DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/27 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 - - - - - - 1001z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.1 - - - - - 71.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 309 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 10242 - - - - - 5322 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 15185 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 17742 - - - - - 12822 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2970 - - - - - 6603 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 625 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - - - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 222 - - - - - 259 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 26 - - - - - 18 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -21 - - - - - -35 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 2292 - - - - - -1771 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 15451 - - - - - 14594 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 166 - - - - - -5606 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 17576 - - - - - 18428 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 85 - - - - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 350 - - - - - 90 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 81.1 - - - - - 71.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.0 - - - - - 30.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 81.7 - - - - - 79.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.5 - - - - - 30.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 309 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 10242 - - - - - 5322 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 39 - - - - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 99195 10 100 8 103 99195 91739 13 112 10 080 91739 85976 11 092 11 072 85976 81190 10 064 8 075 81190 77064 2 048 9 062 77064 73422 4 200 5 011 73422 70126 4 186 7 014 70126 67103 7 182 8 343 67103 64309 6 138 4 275 64309 61603 2 041 6 222 61603 58787 9 299 3 167 58787 55867 21 265 4 290 55867 53091 35 256 35 271 53091 50610 37 254 42 270 50610 48387 44 259 53 266 48387 46367 50 261 60 259 46367 44518 56 262 64 254 44518 42822 62 262 68 255 42822 41257 69 262 75 259 41257 39801 73 262 83 261 39801 38437 65 263 84 262 38437 37131 49 259 79 263 37131 35821 43 252 72 263 35821 34481 46 248 63 262 34481 33119 48 247 53 256 33119 31722 47 247 51 248 31722 30280 44 247 53 247 30280 28796 41 247 49 249 28796 27275 40 248 41 248 27275 25724 39 248 35 242 25724 24146 36 247 33 239 24146 22536 32 245 33 237 22536 20886 31 242 34 234 20886 19221 32*237 34 231 19221 17624 33*232 32 228 17624 16167 32 226 29 227 16167 14860 29 222 26 229 14860 13683 23 221 23*235 13683 12616 19 220 21*242 12616 11649 16 220 19 251 11649 10774 14 219 16 258 10774 9984 13 218 14 263 9984 9270 12 217 14 267 9270 8617 12 217 14 268 8617 8028 12 216 13 268 8028 7527 11 215 13 267 7527 7136 11 214 11 265 7136 6865 10 214 8 259 6865 6698 9 214 6 254 6698 6602 8 213 4 253 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