DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/05 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 79.4 - - 83.8 - - - - - 75.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 364 - - 325 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 11098 - - 16151 - - - - - 13904 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15989 - - 20071 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 18598 - - 23651 - - - - - 21404 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4087 - - 1109 - - - - - 3164 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 681 - - 744 - - - - - 31 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 8 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 17 - - - - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 220 - - 230 - - - - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 14 - - - - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -15 - - 24 - - - - - -41 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2105 - - 5415 - - - - - 4504 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16494 - - 18237 - - - - - 16901 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -814 - - 3750 - - - - - -224 ODpotential blCL - - - 19412 - - 19901 - - - - - 21628 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 99 - - - - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - 90 - - 150 - - - - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 79.4 - - 83.8 - - - - - 75.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.7 - - 25.9 - - - - - 24.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.7 - - 84.3 - - - - - 82.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.8 - - 24.8 - - - - - 23.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 364 - - 325 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 11098 - - 16151 - - - - - 13904 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 98 - - - - - 8 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 2 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] 99516 33 100 29 097 31 087 99516 91952 28 105 27 105 30 097 91952 86148 23 109 20 106 23 101 86148 81340 24 115 15 108 20 098 81340 77198 20 096 17 112 18 084 77198 73553 17 080 19 098 10 076 73553 70274 8 077 15 112 9 070 70274 67255 5 141 5 101 2 130 67255 64439 4 188 6 281 2 342 64439 61723 5 243 13 269 10 288 61723 58905 11 264 16 260 18 280 58905 55984 20 278 22 266 23 271 55984 53201 36 266 33 261 35 271 53201 50696 38 260 36 253 47 264 50696 48450 45 264 47 261 51 262 48450 46410 55 265 61 262 58 266 46410 44548 63 266 64 262 68 269 44548 42834 70 267 70 265 73 266 42834 41243 61 266 62 263 71 263 41243 39763 53 260 51 258 62 263 39763 38392 55 260 49 257 50 263 38392 37089 48 264 48 262 48 259 37089 35782 33 255 43 251 47 251 35782 34441 32 243 40 238 44 251 34441 33074 30 245 38 238 39 257 33074 31670 26 253 32 241 38 260 31670 30222 29 241 26 244 34 255 30222 28739 34 228 25 248 24 255 28739 27224 35 225 25 250 23 256 27224 25682 31 236 24 249 22 252 25682 24116 21 247 22*246 17 241 24116 22519 19 260 21*245 18*234 22519 20879 24 268 21 241 19*233 20879 19222 22*255 21 236 20 233 19222 17630 19*235 20 228 19 233 17630 16176 21 232 19 228 17 233 16176 14872 22 235 19 227 15 233 14872 13696 21 233 18 225 12 234 13696 12630 18 226 17 225 10 237 12630 11663 15 219 16 224 9 244 11663 10786 13 211 15 224 8 250 10786 9994 11 204 14 223 7 257 9994 9279 9 189 13 223 7 264 9279 8624 9 177 13 223 7 269 8624 8033 9 172 12 223 7 274 8033 7530 9 167 11 222 7 279 7530 7138 9 164 11 222 6 282 7138 6866 8 161 10 221 5 286 6866 6699 8 160 9 221 4 290 6699 6603 7 158 8 221 2 305 6603 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