 16620 11 333 7 313 8 316 11 300 13 334 16620 14810 15 307 8 316 7 291 13 280 14 311 14810 13163 15 291 9 308 8 277 11 293 14 323 13163 11692 12 270 8 291 8 284 8 311 12 342 11692 10378 9 240 7 269 7 287 7 340 10 357 10378 9201 7 212 6 250 5*306 8*012 9 005 9201 8148 6 182 4 244 4*000 8*016 10 010 8148 7208 7 164 2 255 6 026 9 017 10 012 7208 6373 8 158 1 271 6 028 10 019 10 014 6373 5630 8 146 1*346 7 028 10 020 11 017 5630 4959 6 129 2*346 7 029 11 021 11 019 4959 4362 4 107 3 348 7 030 11 021 12 021 4362 3861 2 102 3 350 7 030 11 022 12 022 3861 3474 2 323 4 354 7 029 11 022 11 021 3474 3207 4 302 4 356 7 029 11 022 9 019 3207 3044 3*302 4 357 7 029 10 022 7*015 3044 2951 3*302 3 358 7 029 9 022 4*009 2951 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