DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/19 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 - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 51.7 - - 56.2 - - 55.9 - - 47.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 144 - - 285 - - 86 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2980 - - 4854 - - 4588 - - 430 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9169 - - 10855 - - 9961 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10480 - - 12354 - - 12088 - - 7930 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2499 - - 2480 - - 2669 - - 4544 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 328 - - 475 - - 313 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 12 - - 38 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 7 - - 1 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 113 - - 112 - - 028 - - 158 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 4 - - 6 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 10 - - -14 - - 5 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3880 - - 3496 - - 2964 - - 824 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6600 - - 8858 - - 9125 - - 7107 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1403 - - 1159 - - 592 - - -2690 ODpotential blCL - - - 9077 - - 11195 - - 11496 - - 10620 blCL maxRH - - - 91 - - 75 - - 74 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 660 - - 400 - - 100 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 51.7 - - 56.2 - - 55.9 - - 47.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.4 - - 40.2 - - 38.8 - - 39.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 53.3 - - 57.1 - - 57.7 - - 54.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 44.4 - - 39.7 - - 38.6 - - 39.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 144 - - 285 - - 86 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2980 - - 4854 - - 4588 - - 430 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 64 - - 1 - - 0 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 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] 98507 9 359 9 298 13 331 13 297 98507 91188 10 303 10 310 13 287 16 314 91188 85522 10 305 13 313 16 294 20 314 85522 80806 17 300 18 299 22 323 21 320 80806 76763 14 282 18 302 23 319 18 322 76763 73178 11 298 17 300 15 302 15 314 73178 69900 16 309 17 290 20 291 21 314 69900 66881 21 293 19 285 25 287 24 299 66881 64092 18 273 20 278 23 282 21 281 64092 61390 13 270 19 273 20 278 18 280 61390 58566 17 271 20 265 24 275 22 294 58566 55636 19 264 21 263 28 273 24 290 55636 52840 21 261 21 257 27 273 26 278 52840 50326 22 260 20 256 25 269 26 269 50326 48068 24 257 19 257 23 266 26 268 48068 46015 24 250 20 257 23 272 23 272 46015 44132 22 241 18 253 21 273 20 282 44132 42393 18 242 16 258 18 273 16 293 42393 40776 17 247 13 268 15 290 16 315 40776 39266 15 241 8 296 12 298 18 327 39266 37855 10 242 6 309 9 320 26 333 37855 36514 6 236 3 335 15 352 24 349 36514 35190 4 220 5 028 24 008 43 354 35190 33858 2 160 14 032 43 006 49 347 33858 32509 10 064 23 034 46 360 50 349 32509 31127 23 053 33 045 40 007 54 357 31127 29702 32 062 42 050 37 022 55 001 29702 28238 35 067 33 051 39 030 53 004 28238 26736 29 067 25 064 41 028 44 010 26736 25206 18 057 21 074 40 026 33 023 25206 23652 16 064 18 075 31 031 27 028 23652 22066 14 075 15 072 23 054 24 036 22066 20442 13 077 12 069 18 063 20 038 20442 18805 11 074 12 062 13 051 17 036 18805 17238 9 079 13 059 14 041 18 034 17238 15814 6 064 12 056 14 041 17 033 15814 14544 6 048 9 056 12 047 12 033 14544 13405 7 046 9 060 10 042 9 044 13405 12377 7 051 9*077 8*029 8 042 12377 11446 6 060 8*088 6*019 9 028 11446 10603 6*074 6 102 4 010 9 017 10603 9844 5*082 6 110 2 004 9 007 9844 9158 5 094 7 115 1 005 8 001 9158 8531 6 111 7 119 0 054 5 358 8531 7965 7 120 7 119 1 107 3*357 7965 7485 7 124 8 120 1 120 0*012 7485 7112 7 123 8 120 1 118 2 154 7112 6851 7 124 8 119 1 115 3 158 6851 6692 7 124 7 119 1 117 2 165 6692 6601 6 122 6 118 1 118 2 169 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