DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/10 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 71.6 - - 81.3 - - 85.5 - - 83.9 - - 72.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -2 - - 300 - - 369 - - 129 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 10381 - - 12359 - - 11147 - - 5838 BL Depth Hcrit 6585 - - 15286 - - 17031 - - 15264 - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top 6603 - - 17881 - - 19859 - - 18647 - - 13338 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3877 - - 2106 - - 2486 - - 2434 - - 3611 Hgt.Variab. W* 8 - - 624 - - 709 - - 485 - - 27 W* B/S 1 - - 7 - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 17 - - 19 - - 16 - - 14 BL Wind Direction 257 - - 255 - - 265 - - 273 - - 295 Direction Wind Shear 6 - - 30 - - 16 - - 7 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - -18 - - -26 - - -24 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -10834 - - -23 - - 1071 - - -236 - - -3104 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 17438 - - 17905 - - 18789 - - 18884 - - 16443 sfcLCL ODpotential -15545 - - -3171 - - -1996 - - -3819 - - -8503 ODpotential blCL 22148 - - 21052 - - 21855 - - 22466 - - 21841 blCL maxRH 78 - - 57 - - 49 - - 41 - - 27 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 71.6 - - 81.3 - - 85.5 - - 83.9 - - 72.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 18.5 - - 25.2 - - 25.1 - - 23.3 - - 24.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 75.1 - - 81.9 - - 85.9 - - 85.6 - - 80.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 17.6 - - 24.4 - - 24.1 - - 22.5 - - 23.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -2 - - 300 - - 369 - - 129 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 10381 - - 12359 - - 11147 - - 5838 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 13 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 99630 22 117 19 119 21 095 19 103 20 109 99630 92111 16 110 17 112 16 110 14 105 12 095 92111 86276 13 095 13 101 16 123 9 100 16 080 86276 81428 16 101 5 110 7 100 13 092 12 070 81428 77273 13 071 10 137 2 244 13 058 11 084 77273 73607 9 036 12 107 7 156 3 348 13 059 73607 70289 6 093 6 052 11 113 6 203 4 014 70289 67244 6 040 2 118 4 108 5 161 3 219 67244 64428 4 266 2 216 2 252 2 355 2 173 64428 61699 3 167 4 230 8 234 7 297 1 260 61699 58864 4 340 5 333 3 296 7 297 5 292 58864 55953 15 299 14 288 7 313 9 293 9 276 55953 53204 19 293 23 270 26 272 27 279 23 288 53204 50740 29 287 26 276 29 267 32 273 36 274 50740 48533 39 279 40 273 41 271 41 271 46 271 48533 46532 49 275 52 270 51 272 52 273 53 267 46532 44703 57 273 62 272 60 273 61 274 58 268 44703 43015 61 273 67 271 66 271 64 272 61 268 43015 41442 62 274 69 272 66 269 65 269 63 268 41442 39967 61 273 65 272 64 269 63 268 63 268 39967 38585 58 272 60 272 61 269 61 268 61 268 38585 37264 55 271 56 273 57 269 56 268 60 268 37264 35942 52 272 55 273 54 271 52 269 57 267 35942 34591 49 273 53 273 53 273 49 270 51 267 34591 33218 45 274 51 273 50 273 47 270 46 267 33218 31812 43 275 49 273 48 272 46 271 43 267 31812 30363 42 275 46 272 47 273 45 271 42 268 30363 28875 40 275 42 270 45 273 42 271 41 268 28875 27351 38 274 38 269 42 272 39 270 40 267 27351 25794 36 273 34 270 37 270 35 267 38 266 25794 24206 34 270 30 273 33 268 34 265 36 266 24206 22584 33 267 29 272 31 267 32 265 33 267 22584 20921 39 271 30 269 30*268 29 267 29 266 20921 19246 43 271 33*264 27*271 25*271 25 264 19246 17641 36 266 34*260 20 271 16*278 22 265 17641 16179 28 258 31 256 19 270 15 281 19 266 16179 14871 24 256 26 256 19 269 15 281 13 267 14871 13692 21 255 21 259 19 268 15 281 11*271 13692 12626 20 252 17 261 19 267 16 279 11*279 12626 11658 19 251 14 261 19 264 16 275 13 285 11658 10781 19 255 12 257 19 262 17 271 15 290 10781 9990 18 263 10 250 19 260 17 268 16 295 9990 9275 17 275 9 246 19 259 17 266 17 299 9275 8621 15 287 8 242 19 257 17 265 18 302 8621 8031 13 299 7 237 19 256 17 263 17 304 8031 7529 8 307 7 232 18 255 16 262 16 304 7529 7137 4 310 6 228 17 255 15 262 14 301 7137 6865 1 259 6 226 16 254 15 261 11 297 6865 6698 2*202 6 225 15 254 14 260 8 292 6698 6602 2*188 5 224 11 253 10 260 5 286 6602 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