DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/21 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.0 - - 59.1 - - - - - 49.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 64 - - 88 - - - - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6030 - - 9154 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12609 - - 15169 - - - - - 7146 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15040 - - 18164 - - - - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2120 - - 1397 - - - - - 11304 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 356 - - 444 - - - - - 14 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 23 - - 26 - - - - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 190 - - 174 - - - - - 144 Direction Wind Shear - - - 27 - - 25 - - - - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 31 - - 41 - - - - - 31 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3971 - - 5412 - - - - - -4004 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11070 - - 12752 - - - - - 11168 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3023 - - 924 - - - - - -8195 ODpotential blCL - - - 18063 - - 17240 - - - - - 15358 blCL maxRH - - - 64 - - 68 - - - - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 130 - - - - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.0 - - 59.1 - - - - - 49.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.2 - - 27.9 - - - - - 25.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 58.2 - - 62.5 - - - - - 57.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.9 - - 26.7 - - - - - 24.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 64 - - 88 - - - - - -26 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6030 - - 9154 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 97066 16 288 21 279 27 291 97066 89774 31 287 25 289 19 298 89774 84200 24 279 25 294 9 287 84200 79574 18 271 24 282 14 298 79574 75556 11 253 20 261 22 286 75556 72003 9 250 11 260 16 270 72003 68790 13 288 10 281 9 281 68790 65827 20 279 13 276 11 296 65827 63068 17 260 14 259 19 292 63068 60384 11 270 17 266 22 292 60384 57563 14 254 17 254 24 265 57563 54623 19 243 18 253 25 259 54623 51806 28 240 38 242 29 260 51806 49268 35 231 44 234 33 240 49268 47009 37 231 45 225 28 240 47009 44964 33 228 40 218 33 224 44964 43093 38 222 41 209 38 209 43093 41377 44 217 52 201 49 209 41377 39798 51 209 57 197 59 207 39798 38341 56 201 57 197 66 198 38341 36995 54 201 56 198 71 190 36995 35723 49 205 55 200 75 187 35723 34458 47 211 52 202 78 187 34458 33170 45 214 50 205 80 188 33170 31864 42 216 49 207 81 191 31864 30530 38 215 49 209 79 194 30530 29160 38 216 49 210 74 195 29160 27762 43 215 49 209 69 196 27762 26340 54 214 52 207 60 199 26340 24898 60 211 58 204 49 198 24898 23434 60 209 60 201 44 197 23434 21940 56 206 58 198 42 199 21940 20414 53 203 55 198 40 201 20414 18881 48 201 48*199 39 201 18881 17416 43 197 36*190 38 199 17416 16084 38*193 29 177 37 194 16084 14888 35*194 28 174 37 189 14888 13807 31 198 27 173 38 185 13807 12823 27 201 27 172 39 181 12823 11926 25 200 26 171 40 177 11926 11110 23 195 26 171 41 174 11110 10371 22 188 25 170 40 171 10371 9699 21 180 24 170 39 169 9699 9082 18 172 24 169 38 166 9082 8522 17 168 23 169 35 163 8522 8045 16 167 22 169 31 160 8045 7673 15 166 21 169 25 156 7673 7413 14 166 19 169 19 150 7413 7254 13 166 17 169 12*142 7254 7162 9 166 11 168 5*131 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