DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/30 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 0654z - - 0703z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 48.6 - - 54.5 - - 57.7 - - 59.1 - - 53.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 48 - - 179 - - 74 - - 143 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 895 - - 3328 - - 5553 - - 2849 - - 644 BL Depth Hcrit 6584 - - 9538 - - 10733 - - 9070 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top 8395 - - 10828 - - 13053 - - 10349 - - 8144 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2007 - - 2263 - - 2649 - - 5489 - - 2604 Hgt.Variab. W* 156 - - 370 - - 344 - - 322 - - 32 W* B/S 9 - - 10 - - 9 - - 17 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 7 - - 7 - - 3 - - 8 BL Wind Direction 205 - - 225 - - 228 - - 316 - - 350 Direction Wind Shear 4 - - 8 - - 17 - - 14 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg -5 - - -12 - - 14 - - -16 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1795 - - 3214 - - 4912 - - 2191 - - 909 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6601 - - 7615 - - 8141 - - 8159 - - 7235 sfcLCL ODpotential -1874 - - -84 - - 1548 - - -1154 - - -3485 ODpotential blCL 10269 - - 10912 - - 11505 - - 11503 - - 11629 blCL maxRH 94 - - 93 - - 92 - - 81 - - 72 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 260 - - 630 - - 720 - - 290 CAPE Temp@2m 48.6 - - 54.5 - - 57.7 - - 59.1 - - 53.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 42.7 - - 43.7 - - 44.5 - - 45.7 - - 44.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 50.9 - - 55.9 - - 59.7 - - 60.7 - - 58.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 41.6 - - 42.4 - - 43.3 - - 44.9 - - 43.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 48 - - 179 - - 74 - - 143 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 895 - - 3328 - - 5553 - - 2849 - - 644 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 74 - - 73 - - 68 - - 24 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - 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] 99268 35 110 36 102 31 110 26 093 32 097 99268 91739 32 105 30 099 26 107 26 095 26 107 91739 85971 26 108 26 106 25 107 22 088 22 095 85971 81175 22 095 20 114 18 095 17 101 16 088 81175 77037 17 084 17 114 10 112 16 086 14 101 77037 73390 9 101 18 100 17 135 7 108 14 081 73390 70081 7 136 10 097 13 113 10 143 8 107 70081 67021 7 160 8 104 8 136 4 174 6 123 67021 64174 7 147 1 131 4 132 3 164 4 159 64174 61410 8 150 10 195 7 219 4 234 5 197 61410 58516 5 173 12 179 13 219 7 230 6 183 58516 55506 9 219 11 202 12 220 7 222 7 206 55506 52632 12 208 15 213 14 227 10 248 10 242 52632 50049 14 211 18 215 18 228 16 249 14 251 50049 47745 18 222 17 232 20 227 18 238 16 250 47745 45667 18 220 20 237 18 228 16 239 17 259 45667 43777 14 240 17 232 17 250 20 268 21 253 43777 42055 9 244 12 228 14 262 18 282 22 261 42055 40482 5 299 8 300 6 309 16 288 25 258 40482 39029 10 007 8 342 13 004 13 307 21 252 39029 37677 23 023 29 030 19 016 19 316 19 260 37677 36388 26 023 35 027 22 012 21 319 18 264 36388 35097 26 027 30 033 24 015 15 331 15 267 35097 33777 28 029 25 034 22 025 10 007 13 271 33777 32434 26 029 23 032 19 022 8 015 10 276 32434 31053 23 026 22 032 17 010 9 351 9 272 31053 29630 18 019 17 037 15 011 10 349 8 278 29630 28172 15 013 13 042 9 023 9 342 7 318 28172 26684 11 360 11 041 3 344 13 329 8 327 26684 25166 8 314 7 060 7 260 11 308 9 292 25166 23619 10 262 0 007 3 336 7 293 9 267 23619 22039 14 245 9 266 4 282 8 248 9 244 22039 20422 13 238 14 259 13 251 13 246 15 253 20422 18798 10 243 11 252 17 243 19 242 25 251 18798 17247 10 258 10 267 18 240 21 235 31 247 17247 15838 8 267 9 284 18 234 23 224 32 245 15838 14576 8 270 7 281 18 228 23 219 29 242 14576 13439 9 271 7 273 17*224 22 217 25 238 13439 12410 9 274 8 266 16*222 20 217 22 234 12410 11476 8 277 9*261 13 221 17 216 19 233 11476 10629 7 278 9*255 11 221 14*217 15 235 10629 9865 6 275 8 247 9 223 9*220 12 243 9865 9174 5 265 8 233 6 229 5 234 9 256 9174 8543 4*246 7 218 4 238 4 295 8*289 8543 7973 4*228 7 211 3 251 6 341 8*322 7973 7491 4 215 7 207 2 305 7 355 10 344 7491 7115 3 194 6 202 2 335 7 000 10 358 7115 6854 2 184 6 200 3 344 7 001 8 004 6854 6694 2 178 6 199 3 351 7 004 7 007 6694 6601 2 173 5 197 3 352 6 004 3 007 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