DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/10 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.1 - - 75.4 - - 72.7 - - 63.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 330 - - 331 - - 72 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1816 - - 8126 - - 8515 - - 3424 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8588 - - 13516 - - 12650 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9316 - - 15626 - - 16015 - - 10924 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2182 - - 1668 - - 2139 - - 2410 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 358 - - 592 - - 363 - - 23 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 20 - - 23 - - 28 BL Wind Direction - - - 214 - - 268 - - 267 - - 259 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 15 - - 21 - - 29 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -13 - - -26 - - -30 - - -60 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5924 - - -2352 - - -240 - - -2789 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15241 - - 17979 - - 16256 - - 13714 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -12433 - - -7318 - - -4528 - - -7135 ODpotential blCL - - - 21749 - - 22944 - - 20543 - - 18059 blCL maxRH - - - 41 - - 82 - - 86 - - 95 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.1 - - 75.4 - - 72.7 - - 63.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.5 - - 18.9 - - 24.1 - - 26.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.6 - - 76.1 - - 74.9 - - 69.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.2 - - 18.5 - - 23.8 - - 26.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 330 - - 331 - - 72 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1816 - - 8126 - - 8515 - - 3424 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 28 - - 45 - - 81 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 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] 98751 22 275 21 284 14 269 16 287 98751 91330 13 262 16 277 16 278 18 288 91330 85596 6 207 15 267 13 283 12 310 85596 80830 2 063 5 274 11 281 9 302 80830 76725 7 346 1 049 9 280 5 294 76725 73091 7 321 5 003 7 294 9 335 73091 69800 8 298 11 325 9 312 11 315 69800 66776 9 312 11 319 13 313 12 325 66776 63980 15 321 13 305 16 306 21 316 63980 61285 27 296 17 302 7 334 11 308 61285 58476 29 285 35 284 33 291 19 307 58476 55578 34 282 38 276 41 284 39 282 55578 52844 39 285 44 278 48 280 48 278 52844 50404 48 284 51 280 54 279 58 279 50404 48222 54 283 60 283 63 282 64 279 48222 46240 58 284 65 281 68 283 67 278 46240 44420 60 283 64 281 69 281 68 277 44420 42732 58 282 62 280 67 280 68 275 42732 41154 58 282 62 279 66 278 67 273 41154 39671 58 281 62 279 64 276 65 271 39671 38281 56 280 64 278 62 276 63 271 38281 36955 54 279 65 276 61 275 62 271 36955 35632 52 277 61 274 61 272 61 270 35632 34283 49 274 57 271 58 269 59 268 34283 32914 46 274 54 268 56 266 59 265 32914 31511 46 275 50 264 54 264 60 264 31511 30064 43 271 46 261 53 263 58 265 30064 28576 38 254 44 261 52 264 55 271 28576 27051 39 240 43 261 49 268 50 273 27051 25498 36 237 41 259 45 272 42 269 25498 23921 35 235 37 252 42 275 38 266 23921 22310 32 240 32 246 39 273 37 264 22310 20662 30 252 30 253 34 275 32 267 20662 19008 28 262 33 269 30 283 27 274 19008 17428 27 266 35 280 29*289 26 279 17428 15990 25 264 31*285 27*287 27 282 15990 14703 24 261 23*285 25 282 29 281 14703 13544 23 261 21 282 24 276 31 278 13544 12497 22 262 21 278 24 273 33 274 12497 11549 21 263 20 275 24 267 35*270 11549 10691 19 264 20 269 24 264 34*266 10691 9918 16*261 20 262 24 260 34 264 9918 9218 14*253 20 259 23 258 33 262 9218 8578 11 238 20 256 23 255 31 260 8578 8000 10 208 20 254 22 253 28 257 8000 7508 9 194 19 251 21 252 25 254 7508 7126 9 191 18 250 20 251 20 250 7126 6859 9 187 18 249 19 250 16 245 6859 6695 8 184 16 248 17 249 12 241 6695 6602 7 181 12 248 11 247 6 240 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