DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 06/25 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 - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.3 - - 70.4 - - 71.3 - - 64.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 292 - - 281 - - 202 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 11241 - - 10637 - - 9745 - - 6844 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 17498 - - 16982 - - 16053 - - 7147 Hcrit BL Top - - - 20251 - - 19647 - - 18755 - - 15854 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1367 - - 816 - - 1543 - - 3105 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 642 - - 622 - - 543 - - 54 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 20 - - 17 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 266 - - 262 - - 259 - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 20 - - 19 - - 28 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 10 - - 15 - - 6 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 6236 - - 5496 - - 3782 - - 2611 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14016 - - 14152 - - 14973 - - 13244 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 3436 - - 3093 - - 1118 - - -1419 ODpotential blCL - - - 16815 - - 16554 - - 17637 - - 17273 blCL maxRH - - - 80 - - 89 - - 76 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 250 - - 110 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.3 - - 70.4 - - 71.3 - - 64.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.3 - - 32.8 - - 30.1 - - 31.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 72.2 - - 72.4 - - 73.6 - - 70.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.2 - - 31.7 - - 29.0 - - 30.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 292 - - 281 - - 202 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 11241 - - 10637 - - 9745 - - 6844 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 22 - - 58 - - 3 - - 34 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 99349 31 096 33 103 22 105 28 097 99349 91811 26 105 21 092 26 112 19 101 91811 86008 21 120 12 095 14 098 21 109 86008 81171 17 107 7 129 9 068 20 094 81171 76995 13 102 11 136 5 086 15 070 76995 73319 13 125 10 110 8 123 10 063 73319 69995 12 097 9 090 8 092 8 088 69995 66934 7 097 2 232 5 037 8 058 66934 64099 3 124 7 167 5 225 6 346 64099 61358 4 282 4 266 3 270 5 282 61358 58496 11 260 7 247 14 269 12 264 58496 55530 16 284 20 280 21 276 19 280 55530 52711 27 280 21 263 23 265 22 268 52711 50178 32 278 19 276 20 275 23 273 50178 47917 37 282 33 285 30 285 31 280 47917 45888 42 276 38 288 35 281 34 282 45888 44060 39 278 44 293 36 296 37 290 44060 42397 44 286 45 292 40 301 42 291 42397 40860 45 283 35 294 38 301 43 289 40860 39417 38 293 32 315 36 299 42 282 39417 38059 39 312 38 324 31 294 40 278 38059 36760 40 308 34 324 28 294 40 279 36760 35458 41 293 26 312 27 291 42 279 35458 34128 45 290 29 294 26 284 43 277 34128 32776 45 292 36 286 30 283 40 275 32776 31392 46 291 41 285 36 287 38 271 31392 29970 48 291 41 285 36 287 37 270 29970 28513 48 291 43 285 35 281 37 269 28513 27023 44 292 42 283 34 276 36 264 27023 25508 35 288 38 282 36 269 36 258 25508 23972 34 272 35 276 38 261 39 257 23972 22411 35 266 36 268 39 259 40 258 22411 20822 32*268 37*265 38 259 40 254 20822 19231 27*268 30*264 33*256 41 245 19231 17713 25 267 25 262 28*255 38 242 17713 16332 25 267 24 262 19 255 34*243 16332 15094 21 265 21 261 17 257 29*245 15094 13978 18 264 21 261 17 258 25 248 13978 12964 15 264 19 262 16 258 20 252 12964 12042 15 264 18 262 16 259 16 256 12042 11204 15 264 18 262 16 261 12 264 11204 10446 14 265 17 262 16 261 10 275 10446 9758 14 266 17 262 16 262 10 284 9758 9126 14 267 16 262 15 262 10 291 9126 8554 13 266 16 262 15 262 10 295 8554 8067 13 267 15 261 14 263 10 298 8067 7686 12 267 14 261 14 263 9 300 7686 7420 12 267 13 261 13 263 8 301 7420 7257 11 267 12 260 12 262 6 302 7257 7163 9 266 9 259 9 262 3 305 7163 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