DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/18 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 76.7 - - 77.4 - - 70.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 328 - - 173 - - 72 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5513 - - 11429 - - 12376 - - 10447 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11429 - - 15724 - - 15555 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13013 - - 18929 - - 19876 - - 17947 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5520 - - 3066 - - 1585 - - 1429 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 519 - - 535 - - 413 - - 6 W* B/S - - - 14 - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 12 - - 14 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 291 - - 268 - - 284 - - 299 Direction Wind Shear - - - 20 - - 23 - - 21 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -29 - - -19 - - -12 - - 11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1595 - - 4967 - - 4808 - - 3984 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11419 - - 13963 - - 15069 - - 13964 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2176 - - 2683 - - 2738 - - 424 ODpotential blCL - - - 15189 - - 16246 - - 17138 - - 17523 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 101 - - 99 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 490 - - 330 - - 120 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 76.7 - - 77.4 - - 70.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.1 - - 38.2 - - 34.1 - - 32.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.1 - - 78.0 - - 79.6 - - 78.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 44.8 - - 37.7 - - 33.6 - - 32.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 328 - - 173 - - 72 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5513 - - 11429 - - 12376 - - 10447 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 102 - - 95 - - 49 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 99459 19 120 12 098 21 093 19 099 99459 91959 17 091 15 108 12 081 18 070 91959 86176 10 092 12 098 11 087 15 089 86176 81368 8 110 9 097 6 071 11 075 81368 77230 10 098 8 084 3 063 10 059 77230 73575 14 084 7 077 6 031 9 041 73575 70261 9 031 6 042 6 045 7 039 70261 67218 9 335 10 335 12 358 11 028 67218 64402 9 305 12 274 12 348 13 002 64402 61686 16 311 11 278 13 323 13 340 61686 58869 20 294 24 300 25 310 25 323 58869 55952 28 301 30 300 31 294 33 298 55952 53175 38 299 35 297 34 295 33 294 53175 50690 43 279 36 291 36 296 38 296 50690 48479 49 279 42 295 41 304 41 301 48479 46487 62 278 58 293 58 296 57 296 46487 44673 73 282 70 284 70 290 64 292 44673 42999 82 283 80 285 77 293 70 292 42999 41437 92 282 97 287 87 295 70 294 41437 39970 99 279 104 286 90 296 76 296 39970 38593 99 278 102 286 90 295 78 296 38593 37274 96 279 99 286 88 295 77 297 37274 35952 87 278 98 286 85 295 74 297 35952 34600 82 274 89 287 81 295 69 296 34600 33223 83 275 79 283 78 292 65 294 33223 31809 79 278 74 279 71 288 60 292 31809 30349 70 277 74 279 63 286 53 290 30349 28850 64 272 71 278 61 287 47 290 28850 27315 62 270 67 277 60 287 47 293 27315 25746 58 275 60 281 57 290 46 296 25746 24148 51 278 50 284 50 293 41 297 24148 22518 44 279 41 283 38 289 36 291 22518 20856 36 280 32 279 26*280 32 282 20856 19189 28 284 29*279 24*278 24*274 19189 17595 25 284 25*278 22 280 12*258 17595 16145 23 281 21 276 19 282 11 259 16145 14843 21 281 18 274 17 283 10 268 14843 13668 19*288 15 272 15 284 10 281 13668 12604 17*296 12 269 14 285 11 294 12604 11639 15 300 10 263 12 286 11 306 11639 10765 13 303 8 258 10 287 12 315 10765 9977 10 300 7 251 9 290 13 322 9977 9264 7 290 6 245 7 292 14 326 9264 8612 3 253 5 242 6 296 14 329 8612 8024 3 177 5 239 6 299 13 332 8024 7524 4 164 5 238 5 303 12 333 7524 7135 4 156 4 236 5 305 10 335 7135 6864 4 151 4 236 5 306 7 335 6864 6698 4 149 4 235 4 307 5 335 6698 6602 4 148 3 235 4 309 3 338 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