DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/09 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1556z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.9 - - 69.3 - - 67.1 - - 58.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 203 - - 234 - - -13 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 835 - - 8769 - - 9847 - - 1908 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7741 - - 13835 - - 6585 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8335 - - 16269 - - 17347 - - 9408 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1379 - - 2557 - - 2205 - - 8853 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 236 - - 542 - - 85 - - 36 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 24 - - 27 - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - 201 - - 241 - - 251 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 24 - - 28 - - 26 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -15 - - -31 - - -46 - - -58 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -5685 - - 523 - - 1749 - - -4151 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14021 - - 15747 - - 15599 - - 13560 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9838 - - -2612 - - -1113 - - -7598 ODpotential blCL - - - 18173 - - 18881 - - 18460 - - 17006 blCL maxRH - - - 42 - - 40 - - 64 - - 60 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.9 - - 69.3 - - 67.1 - - 58.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.5 - - 22.8 - - 21.4 - - 22.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 63.1 - - 70.4 - - 70.4 - - 66.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.2 - - 22.5 - - 21.2 - - 21.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 203 - - 234 - - -13 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 835 - - 8769 - - 9847 - - 1908 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 97705 14 007 15 019 13 350 16 010 97705 90506 5 330 12 358 11 353 12 017 90506 84870 6 033 7 341 4 001 8 340 84870 80153 7 027 5 304 9 315 12 332 80153 76080 12 000 3 352 11 302 14 319 76080 72484 21 339 9 357 7 359 12 301 72484 69231 24 323 17 342 15 353 11 306 69231 66238 22 312 22 317 20 338 9 320 66238 63458 24 306 25 308 20 308 11 323 63458 60761 30 292 27 290 30 303 23 324 60761 57962 33 289 34 287 38 294 26 333 57962 55069 38 290 41 291 39 294 32 308 55069 52308 44 287 45 291 45 294 38 296 52308 49826 46 281 46 286 47 289 41 293 49826 47596 48 277 48 284 47 282 40 288 47596 45570 48 273 48 278 49 279 41 285 45570 43718 42 269 44 273 51 279 47 280 43718 42021 37 270 40 266 48 276 49 274 42021 40452 34 274 35 261 43 267 44 268 40452 38991 32 266 30 260 38 259 42 267 38991 37623 31 248 29 263 33 263 42 266 37623 36318 30 240 29 267 34 271 40 265 36318 35019 31 233 30 263 36 274 39 265 35019 33699 30 230 30 254 36 270 40 265 33699 32357 32 226 31 249 34 263 37 265 32357 30980 32 222 31 245 30 260 35 265 30980 29561 32 220 32 245 28 261 32 267 29561 28104 31 221 33 246 29 261 28 267 28104 26614 29 222 33 243 30 259 26 266 26614 25093 28 221 31 240 31 258 28 264 25093 23550 27 217 29 244 32 256 32 259 23550 21984 27 220 30 251 31 253 34 253 21984 20387 28 233 30 256 31 250 35 250 20387 18784 27 247 30 256 33*248 36 249 18784 17248 25 252 30*254 35*247 37 249 17248 15849 24 250 31*252 34 249 37 250 15849 14594 24 244 31 250 32 253 36 251 14594 13461 24 241 30 249 29 255 35 254 13461 12435 24 240 28 248 27 256 34 258 12435 11501 24 240 26 246 26 255 33 263 11501 10655 24 240 24 242 25 253 32 268 10655 9889 24 239 22 236 24 251 31*271 9889 9197 22 237 19 229 23 248 29*273 9197 8562 20*230 18 223 22 246 27 273 8562 7989 16*220 17 221 22 245 23 271 7989 7502 11 203 16 219 20 243 20 269 7502 7122 9 192 15 217 19 242 16 266 7122 6857 8 188 14 215 16 241 12 264 6857 6695 8 185 13 214 14 240 9 260 6695 6601 6 182 10 212 8 238 4 255 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