DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/24 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 - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 75.5 - - 79.4 - - 79.8 - - 72.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 399 - - 273 - - 196 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10042 - - 13535 - - 12778 - - 7487 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15174 - - 17794 - - 16922 - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17542 - - 21035 - - 20278 - - 14987 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1345 - - 1450 - - 2989 - - 5695 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 678 - - 663 - - 583 - - 74 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 9 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 13 - - 14 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - 279 - - 266 - - 263 - - 262 Direction Wind Shear - - - 33 - - 26 - - 13 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -24 - - 32 - - -52 - - -38 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2436 - - 4942 - - 3119 - - 40 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15107 - - 16093 - - 17160 - - 14947 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -52 - - 2705 - - 674 - - -3902 ODpotential blCL - - - 17594 - - 18330 - - 19604 - - 18889 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 81 - - 91 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 70 - - 510 - - 280 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 75.5 - - 79.4 - - 79.8 - - 72.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.8 - - 31.2 - - 27.0 - - 29.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 75.8 - - 80.1 - - 81.0 - - 76.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.0 - - 30.3 - - 26.0 - - 29.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 399 - - 273 - - 196 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10042 - - 13535 - - 12778 - - 7487 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 25 - - 65 - - 40 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] 99413 33 098 26 096 25 101 31 101 99413 91856 23 112 19 108 21 093 22 093 91856 86041 19 119 15 108 16 100 19 091 86041 81216 20 113 15 111 17 096 18 085 81216 77050 15 095 17 112 12 083 15 090 77050 73368 12 089 14 099 10 082 12 070 73368 70052 10 104 5 086 9 079 8 082 70052 67011 6 081 3 097 7 012 10 066 67011 64180 4 076 4 169 2 249 6 340 64180 61434 8 357 7 031 4 052 7 354 61434 58583 11 254 8 293 4 359 4 308 58583 55629 17 277 25 274 24 283 16 293 55629 52805 24 271 24 267 26 274 25 270 52805 50265 32 280 29 272 29 275 29 276 50265 47991 40 280 38 278 44 275 42 272 47991 45942 51 276 49 275 53 270 50 276 45942 44085 59 273 58 274 60 270 63 273 44085 42392 68 269 67 271 66 268 70 267 42392 40831 71 266 72 267 67 263 68 263 40831 39379 69 266 72 264 65 261 63 263 39379 38024 67 267 71 264 62 261 59 263 38024 36733 61 267 69 263 59 261 55 262 36733 35440 55 265 64 264 58 262 50 261 35440 34120 53 265 58 264 56 261 40 241 34120 32778 51 267 56 264 53 257 37 228 32778 31401 48 269 56 261 50 253 41 234 31401 29980 46 270 56 258 49 253 47 241 29980 28521 46 272 54 261 46 255 52 247 28521 27026 48 275 52 263 44 257 52 255 27026 25498 52 277 50 260 43 257 49 262 25498 23941 52 277 49 262 41 260 41 270 23941 22352 49 275 44*268 37 266 34 278 22352 20723 46 274 30*276 28*276 27 286 20723 19082 42*277 20 282 17*287 17 299 19082 17507 32*280 18 282 14 284 13 308 17507 16070 23 279 13 276 13 277 12*302 16070 14782 19 280 12 272 13 274 14*292 14782 13620 16 284 12 268 13 271 16 282 13620 12566 13 288 11 261 14 263 17 276 12566 11610 10 289 11 254 14 256 19 270 11610 10743 7 286 11 250 15 252 21 266 10743 9960 5 276 11 245 15 249 22 261 9960 9252 3 261 10 242 15 247 23 257 9252 8604 2 229 10 239 15 245 24 252 8604 8018 2 200 10 237 15 244 24 247 8018 7521 2 181 10 235 15 243 23 243 7521 7133 2 165 9 234 14 242 21 240 7133 6863 2 160 9 233 14 241 17 237 6863 6697 2 157 8 232 12 241 13 235 6697 6602 2 153 7 231 10 240 6 235 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