DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/19 KingMountain_ID 7500ft pt41928@43.805,-113.209,6604ft SPONSORED BY: King Mountain Glider Park BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +3.0 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 - - - 75.8 - - 81.1 - - 81.9 - - 72.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 321 - - 359 - - 125 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7624 - - 9465 - - 10797 - - 7884 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13098 - - 14644 - - 14957 - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15124 - - 16965 - - 18297 - - 15384 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1285 - - 1322 - - 1126 - - 2026 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 574 - - 641 - - 474 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 11 - - 10 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 11 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 289 - - 285 - - 291 - - 304 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 13 - - 9 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 24 - - 19 - - 56 - - 25 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 59 - - 167 - - 859 - - -472 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15065 - - 16798 - - 17439 - - 15857 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5533 - - -3654 - - -2933 - - -5811 ODpotential blCL - - - 20657 - - 20619 - - 21230 - - 21195 blCL maxRH - - - 65 - - 85 - - 63 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 75.8 - - 81.1 - - 81.9 - - 72.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.5 - - 29.9 - - 27.9 - - 26.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 76.3 - - 81.5 - - 83.6 - - 80.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.8 - - 29.2 - - 27.2 - - 25.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 321 - - 359 - - 125 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7624 - - 9465 - - 10797 - - 7884 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 40 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 99507 21 118 15 130 15 094 13 108 99507 91993 14 120 16 113 11 082 16 104 91993 86174 10 108 10 123 9 090 13 085 86174 81339 12 107 9 111 8 132 9 069 81339 77187 7 113 5 068 6 137 6 079 77187 73532 6 085 4 104 3 087 7 077 73532 70227 6 041 3 060 6 005 6 057 70227 67189 7 330 7 058 3 345 5 005 67189 64390 8 325 10 348 9 002 7 014 64390 61698 9 339 9 315 12 330 7 333 61698 58909 20 314 9 289 12 297 15 309 58909 56024 27 305 21 298 19 313 20 301 56024 53264 35 301 26 301 26 295 26 286 53264 50772 43 293 42 284 38 282 37 284 50772 48546 43 283 47 271 45 274 44 276 48546 46550 42 290 48 278 47 275 46 279 46550 44743 51 287 55 275 51 279 51 282 44743 43079 56 282 59 271 51 278 50 279 43079 41523 58 281 56 269 50 279 48 275 41523 40059 56 282 53 270 49 277 48 272 40059 38681 51 284 50 270 47 276 49 273 38681 37362 48 286 48 271 46 277 49 275 37362 36039 44 287 47 273 45 279 47 276 36039 34685 39 288 46 274 44 276 45 276 34685 33306 37 288 45 273 46 272 45 273 33306 31890 38 286 43 272 48 271 46 273 31890 30430 41 284 40 275 49 272 47 275 30430 28931 42 286 38 280 49 275 44 279 28931 27398 37 289 35 282 46 277 42 279 27398 25833 36 287 33 282 41 280 39 276 25833 24238 36 287 32 282 36 280 36 274 24238 22609 31 289 31 282 36 280 35 275 22609 20939 27 293 28 283 34 284 35 277 20939 19255 28 299 25 286 27*291 32 280 19255 17644 27 304 22*296 13*295 25 285 17644 16179 24*306 17*295 11 293 13*273 16179 14871 20*303 15 293 10 294 9*258 14871 13692 17 299 14 292 9 294 8 263 13692 12624 15 297 12 288 9 293 7 274 12624 11656 14 296 11 285 8 292 7 290 11656 10779 11 290 10 282 8 290 7 308 10779 9988 9 280 9 279 7 289 7 322 9988 9273 7 271 8 275 7 287 8 332 9273 8618 6 264 7 273 7 286 8 339 8618 8029 6 258 7 270 7 285 8 344 8029 7527 5 250 6 268 6 285 7 348 7527 7136 5 246 6 266 6 284 6 349 7136 6865 4 241 6 265 6 284 5 344 6865 6698 4 241 5 266 5 283 3 335 6698 6602 3 236 5 265 5 286 2 318 6602 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