DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/29 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.5 - - 79.9 - - - - - 75.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 133 - - 418 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7974 - - 7391 - - - - - 11812 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12844 - - 13037 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15474 - - 14891 - - - - - 19312 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1355 - - 6972 - - - - - 4811 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 440 - - 621 - - - - - 26 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 10 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 11 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 202 - - 207 - - - - - 201 Direction Wind Shear - - - 21 - - 16 - - - - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 27 - - -11 - - - - - 64 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2154 - - 1802 - - - - - 5988 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13321 - - 13089 - - - - - 13325 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 471 - - -607 - - - - - 1607 ODpotential blCL - - - 15003 - - 15498 - - - - - 17705 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 89 - - - - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 350 - - 850 - - - - - 970 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.5 - - 79.9 - - - - - 75.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 40.8 - - 45.0 - - - - - 40.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 78.1 - - 80.0 - - - - - 83.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 40.3 - - 44.6 - - - - - 40.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 133 - - 418 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7974 - - 7391 - - - - - 11812 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 54 - - - - - 47 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 7 - - - - - 5 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] 99781 36 105 34 111 29 098 99781 92239 34 122 26 107 28 103 92239 86420 24 128 24 121 28 102 86420 81583 23 112 22 126 18 088 81583 77410 20 110 22 124 8 100 77410 73723 18 115 14 106 11 132 73723 70401 7 136 7 124 12 114 70401 67357 7 176 5 136 4 137 67357 64539 7 197 9 156 5 182 64539 61830 8 196 9 219 5 260 61830 59020 11 274 8 216 10 235 59020 56115 23 256 18 259 15 263 56115 53345 31 232 37 236 25 252 53345 50842 40 225 45 232 38 240 50842 48590 43 234 49 241 42 234 48590 46542 62 237 67 239 56 245 46542 44663 79 231 71 229 74 240 44663 42933 86 224 73 224 76 232 42933 41331 83 221 75 222 73 230 41331 39838 82 221 74 221 76 227 39838 38443 82 222 73 220 78 224 38443 37115 81 222 71 219 73 226 37115 35794 77 223 69 220 61 231 35794 34452 70 222 63 221 49 234 34452 33092 65 220 53 222 43 238 33092 31699 60 217 45 217 38 244 31699 30263 55 215 42 220 33 245 30263 28785 45 220 40 224 33 243 28785 27272 33 232 40 225 31 241 27272 25728 28 239 42 225 29 243 25728 24160 23 240 38 231 30 246 24160 22560 20 234 31 240 31 246 22560 20918 18 221 24 244 26*249 20918 19258 19 202 18 247 14*246 19258 17665 21 188 16 247 8 220 17665 16209 23*184 15*243 8 202 16209 14903 21*186 17*237 8 200 14903 13723 18 187 17 233 8 201 13723 12654 15 191 15 228 7 202 12654 11683 11 197 11 220 6 199 11683 10803 8 205 10 207 5 194 10803 10009 6 218 11 195 4 185 10009 9290 5 233 11 184 4 171 9290 8632 5 243 12 178 3 151 8632 8039 5 251 12 174 3 132 8039 7534 5 255 12 172 4 119 7534 7141 5 258 11 170 4 113 7141 6867 5 260 11 169 4 107 6867 6699 5 262 10 168 4 105 6699 6603 4 264 9 168 3 103 6603 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