DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/14 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 74.8 - - 82.0 - - 86.0 - - - - - 73.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 40 - - 282 - - 304 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 628 - - 5929 - - 10801 - - - - - 1734 BL Depth Hcrit 6586 - - 11696 - - 15641 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top 8128 - - 13429 - - 18301 - - - - - 9234 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2915 - - 3724 - - 1838 - - - - - 6746 Hgt.Variab. W* 127 - - 508 - - 637 - - - - - 50 W* B/S 3 - - 13 - - 10 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 7 - - 12 - - - - - 15 BL Wind Direction 087 - - 167 - - 212 - - - - - 356 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 12 - - 16 - - - - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg -3 - - 8 - - -7 - - - - - 7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4917 - - -1244 - - 2263 - - - - - -797 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 13045 - - 14674 - - 16038 - - - - - 10032 sfcLCL ODpotential -9065 - - -5514 - - -1 - - - - - -4175 ODpotential blCL 17193 - - 18943 - - 18302 - - - - - 13409 blCL maxRH 98 - - 93 - - 95 - - - - - 96 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 20 - - - - - 570 CAPE Temp@2m 74.8 - - 82.0 - - 86.0 - - - - - 73.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 40.7 - - 40.4 - - 38.2 - - - - - 51.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 77.1 - - 82.7 - - 86.7 - - - - - 76.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 40.0 - - 39.6 - - 37.3 - - - - - 51.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 40 - - 282 - - 304 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 628 - - 5929 - - 10801 - - - - - 1734 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 94 - - 72 - - 79 - - - - - 85 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 10 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] 99870 43 106 41 108 33 108 32 092 99870 92286 37 106 34 108 28 103 28 089 92286 86442 30 111 27 108 28 108 27 092 86442 81606 28 111 22 122 21 110 27 101 81606 77454 27 100 21 123 16 119 22 103 77454 73796 16 099 23 119 18 134 17 101 73796 70486 16 119 18 114 19 141 16 123 70486 67465 15 105 11 067 11 124 17 132 67465 64691 9 152 10 173 6 212 4 196 64691 62001 13 155 25 158 21 194 13 212 62001 59194 7 162 10 178 21 184 22 201 59194 56308 29 231 31 230 17 202 27 197 56308 53587 42 218 42 214 31 223 29 207 53587 51152 48 218 48 213 51 222 42 219 51152 48969 55 220 55 217 61 220 50 222 48969 46982 51 214 59 213 59 211 55 224 46982 45155 42 220 49 217 49 206 53 222 45155 43458 49 231 45 225 45 212 51 214 43458 41871 53 229 49 231 46 222 47 204 41871 40383 50 226 49 231 51 225 42 209 40383 38986 47 224 48 226 49 223 41 217 38986 37650 43 222 44 223 44 220 41 215 37650 36309 42 216 40 222 43 215 40 207 36309 34937 40 213 37 209 43 212 38 211 34937 33538 36 210 36 199 41 211 36 217 33538 32103 33 212 35 201 38 213 33 215 32103 30626 30 224 35 204 36 213 28 209 30626 29110 26 227 34 212 33 212 29 211 29110 27555 24 227 30 217 30 210 34 218 27555 25966 24 229 23 207 26 203 35 225 25966 24346 24 219 22 200 25 192 32 224 24346 22691 27 208 27 200 24 185 31 219 22691 20998 27 204 28 204 21 186 30 215 20998 19296 27 205 27 211 22*194 29 209 19296 17672 24 200 27 213 22*201 33 203 17672 16201 19 193 22 208 16 204 30 199 16201 14887 17 186 16 201 12 211 23 193 14887 13705 15 184 15*194 11 212 17 187 13705 12634 12 185 14*190 10 212 11 177 12634 11662 9 185 12 186 10 213 7 160 11662 10783 6 186 9 178 10 215 4 122 10783 9989 3 160 7 170 10 217 4 053 9989 9273 2 115 5 150 10 218 8*021 9273 8618 4*095 5 141 10 219 14*001 8618 8028 8*086 6 138 10 220 16 354 8028 7527 9 084 6 136 10 222 17 354 7527 7137 7 088 6 134 9 222 16 355 7137 6865 5 094 6 133 9 222 14 357 6865 6698 4 096 6 133 8 222 12 358 6698 6603 3 099 5 132 7 221 7 357 6603 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