DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/18 Pickle_Butte_ID 2993ft pt41913@43.425,-116.746,3054ft SPONSORED BY: Idaho Hang Gliding Association BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by -0.2 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 - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 54.0 - - 62.5 - - 70.3 - - 73.8 - - 66.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 69 - - 337 - - 343 - - 102 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3146 - - 4968 - - 6969 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 2934 - - 5064 - - 6486 - - 7323 - - 2935 Hcrit BL Top 2951 - - 6139 - - 7961 - - 9962 - - 2952 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1925 - - 2387 - - 3487 - - 4312 - - 6295 Hgt.Variab. W* 43 - - 423 - - 498 - - 379 - - 4 W* B/S 2 - - 48 - - 19 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 2 - - 5 - - 14 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 326 - - 105 - - 300 - - 301 - - 066 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 6 - - 14 - - 13 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - 8 - - 20 - - 21 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7647 - - -5424 - - -5214 - - -4585 - - -9219 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10598 - - 11564 - - 13176 - - 14548 - - 12171 sfcLCL ODpotential -14922 - - -11041 - - -9451 - - -7613 - - -12065 ODpotential blCL 17873 - - 17180 - - 17412 - - 17575 - - 15017 blCL maxRH 74 - - 63 - - 75 - - 71 - - 91 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 54.0 - - 62.5 - - 70.3 - - 73.8 - - 66.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 18.1 - - 21.9 - - 22.1 - - 19.4 - - 23.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 53.3 - - 60.3 - - 67.9 - - 72.8 - - 69.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 17.1 - - 20.8 - - 21.0 - - 18.3 - - 22.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 69 - - 337 - - 343 - - 102 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3146 - - 4968 - - 6969 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 66 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 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] 98711 24 095 17 101 27 091 28 105 18 109 98711 91295 22 096 22 113 15 107 19 098 18 100 91295 85543 16 119 16 101 15 132 12 118 11 081 85543 80749 12 118 13 118 8 146 4 103 7 088 80749 76601 5 151 7 110 13 177 5 214 4 138 76601 72916 12 191 6 235 5 196 10 221 2 130 72916 69561 5 223 10 232 8 263 14 234 4 290 69561 66476 12 259 14 258 12 290 10 246 11 269 66476 63626 18 283 20 263 20 272 13 273 11 272 63626 60856 20 290 25 276 23 267 20 279 13 266 60856 57948 24 286 28 276 29 269 30 274 27 265 57948 54941 31 267 30 271 35 270 36 275 38 271 54941 52088 38 271 37 271 42 266 45 281 41 275 52088 49525 44 275 45 271 48 264 49 274 41 272 49525 47224 48 276 49 273 47 267 48 271 40 271 47224 45133 53 277 52 276 50 276 47 273 39 274 45133 43221 59 276 60 275 54 278 50 277 47 279 43221 41466 68 276 63 273 59 279 58 276 57 278 41466 39852 72 275 67 273 63 279 65 274 64 278 39852 38364 74 274 72 273 65 275 66 276 71 281 38364 36987 76 274 72 272 67 271 70 284 82 285 36987 35678 75 275 71 272 69 269 77 285 91 285 35678 34366 70 276 71 275 70 271 73 278 90 281 34366 33020 67 274 69 276 71 273 68 275 85 277 33020 31640 68 271 68 276 69 274 67 274 79 274 31640 30213 69 270 67 275 68 274 69 272 72 272 30213 28725 67 271 67 276 68 275 71 271 68 268 28725 27178 65 274 67 278 67 276 69 272 69 265 27178 25568 63 277 66 279 65 276 67 271 70 266 25568 23904 60 279 64 279 63 275 63 271 67 267 23904 22190 57 280 62 279 62 272 60 270 61 265 22190 20416 54 282 58 279 59 270 58 269 58 263 20416 18574 51 283 53 279 56 269 57 266 55 258 18574 16699 46 283 47 277 53 266 54 261 50 253 16699 14893 40 281 44 274 50 265 45 256 42 257 14893 13246 34 281 41 274 44 267 33 258 34 270 13246 11774 29 284 36 275 34 263 25 265 28 282 11774 10457 24 287 28 273 24 252 23*268 26 290 10457 9275 18 281 22 262 20 254 19*279 25 295 9275 8214 12 263 18 244 16*257 17 288 23 300 8214 7265 8 238 12 239 12*263 15 295 22 304 7265 6421 5 210 7*234 8 272 15 301 19 307 6421 5668 3 176 3*219 5 293 14 306 16 311 5668 4989 1 130 1 163 4 316 13 311 13 317 4989 4383 3 344 2 106 4 336 13 315 9 326 4383 3875 4 332 2 087 4 349 13 316 6 343 3875 3482 4 319 3 080 4 357 12 318 4 010 3482 3212 4 322 3 078 4 000 12 319 3 031 3212 3046 4*323 3 076 4 004 11 320 3*048 3046 2951 3*326 3 075 4 005 10 322 2*066 2951 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