DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/02 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 - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 32.2 - - 34.7 - - 27.0 - - 19.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 69 - - 66 - - -4 - - -52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2284 - - 4971 - - 1348 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8064 - - 9996 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9784 - - 12471 - - 8848 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2378 - - 3077 - - 2917 - - 1568 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 231 - - 295 - - 6 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 11 - - 15 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 292 - - 326 - - 015 - - 343 Direction Wind Shear - - - 20 - - 11 - - 22 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - 16 - - -3 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2207 - - 3993 - - 2250 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7578 - - 8479 - - 6599 - - 6599 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 125 - - 1759 - - 593 - - -3774 ODpotential blCL - - - 9659 - - 10712 - - 8255 - - 10374 blCL maxRH - - - 97 - - 100 - - 90 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 40 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 32.2 - - 34.7 - - 27.0 - - 19.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.2 - - 20.7 - - 25.3 - - 15.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 34.4 - - 36.9 - - 30.8 - - 25.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.9 - - 20.4 - - 26.1 - - 15.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 69 - - 66 - - -4 - - -52 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2284 - - 4971 - - 1348 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 89 - - 99 - - 62 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 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] 96938 52 073 58 074 56 065 55 063 96938 89697 50 069 45 073 51 057 47 063 89697 84087 42 057 36 064 38 052 38 061 84087 79411 35 051 29 053 29 051 30 044 79411 75372 27 047 26 040 26 050 24 035 75372 71787 23 040 20 029 20 040 25 039 71787 68533 22 030 19 033 16 044 25 029 68533 65534 16 027 21 027 16 029 18 024 65534 62730 18 026 21 017 11 057 23 023 62730 59992 17 357 14 356 27 023 28 006 59992 57122 18 002 9 346 15 358 26 011 57122 54128 23 339 7 018 22 348 22 357 54128 51268 24 304 31 333 38 325 26 350 51268 48700 19 292 31 316 34 317 28 337 48700 46402 13 307 23 305 30 320 30 333 46402 44320 26 317 27 316 29 319 29 332 44320 42418 38 306 30 322 26 318 28 337 42418 40665 35 302 31 324 25 329 32 343 40665 39039 36 304 32 324 28 339 34 343 39039 37525 39 300 30 319 31 338 32 344 37525 36121 42 292 31 311 32 334 30 350 36121 34796 44 287 32 306 29 332 29 355 34796 33488 46 286 32 305 25 333 27 359 33488 32174 47 286 32 300 23 333 20 000 32174 30859 47 286 31 296 22 325 18 014 30859 29531 43 287 34 289 22 315 19 006 29531 28178 39 290 36 281 24 302 17 003 28178 26803 36 292 35 280 24 292 17 006 26803 25408 35 295 34 281 24 287 17 005 25408 23989 33 296 32 285 21 289 13 347 23989 22548 32 297 31 288 17 295 9 307 22548 21077 31 297 28 291 11 289 9 277 21077 19569 27 297 23 296 6 249 8 280 19569 18048 21 299 16 304 4 255 8 304 18048 16590 16 305 11 315 4 338 9 339 16590 15263 14 308 9 320 9 353 13 005 15263 14077 14 309 12 321 12 348 15 024 14077 13009 16 310 15*321 15 348 16 040 13009 12043 19 310 15*321 17 351 18 050 12043 11167 22 312 14 321 19 357 20 051 11167 10373 23*310 13 322 22 360 21 046 10373 9658 21*308 13 323 23 003 22 037 9658 9011 16 304 12 325 23*007 25 026 9011 8419 12 297 11 327 22*009 27 016 8419 7886 9 286 10 332 20 012 26 010 7886 7433 7 269 9 339 17 015 25 003 7433 7080 6 253 8 344 13 019 24 358 7080 6835 4 241 7 346 9 025 21 353 6835 6685 3 234 7 348 5 036 16*348 6685 6599 2 229 5 352 2 100 7*337 6599 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