DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 SunValley_ID 9010ft pt41923@43.686,-114.391,7241ft SPONSORED BY: Sun Valley Paragliding Club BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +4.1 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 - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 30.6 - - 35.1 - - 33.5 - - 29.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 6 - - 12 - - -6 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 708 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7144 - - 7144 - - 7144 - - 7144 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7162 - - 9718 - - 7162 - - 7162 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2623 - - 953 - - 3667 - - 1702 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 22 - - 97 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 16 - - 8 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 211 - - 245 - - 250 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 26 - - 21 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - 24 - - 10 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1488 - - 1380 - - -648 - - -1887 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8650 - - 8338 - - 7810 - - 9049 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9430 - - -5549 - - -6252 - - -9623 ODpotential blCL - - - 16592 - - 15267 - - 13414 - - 16785 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 79 - - 79 - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.6 - - 35.1 - - 33.5 - - 29.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 18.2 - - 23.9 - - 24.6 - - 15.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 34.9 - - 39.0 - - 39.5 - - 38.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 17.2 - - 22.9 - - 23.3 - - 17.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 6 - - 12 - - -6 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 708 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 16 - - 15 - - 50 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] 96868 22 093 18 092 24 074 22 085 96868 89663 16 081 13 104 12 063 18 045 89663 84053 10 076 9 092 10 031 14 020 84053 79368 5 067 6 019 13 012 10 002 79368 75330 3 066 6 322 18 344 12 350 75330 71763 4 314 13 298 19 325 16 340 71763 68519 8 351 10 299 19 319 23 319 68519 65540 19 310 17 304 20 319 25 292 65540 62787 16 262 15 308 17 338 15 295 62787 60106 22 312 20 324 28 322 21 334 60106 57299 40 295 39 291 42 291 41 298 57299 54403 55 286 51 288 50 289 54 292 54403 51653 59 280 58 283 59 286 61 292 51653 49183 61 286 62 289 70 288 68 289 49183 46983 74 287 80 290 82 283 80 287 46983 45023 88 282 96 283 91 281 92 286 45023 43258 90 280 93 281 103 284 102 286 43258 41641 88 284 94 284 104 285 106 286 41641 40133 93 285 95 285 107 290 104 288 40133 38717 93 284 96 287 111 290 107 292 38717 37388 93 281 98 289 109 288 105 294 37388 36117 93 280 99 290 106 288 102 294 36117 34843 93 280 97 288 102 289 100 294 34843 33541 93 280 91 285 95 288 97 294 33541 32215 91 280 87 282 88 286 95 291 32215 30856 89 281 90 279 85 282 95 288 30856 29457 89 281 95 277 83 279 92 283 29457 28020 89 282 94 277 81 276 91 279 28020 26548 87 283 92 278 82 274 90 278 26548 25049 85 282 91 279 83 275 88 280 25049 23531 82 280 87 279 81 278 85 280 23531 21988 78 276 81 276 78 281 80 279 21988 20413 72 272 76 270 80 280 73 277 20413 18832 65 269 72 267 79 274 68 274 18832 17327 59 267 67 265 75 267 67 270 17327 15967 54 264 60 265 70 262 68 267 15967 14758 51 260 54 264 63 261 65 265 14758 13676 49 257 50 262 57 261 58 263 13676 12699 47 255 47 260 51 261 51 261 12699 11813 43 255 44 258 45 262 46 259 11813 11008 38 256 41 257 41 264 42 259 11008 10281 33 258 36*257 36 265 39 259 10281 9623 27 259 30*255 31 265 36 260 9623 9019 20 256 23 252 25 263 32 261 9019 8475 12 245 17 245 18 259 26 262 8475 8013 7 213 13 236 12 254 18 262 8013 7653 4 182 10 230 7 245 10 263 7653 7402 3 161 9 225 4 223 3 266 7402 7249 2*120 8 222 2*169 2*074 7249 7161 1*111 6 217 3*109 4*074 7161 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