DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 07/25 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 = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - - - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 73.1 - - 83.0 - - 88.1 - - - - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 56 - - 371 - - 423 - - - - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth 543 - - 6979 - - 11644 - - - - - - BL Depth Hcrit 6586 - - 12653 - - 16521 - - - - - - Hcrit BL Top 8043 - - 14479 - - 19144 - - - - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1130 - - 4089 - - 2104 - - - - - - Hgt.Variab. W* 134 - - 586 - - 726 - - - - - - W* B/S 3 - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - - B/S BL Wind 8 - - 18 - - 21 - - - - - - BL Wind Direction 183 - - 223 - - 232 - - - - - - Direction Wind Shear 12 - - 17 - - 12 - - - - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg -7 - - -23 - - -30 - - - - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3543 - - 95 - - 3022 - - - - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11587 - - 14385 - - 16123 - - - - - - sfcLCL ODpotential -8200 - - -3161 - - 1341 - - - - - - ODpotential blCL 16243 - - 17640 - - 17803 - - - - - - blCL maxRH 79 - - 84 - - 81 - - - - - - maxRH CAPE 60 - - 210 - - 250 - - - - - - CAPE Temp@2m 73.1 - - 83.0 - - 88.1 - - - - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m 45.2 - - 42.5 - - 39.8 - - - - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 75.2 - - 83.3 - - 88.3 - - - - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 44.8 - - 41.9 - - 39.1 - - - - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 56 - - 371 - - 423 - - - - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth 543 - - 6979 - - 11644 - - - - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT 15 - - 34 - - 23 - - - - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 8 - - 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] 99613 33 104 30 101 30 107 99613 92086 28 097 33 098 30 111 92086 86287 24 095 27 098 27 098 86287 81490 25 104 20 100 21 096 81490 77362 22 095 20 117 13 104 77362 73720 18 091 22 116 14 121 73720 70425 14 106 12 120 10 107 70425 67402 11 105 10 135 7 147 67402 64611 4 349 4 099 7 158 64611 61916 10 201 4 205 6 155 61916 59129 3 247 7 203 11 197 59129 56277 9 255 14 232 19 232 56277 53577 23 237 34 232 42 232 53577 51144 33 240 37 236 45 241 51144 48959 46 252 50 251 55 250 48959 46973 63 253 66 252 67 252 46973 45142 74 251 77 250 75 252 45142 43437 74 250 78 246 79 249 43437 41841 71 247 75 242 77 243 41841 40342 68 242 73 241 76 242 40342 38937 65 240 69 238 74 243 38937 37594 64 242 67 238 72 243 37594 36251 62 245 66 246 69 244 36251 34879 56 247 60 253 61 248 34879 33483 49 241 51 249 53 249 33483 32054 51 238 46 246 48 247 32054 30583 53 240 40 247 43 249 30583 29075 47 246 35 246 38 247 29075 27530 35 249 33 243 36 240 27530 25955 32 248 35 241 37 237 25955 24351 30 243 36 242 38 237 24351 22715 27 239 35 242 36 239 22715 21040 22 244 33 241 31 243 21040 19354 20 251 28 242 26*238 19354 17738 20 248 23 244 24*233 17738 16267 20 238 21 244 22 232 16267 14949 21 228 22*239 22 232 14949 13761 22 226 24*235 22 232 13761 12685 22 227 25 234 22 232 12685 11709 22 230 22 230 21 232 11709 10824 21 229 19 224 21 233 10824 10026 18 225 17 218 21 233 10026 9304 16 221 16 214 21 233 9304 8643 15*215 16 212 20 233 8643 8047 14*205 15 210 20 234 8047 7540 11 192 14 208 19 234 7540 7144 7 168 13 207 18 234 7144 6869 6 155 12 206 17 234 6869 6700 5 148 12 205 15 233 6700 6603 4 140 9 205 12 233 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