DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 12/12 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 43.4 - - 49.2 - - 42.3 - - 38.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 22 - - 62 - - -22 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 415 - - 2161 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 6584 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7915 - - 9661 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1821 - - 1549 - - 2747 - - 1465 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 90 - - 221 - - 0 - - 4 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 12 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 278 - - 267 - - 257 - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 14 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -20 - - -21 - - -27 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -462 - - -292 - - -2797 - - -4792 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8377 - - 9953 - - 9399 - - 11393 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5466 - - -6996 - - -9971 - - -13838 ODpotential blCL - - - 13381 - - 16657 - - 16572 - - 20439 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 63 - - 66 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 43.4 - - 49.2 - - 42.3 - - 38.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.9 - - 28.7 - - 24.5 - - 12.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 47.0 - - 51.4 - - 48.9 - - 46.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.4 - - 28.1 - - 24.0 - - 12.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 22 - - 62 - - -22 - - -37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 415 - - 2161 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 31 - - 0 - - 0 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 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] 95860 42 354 29 357 41 355 46 358 95860 88999 26 000 24 003 24 357 28 357 88999 83593 25 007 26 009 24 005 20 358 83593 79042 33 003 38 359 33 353 28 358 79042 75109 22 001 29 002 28 358 29 004 75109 71628 12 008 18 015 21 360 19 001 71628 68442 26 002 25 015 23 022 19 019 68442 65483 40 341 38 342 27 359 33 359 65483 62759 38 335 41 336 36 344 37 355 62759 60148 30 336 38 330 40 332 27 002 60148 57419 42 333 38 323 40 322 35 335 57419 54573 54 325 45 324 47 322 51 324 54573 51855 59 321 54 318 59 319 58 321 51855 49412 62 318 60 319 63 318 63 319 49412 47226 65 318 64 320 65 318 67 319 47226 45251 69 319 65 321 65 318 66 316 45251 43455 71 317 66 319 63 318 61 314 43455 41813 67 313 62 313 59 315 57 314 41813 40293 60 312 56 311 55 310 56 312 40293 38873 56 314 52 314 52 309 55 308 38873 37542 56 316 54 317 52 315 53 308 37542 36268 58 315 58 315 54 320 50 309 36268 34991 58 312 59 311 55 320 46 312 34991 33686 56 309 58 309 53 318 43 315 33686 32354 55 307 56 307 51 318 42 314 32354 30986 53 305 54 308 48 317 43 309 30986 29575 51 304 50 309 46 314 43 304 29575 28125 47 305 46 309 44 310 45 305 28125 26641 45 307 44 307 44 308 48 309 26641 25125 45 310 43 306 45 309 51 314 25125 23580 46 312 44 308 47 310 52 318 23580 22002 47 313 45 312 48 310 51 321 22002 20383 46 313 46 314 48 310 49 321 20383 18750 42 310 44 315 46 311 45 320 18750 17187 37 306 41 314 43 311 42 317 17187 15764 33 303 39 311 41 310 40 315 15764 14493 29 300 37 308 40 311 38 314 14493 13352 26 296 35 307 38 313 38 313 13352 12323 23 292 33 305 38 315 38 314 12323 11393 22 291 30 301 37 316 38 315 11393 10554 21 291 27 297 35 315 38 317 10554 9801 20 292 23*293 33 312 37 317 9801 9121 19 294 18*287 30 309 36 315 9121 8501 17 296 15 277 26 304 34 312 8501 7944 15*297 13 264 22 297 28 309 7944 7471 13*293 12 257 18 287 20 304 7471 7103 9 281 11 253 16 276 15 293 7103 6847 6 265 10 252 14 265 12 276 6847 6690 5 252 9 250 11*256 10*261 6690 6600 3 235 7 251 5*241 5*230 6600 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