DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/07 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 - - - 77.1 - - 80.2 - - - - - 73.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 368 - - 284 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10614 - - 13668 - - - - - 10189 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15596 - - 17925 - - - - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 18114 - - 21168 - - - - - 17689 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2026 - - 1259 - - - - - 2946 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 672 - - 672 - - - - - 60 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 11 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 11 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 265 - - 263 - - - - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 14 - - - - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -20 - - 27 - - - - - -28 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4515 - - 5935 - - - - - 2377 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13600 - - 15234 - - - - - 15313 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1457 - - 3493 - - - - - -1429 ODpotential blCL - - - 16657 - - 17675 - - - - - 19118 blCL maxRH - - - 63 - - 92 - - - - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 650 - - 580 - - - - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 77.1 - - 80.2 - - - - - 73.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.0 - - 36.0 - - - - - 29.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 77.5 - - 80.9 - - - - - 78.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.4 - - 35.2 - - - - - 28.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 368 - - 284 - - - - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10614 - - 13668 - - - - - 10189 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 67 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 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] 99747 35 115 24 107 31 097 99747 92197 28 104 23 111 31 091 92197 86393 26 099 25 108 25 100 86393 81557 21 104 24 110 24 092 81557 77379 19 102 21 105 14 076 77379 73711 14 113 15 085 10 104 73711 70411 14 113 6 104 12 104 70411 67384 10 139 5 128 10 120 67384 64584 7 148 7 178 10 105 64584 61877 6 183 11 176 2 200 61877 59066 7 211 14 251 14 245 59066 56152 23 257 29 253 20 248 56152 53376 36 259 41 252 32 260 53376 50890 45 259 45 256 47 263 50890 48659 54 258 54 256 62 261 48659 46623 64 258 62 253 66 256 46623 44741 69 260 66 253 71 261 44741 42988 74 262 74 258 80 264 42988 41347 73 262 74 258 84 265 41347 39812 69 260 65 258 76 266 39812 38388 61 256 58 254 64 263 38388 37043 54 252 54 249 57 263 37043 35715 49 250 47 250 47 263 35715 34375 45 248 40 252 32 261 34375 33023 45 245 35 246 30 260 33023 31638 44 245 35 246 31 259 31638 30207 43 247 36 248 34 256 30207 28735 44 249 36 246 35 252 28735 27223 42 252 35 240 34 249 27223 25679 37 255 33 242 29 251 25679 24106 33 257 30 253 26 255 24106 22500 32 258 24*256 23 261 22500 20853 30 259 19*259 21 265 20853 19193 27*262 16 265 19*263 19193 17601 24*267 14 265 13*255 17601 16149 22 272 12 265 7 254 16149 14847 20 272 11 265 5 272 14847 13673 18 270 11 264 5 285 13673 12609 16 268 10 263 6 290 12609 11644 14 265 9 262 7 290 11644 10769 12 260 9 261 9 289 10769 9980 12 257 8 260 10 287 9980 9267 11 255 8 259 12 285 9267 8614 11 253 8 259 13 283 8614 8025 10 250 7 258 14 281 8025 7525 10 248 7 258 15 278 7525 7135 9 247 7 258 14 276 7135 6864 9 246 6 258 12 271 6864 6698 8 246 6 258 9 267 6698 6602 7 245 5 259 4 261 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