DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/27 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 52.5 - - 51.6 - - - - - 45.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 220 - - 128 - - - - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3544 - - 3512 - - - - - 2311 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9775 - - 9512 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11044 - - 11012 - - - - - 9811 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2472 - - 2400 - - - - - 1591 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 402 - - 337 - - - - - 96 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 4 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 14 - - - - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - 251 - - 262 - - - - - 315 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 9 - - - - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -17 - - - - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3767 - - 3850 - - - - - 3211 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7277 - - 7162 - - - - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1253 - - 1444 - - - - - 1037 ODpotential blCL - - - 9791 - - 9568 - - - - - 8774 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 95 - - - - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 550 - - 520 - - - - - 100 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 52.5 - - 51.6 - - - - - 45.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 43.0 - - 42.6 - - - - - 40.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 53.7 - - 53.4 - - - - - 48.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.7 - - 41.5 - - - - - 39.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 220 - - 128 - - - - - 1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3544 - - 3512 - - - - - 2311 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 62 - - 79 - - - - - 76 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 6 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] 99423 32 097 23 101 24 098 99423 91891 27 097 19 093 26 083 91891 86092 20 105 19 107 23 088 86092 81263 17 124 17 106 15 083 81263 77097 13 129 12 110 11 091 77097 73419 14 131 11 140 11 108 73419 70085 12 116 12 145 12 083 70085 67001 2 130 10 120 5 066 67001 64134 7 204 4 129 7 266 64134 61377 5 199 2 125 6 209 61377 58501 10 266 11 248 6 239 58501 55480 24 230 23 231 21 249 55480 52575 20 208 26 242 30 249 52575 49956 24 250 31 238 27 250 49956 47614 29 249 28 244 24 251 47614 45489 32 250 33 247 27 257 45489 43543 34 245 36 245 34 256 43543 41753 33 242 37 242 38 255 41753 40096 34 245 36 243 39 256 40096 38556 38 243 36 242 40 257 38556 37125 38 237 35 237 43 253 37125 35771 35 230 33 233 44 246 35771 34435 32 221 28 222 40 239 34435 33096 30 216 22 214 26 227 33096 31762 28 219 22 212 16 170 31762 30416 31 227 28 201 12 137 30416 29041 30 225 29 194 19 168 29041 27631 27 219 23 206 11 150 27631 26184 26 215 30 201 10 134 26184 24702 26 215 31 201 8 145 24702 23193 26 219 27 201 9 176 23193 21654 23 225 20 219 12 200 21654 20079 21 233 20 231 10 237 20079 18493 20 236 18 231 9 247 18493 16975 19 238 17 236 10 252 16975 15593 16 247 17 248 11 272 15593 14359 13 263 18 259 12 297 14359 13249 13 276 17 264 14 307 13249 12245 12 285 16 266 15 312 12245 11336 11*286 17*266 17 315 11336 10514 9*279 16*266 20*316 10514 9773 9 268 16 266 21*318 9773 9105 8 262 16 265 21 317 9105 8493 8 250 15 263 20 317 8493 7940 8 239 14 260 18 315 7940 7470 8 236 13 259 16 312 7470 7103 8 232 12 258 14 310 7103 6847 8 230 11 257 12 309 6847 6691 7 230 10 256 10 309 6691 6600 6 229 7 257 6 308 6600 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