DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/06 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.1 - - 74.9 - - - - - 70.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 279 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6704 - - 6945 - - - - - 6304 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12251 - - 12500 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14204 - - 14445 - - - - - 13804 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3822 - - 3933 - - - - - 3450 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 510 - - 536 - - - - - 50 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 8 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 13 - - - - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 223 - - 220 - - - - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - 30 - - 17 - - - - - 17 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -17 - - -39 - - - - - -25 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -573 - - 2109 - - - - - 2340 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14777 - - 12336 - - - - - 11465 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2590 - - -1358 - - - - - -1781 ODpotential blCL - - - 16794 - - 15803 - - - - - 15585 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 98 - - - - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - 160 - - 600 - - - - - 480 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.1 - - 74.9 - - - - - 70.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.1 - - 43.5 - - - - - 43.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 77.1 - - 75.8 - - - - - 75.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.4 - - 42.8 - - - - - 42.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 254 - - 279 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6704 - - 6945 - - - - - 6304 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 100 - - 93 - - - - - 1 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 6 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] 99587 40 115 29 115 34 093 99587 92021 28 100 28 106 25 104 92021 86216 20 106 22 107 28 118 86216 81403 21 120 18 117 28 099 81403 77258 18 097 18 118 18 084 77258 73611 13 076 15 104 10 099 73611 70332 5 181 12 088 7 102 70332 67328 8 161 2 355 9 081 67328 64536 8 056 4 192 4 339 64536 61835 7 258 8 266 4 245 61835 59019 11 270 12 235 7 244 59019 56085 17 266 21 251 10 262 56085 53283 28 256 35 257 33 269 53283 50769 41 247 47 252 46 258 50769 48521 46 249 51 246 51 251 48521 46481 54 258 52 251 51 253 46481 44611 64 259 62 254 56 255 44611 42883 66 255 64 252 61 253 42883 41281 65 252 63 250 64 249 41281 39792 64 247 60 248 63 245 39792 38409 61 245 56 244 64 242 38409 37094 54 244 53 238 66 239 37094 35780 48 243 48 234 67 237 35780 34437 43 242 44 230 66 238 34437 33072 41 241 42 228 61 240 33072 31673 38 241 40 225 56 236 31673 30230 37 240 40 225 53 232 30230 28746 36 235 40 225 47 230 28746 27225 33 229 37 222 41 228 27225 25672 26 224 39 226 39 227 25672 24092 27 215 37 222 35 224 24092 22479 32 213 35 218 31 223 22479 20825 37 218 35 217 30 227 20825 19160 41 219 35 220 29 234 19160 17565 42 216 35 219 28 243 17565 16115 39 215 29 215 25 251 16115 14817 35*217 24*211 21*256 14817 13648 31*219 20*208 18*260 13648 12589 27 222 18 209 16 263 12589 11627 23 227 16 211 15 263 11627 10756 19 231 14 213 14 261 10756 9969 15 232 13 217 13 256 9969 9259 11 231 12 222 13 250 9259 8608 7 221 11 230 12 240 8608 8021 4 198 10 238 11 229 8021 7523 3 175 9 250 10 218 7523 7134 3 163 8 258 9 209 7134 6863 3 158 8 259 7 201 6863 6698 3 154 8 260 6 195 6698 6602 2 146 6 260 3 188 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