DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 07/19 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - - - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 74.1 - - 81.4 - - 83.9 - - - - - 76.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 23 - - 333 - - 208 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1144 - - 9355 - - 12614 - - - - - 2869 BL Depth Hcrit 6586 - - 14520 - - 16838 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top 8644 - - 16855 - - 20114 - - - - - 10369 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 4056 - - 3164 - - 2068 - - - - - 6562 Hgt.Variab. W* 139 - - 625 - - 592 - - - - - 47 W* B/S 11 - - 11 - - 10 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 11 - - 10 - - - - - 15 BL Wind Direction 317 - - 271 - - 250 - - - - - 352 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 23 - - 20 - - - - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg -5 - - 14 - - 12 - - - - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3672 - - 2600 - - 5180 - - - - - -3743 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12316 - - 14256 - - 14935 - - - - - 14113 sfcLCL ODpotential -7832 - - -127 - - 3236 - - - - - -7995 ODpotential blCL 16476 - - 16982 - - 16878 - - - - - 18364 blCL maxRH 73 - - 70 - - 100 - - - - - 62 maxRH CAPE 190 - - 170 - - 330 - - - - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m 74.1 - - 81.4 - - 83.9 - - - - - 76.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 43.0 - - 41.5 - - 41.0 - - - - - 37.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 76.7 - - 81.8 - - 85.0 - - - - - 81.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 42.0 - - 40.8 - - 40.3 - - - - - 37.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 23 - - 333 - - 208 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1144 - - 9355 - - 12614 - - - - - 2869 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 101 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 5 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] 99716 31 093 32 113 23 091 27 087 99716 92166 29 094 31 111 24 107 27 095 92166 86352 27 102 26 108 21 099 26 089 86352 81530 26 100 19 098 18 094 24 086 81530 77384 22 101 22 089 19 110 22 085 77384 73720 19 092 23 086 22 111 18 071 73720 70400 18 108 13 097 20 086 11 099 70400 67367 16 110 12 094 12 073 13 111 67367 64570 12 123 6 111 5 073 10 089 64570 61869 4 130 10 175 5 254 4 108 61869 59080 9 240 9 249 7 267 5 282 59080 56229 26 233 26 243 25 257 13 299 56229 53525 29 232 36 237 40 245 33 269 53525 51099 32 249 38 242 42 236 46 254 51099 48930 53 254 53 257 47 252 54 251 48930 46959 62 248 65 256 60 258 59 255 46959 45143 66 250 69 250 61 255 62 259 45143 43455 71 250 67 246 58 257 61 260 43455 41870 69 250 63 247 61 262 62 263 41870 40374 68 259 65 267 64 263 62 264 40374 38966 75 266 73 272 67 263 63 264 38966 37617 76 264 73 268 66 261 64 266 37617 36266 73 259 69 259 65 257 63 265 36266 34884 71 255 69 254 64 253 63 260 34884 33479 70 250 67 255 65 253 61 257 33479 32037 66 250 64 253 66 255 58 258 32037 30552 57 251 59 254 62 255 56 261 30552 29032 48 251 51 257 55 256 51 261 29032 27484 43 253 46 260 48 258 47 260 27484 25909 41 255 45 261 43 257 42 263 25909 24309 39 259 43 259 41 256 39 265 24309 22677 37 265 40 259 35 258 38 263 22677 21005 34 269 36 258 27*261 36 260 21005 19322 33 269 31 261 23*261 34 257 19322 17708 31 266 27*267 19 260 26 249 17708 16238 25 255 23*270 14 256 17 236 16238 14921 22 242 20 267 11 250 12 226 14921 13733 22 241 18 264 10 248 10 227 13733 12658 20 244 14 266 9 245 8 237 12658 11682 16 248 10 271 8 242 5 265 11682 10799 12 251 7 276 7 238 5*314 10799 10003 9 251 6 282 7 235 9*342 10003 9284 7*246 5 286 6 233 13 349 9284 8627 4*251 4 290 6 231 17 352 8627 8035 3 296 4 296 5 228 19 353 8035 7531 3 337 3 303 5 228 19 354 7531 7139 4 344 2 314 5 228 18 355 7139 6866 2 349 2 319 4 227 15 356 6866 6699 2 346 2 320 4 227 12 356 6699 6602 1 348 2 327 4 227 5 354 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