DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/10 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 52.4 - - 53.7 - - - - - 48.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 82 - - 23 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4949 - - 8649 - - - - - 6629 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11904 - - 13573 - - - - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13959 - - 17659 - - - - - 15639 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4545 - - 2540 - - - - - 3782 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 346 - - 308 - - - - - 42 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 17 - - - - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - 176 - - 181 - - - - - 186 Direction Wind Shear - - - 26 - - 22 - - - - - 28 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 18 - - 27 - - - - - 21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3517 - - 7895 - - - - - 5562 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10443 - - 9764 - - - - - 10078 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -185 - - 3403 - - - - - 440 ODpotential blCL - - - 14144 - - 14256 - - - - - 15199 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 98 - - - - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 180 - - 680 - - - - - 320 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 52.4 - - 53.7 - - - - - 48.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.4 - - 35.5 - - - - - 29.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.5 - - 57.3 - - - - - 57.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.2 - - 34.3 - - - - - 27.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 82 - - 23 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4949 - - 8649 - - - - - 6629 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 17 - - 91 - - - - - 35 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 96730 32 260 51 272 42 280 96730 89365 40 266 41 264 45 287 89365 83772 42 276 38 264 47 282 83772 79176 39 272 38 267 43 279 79176 75228 40 271 37 276 36 279 75228 71720 38 271 38 282 31 278 71720 68522 33 275 35 279 28 276 68522 65569 28 286 32 281 28 276 65569 62814 32 281 33 281 29 280 62814 60126 29 274 32 275 31 272 60126 57313 26 276 29 268 26 265 57313 54387 24 264 28 257 23 267 54387 51591 24 259 28 256 23 263 51591 49067 21 261 25 252 22 259 49067 46798 22 259 26 244 24 240 46798 44753 26 248 23 244 21 235 44753 42894 27 240 36 234 23 242 42894 41190 30 227 40 220 36 229 41190 39634 30 215 36 211 43 215 39634 38206 27 200 31 209 41 207 38206 36882 24 201 33 210 40 209 36882 35626 28 214 35 210 43 215 35626 34378 30 215 37 210 46 218 34378 33111 31 213 38 211 47 220 33111 31826 31 213 39 210 47 221 31826 30512 31 212 40 209 44 222 30512 29159 29 209 39 208 41 222 29159 27772 28 210 35 205 38 220 27772 26353 28 209 34 204 35 218 26353 24906 25 204 33 208 34 218 24906 23436 22 206 31 210 35 216 23436 21940 20 208 31 208 39 210 21940 20413 23 209 29 208 41 206 20413 18878 27 210 26*211 39 206 18878 17410 28 211 24*211 33 203 17410 16073 28 210 24 208 29*199 16073 14875 28*206 22 203 26*195 14875 13794 29*201 20 194 23 191 13794 12810 27 197 18 179 20 186 12810 11915 23 189 17 164 17 180 11915 11101 19 175 16 159 16 177 11101 10362 15 160 16 156 14 176 10362 9692 13 151 16 153 13 179 9692 9077 12 147 15 151 11 184 9077 8519 11 144 15 150 10 191 8519 8043 10 143 14 149 9 196 8043 7672 9 142 13 148 7 198 7672 7412 9 141 12 148 4 185 7412 7254 8 142 11 147 2 180 7254 7162 7 141 8 147 2 035 7162 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