DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/22 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.3 - - 43.6 - - - - - 36.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 55 - - 72 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1435 - - 2049 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7144 - - 9669 - - - - - 7145 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10445 - - 11059 - - - - - 7163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1209 - - 1079 - - - - - 2646 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 199 - - 241 - - - - - 10 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 12 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 4 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 174 - - 218 - - - - - 041 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 7 - - - - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 11 - - 5 - - - - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 226 - - 1062 - - - - - -2280 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10220 - - 9998 - - - - - 9443 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8662 - - -7304 - - - - - -9566 ODpotential blCL - - - 19107 - - 18363 - - - - - 16729 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 74 - - - - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.3 - - 43.6 - - - - - 36.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.9 - - 25.0 - - - - - 20.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.6 - - 47.0 - - - - - 45.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.7 - - 23.9 - - - - - 19.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 55 - - 72 - - - - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1435 - - 2049 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 1 - - 0 - - - - - 51 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] 96390 23 260 20 279 26 284 96390 89300 21 243 18 285 20 293 89300 83774 18 246 23 272 27 285 83774 79198 14 260 24 267 31 280 79198 75282 17 266 18 272 20 291 75282 71802 29 297 34 296 24 310 71802 68632 31 291 38 289 32 306 68632 65716 25 279 32 281 35 297 65716 63004 29 276 39 285 45 292 63004 60362 39 271 50 276 53 287 60362 57596 45 271 53 277 56 287 57596 54717 55 284 68 282 68 289 54717 51953 68 278 68 280 69 288 51953 49452 68 281 68 284 71 292 49452 47215 77 287 75 288 76 293 47215 45199 86 287 84 289 79 289 45199 43374 88 283 84 284 79 288 43374 41715 80 286 78 288 86 297 41715 40190 83 290 78 294 99 301 40190 38767 78 293 80 296 112 301 38767 37432 79 302 83 295 120 302 37432 36152 77 301 84 293 108 304 36152 34872 74 290 82 290 91 301 34872 33566 77 283 79 289 79 294 33566 32242 79 281 75 288 82 289 32242 30885 76 282 72 287 78 288 30885 29488 69 281 67 285 72 286 29488 28057 65 281 62 283 65 288 28057 26592 64 281 56 282 58 284 26592 25099 61 280 55 277 54 278 25099 23584 55 277 54 275 52 278 23584 22047 51 275 51 272 49 277 22047 20485 47 276 46 269 42 276 20485 18922 42 279 39 268 32 273 18922 17431 37 283 34 271 28 268 17431 16071 32 286 29 277 26 261 16071 14855 27 291 25 284 24 256 14855 13759 24 299 22 290 22 251 13759 12768 20 305 18 295 20 248 12768 11868 15 309 13*297 18 244 11868 11052 9*305 7*287 16 241 11052 10315 3*257 4 248 13 235 10315 9650 5 178 4 203 9 223 9650 9041 7 168 5 194 7 203 9041 8492 8 166 5 193 5 186 8492 8025 7 168 4 200 3 158 8025 7660 6 172 3 205 2 079 7660 7406 4 180 3 208 5 043 7406 7251 3 185 3 209 6*034 7251 7162 3 187 2 213 5*021 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