AVENAL, CALIFORNIA - Regional Atmospheric Soaring Prediction

This local RASP site is operated and maintained by Alex Caldwell
Central Calif. Soaring Club
BLIPMAPTM = Boundary Layer Information Prediction MAP created by Dr. John W. (Jack) Glendening,  Meteorologist.
Many thanks to Dr.Jack for providing this free script to free-flight pilots everywhere!


Run:   Current Day   Previous Day
Grid:   Coarse (4km)   Fine (1.3km)

Time:
(availability depends on region/grid)
0400 pst  
0700 pst  
1000 pst  
1300 pst  
1600 pst  
Below is for the 1.3km fine res only:
1100 pst - 1.3km fine res. only  
1200 pst - 1.3km fine res. only  
1300 pst - 1.3km fine res. only  

Parameter:
Thermal Up. Vel. & B/S Ratio
Thermal Updraft Velocity
Buoyancy/Shear Ratio
Critical Updraft Hgt (Hcrit)
Depth of Hcrit (AGL Hcrit)
BL Top Height
BL Depth
Thermal Hgt. Variability
Surface Heating
Normalized Surface Sun
Surface Temperature
Sfc. Wind
BL Avg. Wind
BL Top Wind
BL Vertical Wind Shear
BL Max.Up/Down Motion
Cumulus Potential
Cumulus Cloudbase
Cu Cloudbase @CuPot>0
OD Potential
OD Cloudbase
OD Cloudbase @ODpot>0
BL Cloud Cover
CloudWater Cloudbase
BL Max. Rel. Humidity
Sfc. Dew Point Temp.
CAPE
Vert.Velocity@850mb
Vert.Velocity@700mb
Vert.Velocity@500mb
Vert.Vel.Slide@Vert.Vel.Max
Experimental 1
Experimental 2
Sounding 1
Sounding 2
Sounding 3



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