DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 10/10 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1556z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 59.4 - - 60.2 - - 59.3 - - 50.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 248 - - 294 - - 16 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6138 - - 5690 - - 4830 - - 1174 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11791 - - 11522 - - 6585 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13638 - - 13190 - - 12330 - - 8674 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2471 - - 2637 - - 5652 - - 4569 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 490 - - 506 - - 182 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 30 - - 25 - - 20 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 235 - - 237 - - 242 - - 242 Direction Wind Shear - - - 24 - - 27 - - 23 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -54 - - -45 - - -36 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2087 - - 2039 - - 138 - - -1573 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11551 - - 11151 - - 12193 - - 10248 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -288 - - -945 - - -2161 - - -5887 ODpotential blCL - - - 13926 - - 14135 - - 14491 - - 14561 blCL maxRH - - - 86 - - 82 - - 84 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 120 - - 70 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.4 - - 60.2 - - 59.3 - - 50.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.3 - - 33.7 - - 28.5 - - 28.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.5 - - 61.1 - - 61.9 - - 58.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.1 - - 33.6 - - 28.3 - - 28.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 248 - - 294 - - 16 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6138 - - 5690 - - 4830 - - 1174 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 44 - - 27 - - 37 - - 87 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 97759 12 284 12 317 17 284 20 282 97759 90511 7 249 10 292 12 295 10 312 90511 84878 7 279 11 251 15 302 12 327 84878 80183 8 291 4 253 4 286 11 272 80183 76134 11 288 9 295 10 335 8 267 76134 72573 9 278 7 283 8 297 4 321 72573 69350 15 281 16 299 12 307 8 341 69350 66375 14 269 15 288 10 294 10 333 66375 63613 9 293 11 297 10 323 9 008 63613 60938 23 284 19 300 19 312 15 316 60938 58146 29 267 28 273 26 284 23 284 58146 55232 22 272 30 266 32 277 30 289 55232 52417 27 290 32 274 34 277 38 277 52417 49865 42 289 40 275 44 271 46 266 49865 47579 56 275 49 267 53 265 52 263 47579 45509 58 271 54 261 60 258 59 260 45509 43614 60 267 58 259 63 253 65 254 43614 41867 64 261 63 257 63 253 66 250 41867 40245 65 256 68 255 65 255 67 249 40245 38732 63 253 68 253 68 252 69 247 38732 37323 60 250 67 250 70 247 73 243 37323 35988 58 249 68 247 71 244 78 238 35988 34668 59 248 67 246 69 245 79 237 34668 33334 62 246 66 245 67 245 78 237 33334 31987 63 244 67 245 67 244 74 236 31987 30616 63 241 67 246 67 243 72 237 30616 29210 61 238 65 245 66 241 70 237 29210 27775 60 231 62 242 64 240 67 237 27775 26311 62 221 60 240 59 239 62 237 26311 24822 62 223 58 237 56 237 57 234 24822 23308 58 230 53 234 54 237 54 234 23308 21768 52 235 51 234 53 239 53 235 21768 20194 52 241 53 235 51 242 52 234 20194 18611 57 245 56 235 48 239 49 232 18611 17095 58 248 58 235 46 233 44 226 17095 15715 51 248 57 237 44 229 39 224 15715 14478 41*246 53 241 41 227 34 227 14478 13362 35*241 46*245 37 227 29 232 13362 12349 33 239 38*246 34*228 26 233 12349 11429 33 238 32 244 30*231 22 230 11429 10594 34 236 28 240 27 235 18 228 10594 9840 34 234 27 239 24 241 15 230 9840 9157 32 233 24 234 21 245 13*238 9157 8532 29 232 22 231 18 249 11*247 8532 7968 26 230 21 229 17 250 9 253 7968 7488 24 228 20 228 16 251 6 245 7488 7114 22 228 19 227 15 250 5 230 7114 6852 21 227 18 227 14 250 4 212 6852 6693 19 227 16 226 12 250 3 194 6693 6601 12 226 11 225 8 249 2 189 6601 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