DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/13 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 - - - - - - 1000z - - 1334z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 61.0 - - 51.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 421 - - 128 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6380 - - 5453 - - 2878 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 12223 - - 10883 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 13880 - - 12953 - - 10378 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1555 - - 2587 - - 2158 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 592 - - 378 - - 17 W* B/S - - - - - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 28 - - 25 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 243 - - 252 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 25 - - 29 - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -51 - - -53 - - -29 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -50 - - -2166 - - -3335 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 13930 - - 15120 - - 13713 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -4845 - - -5890 - - -8772 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 18725 - - 18843 - - 19150 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 41 - - 52 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 64.1 - - 61.0 - - 51.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 25.6 - - 17.5 - - 15.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 64.5 - - 62.7 - - 58.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 25.3 - - 17.3 - - 15.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 421 - - 128 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 6380 - - 5453 - - 2878 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 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] 98626 20 280 24 266 22 256 98626 91242 25 276 24 283 24 278 91242 85512 18 274 16 276 18 283 85512 80739 8 265 12 281 12 280 80739 76643 5 270 12 295 14 295 76643 73037 7 286 9 297 11 303 73037 69767 9 305 7 273 7 295 69767 66761 8 254 8 262 9 293 66761 63973 8 271 4 264 6 266 63973 61272 13 278 6 307 12 269 61272 58466 7 274 7 307 6 217 58466 55542 27 232 28 271 36 263 55542 52728 47 244 53 257 53 256 52728 50200 52 251 58 252 53 252 50200 47940 56 249 60 249 54 254 47940 45892 58 244 61 246 57 251 45892 44014 58 243 61 243 60 245 44014 42273 61 243 60 242 62 242 42273 40645 66 243 64 242 65 244 40645 39120 76 244 72 242 74 245 39120 37699 87 245 82 241 87 243 37699 36357 95 244 90 240 96 239 36357 35031 100 243 96 239 101 237 35031 33690 102 242 99 238 104 237 33690 32332 99 241 98 238 105 235 32332 30944 95 240 96 239 103 234 30944 29518 92 240 94 239 98 233 29518 28061 88 239 92 239 89 231 28061 26578 86 238 88 237 82 230 26578 25069 83 236 84 236 79 228 25069 23534 80 234 80 234 77 227 23534 21969 75 233 76 234 73 227 21969 20365 69 233 70 234 70 226 20365 18747 63 233 62 235 67 226 18747 17195 57 234 56 234 63 226 17195 15781 52 237 52 232 58 228 15781 14515 46*241 47 231 51 233 14515 13379 39*245 43*233 44 241 13379 12355 30 245 39*238 39 250 12355 11428 28 245 33 245 35 258 11428 10590 28 244 28 251 32*267 10590 9835 28 244 25 256 26*277 9835 9152 27 243 23 258 21 289 9152 8528 27 242 23 259 18 300 8528 7965 27 242 22 259 17 305 7965 7486 26 241 21 259 15 307 7486 7112 25 241 20 259 12 306 7112 6852 23 240 19 259 9 298 6852 6693 21 240 17 258 7 289 6693 6601 14 239 11 258 4 274 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