DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/11 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 - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.6 - - 70.4 - - - - - 58.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 342 - - 353 - - - - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7043 - - 10074 - - - - - 3060 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12664 - - 15128 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14543 - - 17574 - - - - - 10560 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1721 - - 882 - - - - - 3445 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 571 - - 650 - - - - - 17 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 6 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 21 - - - - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - 268 - - 272 - - - - - 278 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 21 - - - - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - -24 - - - - - -30 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1433 - - 3495 - - - - - -1849 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13111 - - 14080 - - - - - 12409 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -754 - - 1539 - - - - - -7289 ODpotential blCL - - - 15297 - - 16035 - - - - - 17849 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 77 - - - - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.6 - - 70.4 - - - - - 58.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.7 - - 31.2 - - - - - 27.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.1 - - 71.0 - - - - - 64.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.5 - - 30.9 - - - - - 27.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 342 - - 353 - - - - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7043 - - 10074 - - - - - 3060 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 8 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 4 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] 98595 20 268 20 270 22 268 98595 91175 18 268 18 279 15 275 91175 85438 10 269 13 265 4 324 85438 80676 6 300 6 236 8 310 80676 76587 8 300 6 310 10 299 76587 72981 3 267 11 306 8 326 72981 69701 3 351 5 314 9 303 69701 66677 5 300 3 314 8 346 66677 63866 17 275 16 280 2 010 63866 61145 30 271 33 268 22 303 61145 58312 36 260 33 260 31 281 58312 55370 39 266 32 270 37 275 55370 52566 53 276 50 279 49 277 52566 50055 71 275 67 275 65 280 50055 47822 82 273 80 272 80 277 47822 45809 87 273 87 271 89 276 45809 43977 92 273 91 272 93 277 43977 42297 93 273 94 276 94 278 42297 40738 93 274 95 279 92 279 40738 39282 93 276 95 280 89 280 39282 37921 89 278 93 279 85 279 37921 36620 84 280 88 278 82 276 36620 35316 78 279 82 277 81 274 35316 33983 73 276 78 275 77 273 33983 32629 67 275 73 273 70 273 32629 31245 63 276 68 273 63 274 31245 29822 61 277 64 274 59 275 29822 28359 60 278 62 274 57 275 28359 26860 59 277 61 275 55 274 26860 25328 58 276 59 275 52 274 25328 23766 57 276 57 275 50 274 23766 22172 55 277 54 274 48 273 22172 20539 51 276 49 273 45 273 20539 18896 49 274 43*274 42 273 18896 17326 48 273 31*277 38 275 17326 15900 43 273 25 279 33 278 15900 14627 36*273 24 278 27 279 14627 13483 24*272 22 277 20 279 13483 12448 18 269 21 275 15 278 12448 11510 16 268 21 272 14 280 11510 10659 14 266 20 269 14*282 10659 9892 13 266 20 267 15*284 9892 9198 12 266 19 265 16 283 9198 8563 11 267 19 263 17 282 8563 7989 11 267 18 262 17 279 7989 7501 10 267 18 261 16 276 7501 7122 9 267 17 260 14 270 7122 6857 9 268 16 259 12 263 6857 6695 8 268 15 259 9 256 6695 6601 7 268 11 259 5 246 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