DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/15 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 78.8 - - 82.2 - - - - - 75.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 369 - - 337 - - - - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7586 - - 10799 - - - - - 8858 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13140 - - 15699 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15086 - - 18299 - - - - - 16358 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1576 - - 1363 - - - - - 1876 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 602 - - 658 - - - - - 33 W* B/S - - - 22 - - 25 - - - - - 2 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 282 - - 227 - - - - - 195 Direction Wind Shear - - - 15 - - 15 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 13 - - 32 - - - - - 43 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2144 - - 4420 - - - - - 4504 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12943 - - 13879 - - - - - 11855 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -718 - - 2316 - - - - - 1127 ODpotential blCL - - - 15804 - - 15983 - - - - - 15231 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 99 - - - - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 90 - - 400 - - - - - 620 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 78.8 - - 82.2 - - - - - 75.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 44.6 - - 43.8 - - - - - 46.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.0 - - 82.6 - - - - - 81.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 44.0 - - 43.1 - - - - - 45.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 369 - - 337 - - - - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7586 - - 10799 - - - - - 8858 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 2 - - 98 - - - - - 54 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 6 - - - - - 7 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] 99781 44 100 37 101 33 094 99781 92199 30 102 31 104 27 086 92199 86354 25 110 25 111 25 095 86354 81524 27 106 22 112 27 107 81524 77384 19 101 20 119 23 103 77384 73745 14 112 18 130 15 089 73745 70460 15 109 17 139 10 107 70460 67440 13 140 11 152 9 148 67440 64642 18 165 17 185 11 169 64642 61939 22 166 17 199 10 175 61939 59128 13 191 19 192 15 221 59128 56235 25 220 18 197 20 212 56235 53491 37 220 26 225 28 219 53491 51023 50 217 49 232 35 229 51023 48812 55 209 63 225 49 236 48812 46812 49 210 69 214 59 229 46812 44979 46 214 63 208 59 224 44979 43277 48 225 55 209 57 223 43277 41686 52 228 52 217 58 225 41686 40195 51 224 54 219 57 230 40195 38799 49 216 55 219 52 235 38799 37466 49 219 54 222 45 234 37466 36130 47 219 49 226 40 231 36130 34767 42 209 42 224 38 230 34767 33382 40 208 41 221 39 229 33382 31965 39 211 42 223 42 228 31965 30503 40 213 38 222 43 231 30503 29001 37 216 35 222 37 235 29001 27463 30 217 30 226 28 237 27463 25895 27 218 25 229 21 239 25895 24296 25 223 23 229 16 231 24296 22661 19 229 23 233 16 221 22661 20984 16 243 23 241 17 222 20984 19297 15 254 18*250 15 232 19297 17685 17 262 12*265 9*230 17685 16221 18*265 10 267 5*213 16221 14909 15*267 7 257 4 199 14909 13727 9 270 6 253 4 191 13727 12656 6 275 5 228 4 189 12656 11683 4 281 5 209 4 194 11683 10802 4 285 5 195 4 196 10802 10007 3 289 5 182 4 198 10007 9288 3 298 5 174 4 198 9288 8631 3 306 5 168 4 197 8631 8037 2 315 5 161 4 195 8037 7533 2 325 6 157 3 188 7533 7140 2 335 5 155 3 182 7140 6866 2 342 5 152 2 170 6866 6699 2 346 5 152 1 150 6699 6603 2 349 5 149 1 127 6603 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