DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/07 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 41.3 - - 48.3 - - 48.6 - - 46.7 - - 38.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -11 - - 113 - - 151 - - 29 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3878 - - 3706 - - 2993 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 7145 - - 11283 - - 11283 - - 7145 - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top 7163 - - 12888 - - 12716 - - 12003 - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3392 - - 2837 - - 1867 - - 1638 - - 3254 Hgt.Variab. W* 14 - - 347 - - 371 - - 219 - - 11 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 24 - - 22 - - 24 - - 10 BL Wind Direction 301 - - 288 - - 293 - - 301 - - 306 Direction Wind Shear 13 - - 24 - - 21 - - 29 - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - 22 - - -17 - - -17 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -943 - - 4058 - - 4015 - - 2696 - - -357 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8106 - - 8830 - - 8702 - - 9308 - - 7521 sfcLCL ODpotential -5463 - - -329 - - -332 - - -3618 - - -7163 ODpotential blCL 12626 - - 13217 - - 13048 - - 15621 - - 14326 blCL maxRH 70 - - 70 - - 74 - - 69 - - 64 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 140 - - 110 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 41.3 - - 48.3 - - 48.6 - - 46.7 - - 38.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.8 - - 34.4 - - 35.2 - - 30.8 - - 30.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 46.5 - - 51.3 - - 51.3 - - 50.3 - - 45.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.7 - - 33.2 - - 34.0 - - 29.6 - - 29.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -11 - - 113 - - 151 - - 29 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3878 - - 3706 - - 2993 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96147 12 238 11 281 19 257 14 305 13 309 96147 88979 14 305 12 300 12 291 22 299 18 300 88979 83541 19 345 16 287 13 324 20 296 15 334 83541 79030 18 337 12 311 13 328 16 311 22 328 79030 75127 22 334 15 339 16 321 18 317 23 313 75127 71658 25 329 16 323 16 325 16 313 26 308 71658 68489 26 336 20 309 16 332 17 313 28 318 68489 65541 37 324 22 318 23 317 24 315 31 314 65541 62783 42 305 32 319 28 321 33 303 37 307 62783 60115 36 302 39 303 34 311 29 308 33 297 60115 57332 34 309 34 305 30 307 28 318 20 313 57332 54410 40 303 28 324 28 316 36 312 30 326 54410 51598 44 295 36 313 34 307 44 305 46 312 51598 49082 41 294 44 301 43 300 50 302 47 302 49082 46843 40 301 49 302 48 300 52 301 47 302 46843 44824 45 305 50 304 51 299 54 300 53 305 44824 42991 50 306 50 305 54 299 60 301 63 307 42991 41324 56 306 55 308 62 303 72 304 75 306 41324 39798 59 306 65 310 74 307 85 304 81 304 39798 38384 61 306 76 311 84 307 87 302 82 304 38384 37063 63 306 76 309 81 306 87 303 81 303 37063 35803 66 307 68 304 70 303 78 304 81 303 35803 34544 67 309 64 302 62 301 62 303 75 303 34544 33263 64 307 63 302 59 300 53 303 61 301 33263 31968 60 302 63 301 58 299 51 304 49 298 31968 30643 57 298 60 297 57 300 50 304 44 297 30643 29280 55 297 56 295 53 301 48 303 44 297 29280 27881 53 298 49 297 47 302 46 303 44 298 27881 26450 50 301 41 301 41 302 43 303 42 300 26450 24990 47 302 35 305 37 303 40 303 40 301 24990 23506 42 301 33 307 34 302 39 302 38 301 23506 21994 37 299 33 305 33 301 38 301 37 300 21994 20447 31 294 34 299 33 299 38 299 36 298 20447 18891 28 290 35 293 34 297 39 298 35 296 18891 17402 29 289 35 288 35 294 41 297 36 296 17402 16047 30 289 35 285 36 293 42 296 37 297 16047 14834 31 290 34 282 36 292 42 297 38 300 14834 13743 32 290 34*280 35 292 41 298 40 301 13743 12755 32 290 32*280 33*293 40*300 42 301 12755 11859 31 288 31 283 30*292 37*301 42 301 11859 11047 28 283 29 287 27 292 33 302 42 300 11047 10314 26 276 27 290 24 292 28 301 41 301 10314 9651 24 271 24 291 23 292 24 300 38 303 9651 9043 22 270 22 292 21 293 21 300 34 305 9043 8494 19 273 19 292 20 293 20 300 28 306 8494 8026 16 279 17 292 19 293 18 301 21 306 8026 7662 11 286 15 293 17 294 16 301 14 305 7662 7407 8 299 14 293 15 294 14 301 7 305 7407 7251 4*320 12 293 13 294 12 301 2*308 7251 7162 3*045 9 293 10 294 8 302 1*095 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