DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/05 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 64.1 - - 72.2 - - 78.2 - - 79.4 - - 71.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 23 - - 340 - - 379 - - 123 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 933 - - 5274 - - 8021 - - 9277 - - 5468 BL Depth Hcrit 6585 - - 11257 - - 13502 - - 13771 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top 8433 - - 12774 - - 15521 - - 16777 - - 12968 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2504 - - 1488 - - 1278 - - 1480 - - 3267 Hgt.Variab. W* 120 - - 518 - - 618 - - 449 - - 0 W* B/S 4 - - 16 - - 12 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 6 - - 9 - - 11 - - 12 BL Wind Direction 341 - - 274 - - 265 - - 278 - - 316 Direction Wind Shear 8 - - 18 - - 19 - - 20 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg -5 - - 19 - - -12 - - 26 - - 9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -7699 - - -5504 - - -3458 - - -1900 - - -3809 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 16133 - - 18279 - - 18980 - - 18677 - - 16778 sfcLCL ODpotential -15681 - - -12402 - - -8596 - - -6435 - - -10461 ODpotential blCL 24114 - - 25176 - - 24117 - - 23212 - - 23429 blCL maxRH 37 - - 52 - - 55 - - 36 - - 57 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 64.1 - - 72.2 - - 78.2 - - 79.4 - - 71.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 16.8 - - 14.8 - - 17.2 - - 19.9 - - 21.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 66.7 - - 72.8 - - 78.4 - - 81.1 - - 79.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 16.4 - - 13.9 - - 16.2 - - 19.0 - - 20.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 23 - - 340 - - 379 - - 123 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 933 - - 5274 - - 8021 - - 9277 - - 5468 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 99736 26 111 31 107 25 107 26 112 26 119 99736 92187 30 105 27 111 24 111 23 101 26 102 92187 86372 27 096 25 114 20 119 18 101 22 089 86372 81572 23 102 20 118 18 107 16 118 16 095 81572 77422 19 094 21 117 11 117 16 104 16 098 77422 73740 13 087 15 094 13 124 7 089 10 084 73740 70413 14 106 10 114 11 104 8 085 8 079 70413 67376 14 060 13 080 7 106 4 068 10 047 67376 64563 8 044 8 060 10 077 5 144 3 056 64563 61833 2 186 6 358 10 358 10 358 11 032 61833 59001 6 017 6 288 10 289 7 336 9 355 59001 56099 28 332 21 329 18 315 22 311 25 317 56099 53362 44 315 38 325 33 316 32 316 28 314 53362 50906 53 306 48 316 43 313 40 317 33 316 50906 48705 57 308 55 311 50 312 47 316 41 318 48705 46702 61 310 58 312 52 311 51 315 43 316 46702 44854 65 310 60 313 54 315 53 320 46 320 44854 43138 67 307 61 311 56 318 55 325 51 324 43138 41534 67 303 61 307 56 315 55 323 54 324 41534 40033 63 300 58 307 54 311 53 319 52 320 40033 38631 60 300 57 309 52 310 51 315 49 316 38631 37299 59 302 56 308 50 309 48 312 46 312 37299 35970 61 302 55 306 48 306 46 311 43 310 35970 34613 63 302 51 305 46 304 44 309 42 309 34613 33233 59 304 44 307 41 303 44 307 42 308 33233 31821 53 304 41 308 36 300 41 304 40 306 31821 30366 49 305 40 306 34 297 38 300 38 304 30366 28875 46 306 39 306 34 295 39 299 39 304 28875 27349 43 306 38 306 35 296 40 300 39 301 27349 25789 41 305 37 307 35 298 40 302 38 300 25789 24196 40 305 35 311 34 301 40 303 37 300 24196 22569 37 308 32 315 32 305 39 304 37 300 22569 20901 33 312 29 313 31 308 36 307 35 300 20901 19222 30 314 28 310 31 310 33 312 32 302 19222 17615 27 314 27 309 30 311 27*313 27 306 17615 16154 24 310 25 308 25*307 20*307 22 308 16154 14847 22 307 23 307 18*301 18 306 16 301 14847 13672 18 304 21*305 15 297 15 302 12*292 13672 12608 16 300 16*304 13 293 13 292 12*294 12608 11643 13 298 11 296 10 279 11 280 12 302 11643 10768 12 299 9 286 9 258 10 265 13 310 10768 9979 10 305 7 279 9 240 10 250 14 317 9979 9266 10 315 5 258 9 232 10 242 14 322 9266 8614 9*326 5 241 9 226 10 235 14 325 8614 8025 8*336 4 226 9 221 10 230 14 327 8025 7525 7 343 4 209 9 217 10 228 13 327 7525 7135 5 346 4 199 9 215 9 225 11 324 7135 6864 3 339 4 191 9 214 9 224 8 318 6864 6698 1 324 4 191 8 213 9 223 6 309 6698 6602 1 321 3 186 7 212 7 221 4 300 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