DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 07/08 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 - - - 0954z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 78.1 - - 80.6 - - 82.5 - - 75.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 372 - - 252 - - 189 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10435 - - 13761 - - 14496 - - 13960 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15457 - - 17909 - - 18269 - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17935 - - 21261 - - 21996 - - 21460 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2242 - - 1412 - - 3499 - - 2856 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 671 - - 647 - - 600 - - 52 W* B/S - - - 14 - - 14 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 8 - - 12 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 288 - - 257 - - 278 - - 266 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 20 - - 14 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 24 - - 31 - - -14 - - -37 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1907 - - 4998 - - 4510 - - 5202 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16029 - - 16264 - - 17487 - - 16259 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -652 - - 2991 - - 2175 - - 1544 ODpotential blCL - - - 18587 - - 18270 - - 19821 - - 19916 blCL maxRH - - - 66 - - 100 - - 63 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 80 - - 430 - - 360 - - 200 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 78.1 - - 80.6 - - 82.5 - - 75.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.4 - - 31.8 - - 28.3 - - 27.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 78.4 - - 81.5 - - 83.9 - - 81.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.5 - - 31.0 - - 27.4 - - 26.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 372 - - 252 - - 189 - - -9 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10435 - - 13761 - - 14496 - - 13960 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 101 - - 0 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 99751 29 119 20 097 25 086 27 089 99751 92159 27 109 20 106 21 102 24 087 92159 86328 22 103 22 105 20 096 20 113 86328 81507 20 110 16 097 16 094 22 104 81507 77354 14 103 14 118 13 106 17 086 77354 73683 8 091 13 118 13 120 8 089 73683 70362 11 111 8 130 6 096 7 089 70362 67321 7 098 8 133 4 223 5 352 67321 64517 1 045 4 279 4 303 7 319 64517 61807 6 264 7 230 10 241 10 264 61807 58985 13 271 12 274 5 239 18 261 58985 56069 25 257 27 264 27 271 26 272 56069 53291 34 252 39 261 40 261 36 265 53291 50781 43 254 48 256 47 259 44 263 50781 48522 52 257 56 258 56 263 53 267 48522 46465 62 259 66 261 65 266 62 269 46465 44572 70 259 74 261 73 267 70 268 44572 42824 76 259 80 261 80 267 76 268 42824 41202 80 260 79 262 80 267 73 268 41202 39693 74 261 69 263 69 267 62 268 39693 38297 63 260 60 262 57 267 48 269 38297 36980 56 260 54 261 47 266 38 269 36980 35673 46 262 44 261 39 268 31 268 35673 34344 36 264 36 265 33 271 23 266 34344 32995 26 266 26 266 29 273 22 250 32995 31613 19 267 20 268 25 273 27 238 31613 30186 20 271 20 269 24 269 29 243 30186 28718 25 271 22 269 24 262 25 260 28718 27212 28 271 25 269 25 260 21 283 27212 25675 29 273 28 269 28 261 23 294 25675 24111 29 275 30 269 31 263 24 293 24111 22515 27 275 28*271 28*266 19*297 22515 20877 24 275 20*278 20*276 14*302 20877 19221 23*279 17 279 15 287 11 300 19221 17629 22*283 14 277 13 289 10 291 17629 16176 17 285 9 266 12 289 10 283 16176 14871 13 287 9 259 12 289 11 274 14871 13695 12 288 7 245 12 287 11 267 13695 12629 10 291 7 236 11 281 12 261 12629 11661 7 293 6 228 11 276 12 255 11661 10784 5 291 6 222 11 270 12 251 10784 9993 4 291 6 216 10 266 13 247 9993 9277 3 293 6 214 10 262 13 243 9277 8623 3 296 6 211 10 259 13 239 8623 8032 2 301 5 207 10 257 13 236 8032 7529 1 314 5 205 10 254 12 232 7529 7138 1 340 5 204 9 253 11 228 7138 6866 1 358 5 202 9 253 9 224 6866 6699 1 012 5 201 8 252 7 219 6699 6602 1 023 4 199 7 252 4 217 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