DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/09 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 63.3 - - 69.7 - - - - - 60.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 327 - - 376 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3681 - - 7522 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9993 - - 13088 - - - - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11181 - - 15022 - - - - - 6603 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1714 - - 1278 - - - - - 7149 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 451 - - 600 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 17 - - 11 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 10 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 264 - - 280 - - - - - 253 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 24 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 10 - - -12 - - - - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3664 - - -1490 - - - - - -8071 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14846 - - 16512 - - - - - 14675 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9035 - - -6869 - - - - - -16393 ODpotential blCL - - - 20216 - - 21891 - - - - - 22996 blCL maxRH - - - 31 - - 40 - - - - - 43 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.3 - - 69.7 - - - - - 60.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.5 - - 20.2 - - - - - 19.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.0 - - 70.2 - - - - - 68.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.2 - - 19.8 - - - - - 19.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 327 - - 376 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3681 - - 7522 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 98988 9 296 7 233 13 311 98988 91519 13 249 10 295 7 301 91519 85742 12 234 10 281 5 328 85742 80953 7 187 9 229 9 355 80953 76858 2 223 6 185 7 322 76858 73262 2 309 0 234 3 011 73262 70006 7 071 4 209 10 322 70006 67015 12 029 3 037 8 301 67015 64236 16 318 13 357 4 319 64236 61537 17 278 19 307 10 305 61537 58731 19 281 19 291 20 310 58731 55834 27 294 26 292 26 300 55834 53081 35 291 34 294 32 301 53081 50612 41 288 42 296 39 291 50612 48404 46 286 49 293 37 317 48404 46419 50 284 49 294 42 319 46419 44609 53 285 48 296 38 313 44609 42930 55 288 29 306 37 322 42930 41365 57 289 29 348 39 321 41365 39903 59 285 44 350 35 320 39903 38534 57 284 47 345 28 316 38534 37225 54 283 44 333 23 311 37225 35911 52 285 36 332 19 314 35911 34569 51 288 33 359 17 322 34569 33201 49 290 41 016 20 330 33201 31797 43 291 43 021 24 332 31797 30347 39 296 36 012 25 329 30347 28854 37 299 36 353 25 327 28854 27320 40 301 35 345 26 329 27320 25750 43 300 30 331 27 331 25750 24147 45 296 31 315 27 333 24147 22506 43 294 33 312 26 332 22506 20826 38 295 33 316 28 326 20826 19135 35 295 34 316 30 323 19135 17520 32 296 36 314 29 325 17520 16057 29 298 32*312 23 322 16057 14754 25 300 23*308 16 311 14754 13585 21 301 18 307 11 295 13585 12530 18 301 15 304 10 297 12530 11575 15*300 11 294 10 308 11575 10709 11*299 9 281 11 317 10709 9930 7 291 8 257 12 322 9930 9226 6 279 8 240 12 324 9226 8582 5 257 9 232 12 323 8582 8002 4 235 9 227 11 314 8002 7509 4 220 9 222 9 299 7509 7125 4 208 9 220 9 282 7125 6859 4 199 9 218 8 265 6859 6695 4 195 8 217 7*251 6695 6602 3 191 7 215 4*234 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