DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/17 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 74.3 - - 83.7 - - - - - 72.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 234 - - 282 - - - - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2434 - - 10559 - - - - - 1049 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8961 - - 15398 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9934 - - 18059 - - - - - 8549 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3527 - - 1523 - - - - - 5730 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 359 - - 617 - - - - - 31 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 14 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 8 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 132 - - 195 - - - - - 094 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 11 - - - - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 13 - - 12 - - - - - 10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 387 - - 3742 - - - - - -1268 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9547 - - 14318 - - - - - 9817 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3111 - - 1435 - - - - - -5115 ODpotential blCL - - - 13045 - - 16624 - - - - - 13664 blCL maxRH - - - 90 - - 98 - - - - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 1090 - - 270 - - - - - 610 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 74.3 - - 83.7 - - - - - 72.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 54.7 - - 43.4 - - - - - 51.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 75.4 - - 84.3 - - - - - 76.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 54.0 - - 42.6 - - - - - 51.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 234 - - 282 - - - - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2434 - - 10559 - - - - - 1049 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 59 - - 91 - - - - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 10 - - 6 - - - - - 10 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] 99874 31 109 35 095 29 094 99874 92311 29 102 28 094 23 096 92311 86498 26 098 22 103 22 103 86498 81670 24 098 18 102 21 103 81670 77498 23 110 19 109 20 094 77498 73808 21 106 20 115 16 073 73808 70489 17 100 20 115 12 092 70489 67458 12 097 12 105 12 103 67458 64655 9 068 13 115 15 110 64655 61961 4 097 7 107 14 130 61961 59165 7 187 10 168 9 160 59165 56281 10 230 17 195 14 215 56281 53556 31 226 24 222 21 229 53556 51113 33 208 34 220 30 234 51113 48936 22 230 43 209 41 232 48936 46959 37 257 40 216 46 226 46959 45129 51 260 47 242 46 234 45129 43421 56 255 54 248 49 243 43421 41817 58 244 52 248 51 243 41817 40309 54 236 49 242 49 238 40309 38900 52 231 47 238 49 235 38900 37559 51 229 46 235 47 235 37559 36219 46 225 43 234 42 231 36219 34850 38 219 34 229 41 223 34850 33459 32 209 35 218 43 217 33459 32031 30 200 32 220 42 218 32031 30558 24 200 28 215 37 219 30558 29045 22 200 30 214 29 218 29045 27495 18 203 28 214 25 224 27495 25913 11 205 27 211 22 231 25913 24302 13 193 26 214 19 236 24302 22659 21 196 24 219 20 242 22659 20979 20 196 24 222 17 251 20979 19291 17 193 19*207 14 266 19291 17677 12 187 13*175 14 273 17677 16209 10 179 12 168 15 264 16209 14894 8 175 11 172 16 247 14894 13711 8 181 9 182 15 236 13711 12640 9 183 8 197 13 232 12640 11668 11 179 7 208 11 230 11668 10787 11 177 7 216 8 226 10787 9993 10*174 7 221 5 217 9993 9276 8*166 7 225 3 178 9276 8620 6 140 7 227 4*120 8620 8029 6 131 7 230 8*095 8029 7527 6 124 7 230 10 091 7527 7137 7 119 7 230 10 093 7137 6865 6 117 7 230 9 096 6865 6698 6 116 6 231 8 098 6698 6602 6 116 5 230 4 105 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