DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/29 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 - - - 67.4 - - 69.4 - - - - - 61.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 381 - - 408 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9943 - - 12097 - - - - - 9872 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15074 - - 16882 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17443 - - 19597 - - - - - 17372 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4237 - - 2166 - - - - - 2029 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 668 - - 730 - - - - - 52 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 11 - - - - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 12 - - - - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 162 - - 180 - - - - - 192 Direction Wind Shear - - - 16 - - 8 - - - - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 10 - - 15 - - - - - 21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2429 - - 3642 - - - - - 3742 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15015 - - 15956 - - - - - 13631 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -707 - - 1325 - - - - - 418 ODpotential blCL - - - 18150 - - 18272 - - - - - 16954 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 88 - - - - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - 80 - - 50 - - - - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 67.4 - - 69.4 - - - - - 61.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.0 - - 21.7 - - - - - 24.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.8 - - 69.7 - - - - - 66.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.9 - - 20.5 - - - - - 23.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 381 - - 408 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9943 - - 12097 - - - - - 9872 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 53 - - - - - 71 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - - - - 3 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] 98400 11 091 16 090 20 087 98400 91006 13 088 13 027 17 097 91006 85345 13 082 6 046 17 098 85345 80651 16 082 10 112 15 079 80651 76586 12 102 16 116 12 072 76586 72979 8 123 11 118 14 093 72979 69708 10 142 8 135 13 087 69708 66695 11 137 9 162 3 088 66695 63884 8 162 15 190 5 218 63884 61143 3 146 16 178 10 209 61143 58266 8 226 9 173 15 219 58266 55267 19 208 11 187 15 197 55267 52410 20 183 10 192 10 202 52410 49845 24 167 16 194 21 223 49845 47543 20 171 24 196 26 187 47543 45465 17 195 25 195 17 172 45465 43577 24 215 26 209 21 172 43577 41847 48 194 42 194 29 169 41847 40251 56 186 58 183 36 176 40251 38770 55 179 63 170 49 169 38770 37398 51 178 60 171 57 155 37398 36101 50 178 59 175 55 150 36101 34813 51 176 58 175 56 151 34813 33504 51 173 54 174 59 148 33504 32178 50 172 52 174 55 146 32178 30823 49 172 49 173 48 149 30823 29430 47 171 47 174 40 155 29430 28002 44 172 44 175 35 154 28002 26537 40 173 37 175 35 142 26537 25038 34 177 32 176 38 133 25038 23509 31 181 30 178 36 133 23509 21949 30 184 26 177 25 132 21949 20353 28 187 19*173 16 120 20353 18750 24*177 15*171 10*102 18750 17218 22*166 13 170 8*081 17218 15823 23 162 12 171 7 089 15823 14571 16 155 12 172 6 110 14571 13442 11 147 11 175 5 130 13442 12417 7 157 11 177 4 158 12417 11487 7 165 11 182 4 195 11487 10642 7 168 12 186 5 232 10642 9880 7 170 12 189 7 238 9880 9190 7 170 12 191 8 240 9190 8557 8 170 12 193 10 241 8557 7986 8 169 12 194 11 239 7986 7499 8 167 12 195 12 238 7499 7121 7 166 11 196 11 236 7121 6857 7 165 11 196 10 232 6857 6694 7 164 10 196 8 229 6694 6601 6 163 8 195 4 229 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