DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/02 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 63.3 - - 70.2 - - - - - 57.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 223 - - 260 - - - - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1403 - - 5866 - - - - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8186 - - 11601 - - - - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8903 - - 13366 - - - - - 6602 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2759 - - 2124 - - - - - 4232 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 289 - - 490 - - - - - 3 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 15 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 224 - - 244 - - - - - 247 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 19 - - - - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -17 - - -16 - - - - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3842 - - -1277 - - - - - -5152 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12745 - - 14644 - - - - - 11754 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8718 - - -5525 - - - - - -11404 ODpotential blCL - - - 17621 - - 18891 - - - - - 18006 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 73 - - - - - 34 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.3 - - 70.2 - - - - - 57.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.6 - - 28.8 - - - - - 29.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.4 - - 71.2 - - - - - 65.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.4 - - 28.6 - - - - - 29.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 223 - - 260 - - - - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1403 - - 5866 - - - - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 29 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 4 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] 97641 16 293 14 304 12 300 97641 90442 4 324 2 302 15 336 90442 84855 8 356 4 006 16 339 84855 80226 12 315 11 335 15 327 80226 76242 11 321 11 317 12 002 76242 72701 12 307 13 309 16 358 72701 69487 15 302 20 312 17 337 69487 66549 14 291 17 297 15 316 66549 63828 11 286 12 288 23 317 63828 61179 22 289 30 278 31 294 61179 58402 34 287 36 279 33 286 58402 55511 47 287 45 285 39 292 55511 52754 58 282 58 282 55 288 52754 50285 63 281 70 282 65 284 50285 48084 69 283 79 281 66 285 48084 46093 71 284 77 281 65 290 46093 44273 69 282 72 283 67 294 44273 42591 62 276 68 282 68 292 42591 41025 53 276 63 280 67 290 41025 39562 51 282 60 282 66 291 39562 38193 51 285 59 285 64 293 38193 36888 52 285 56 286 57 296 36888 35584 56 281 54 283 52 297 35584 34254 57 278 56 279 45 293 34254 32903 56 277 57 281 36 291 32903 31517 55 279 53 285 32 296 31517 30088 56 282 48 288 31 299 30088 28617 57 285 49 286 31 299 28617 27108 57 284 51 281 30 297 27108 25564 56 283 49 278 31 291 25564 23990 54 280 49 277 35 288 23990 22381 50 275 48 277 36 288 22381 20731 47 274 47 276 35 289 20731 19069 43 276 43 278 33 289 19069 17476 39 279 39 281 30 291 17476 16027 34 280 35 284 28 292 16027 14730 29 279 31 284 26 294 14730 13566 26 276 26*280 23 296 13566 12513 24 270 22*273 20 296 12513 11561 22 264 19 264 18 294 11561 10700 21 255 17 254 17 292 10700 9923 20 248 16 245 17 291 9923 9221 19*243 16 239 18 290 9221 8580 17*241 15 228 18 287 8580 8000 13 235 15 226 18 280 8000 7509 9 216 14 222 17 270 7509 7125 8 206 13 220 15 260 7125 6858 7 201 13 218 13 253 6858 6695 6 198 12 217 10*249 6695 6601 6 195 9 216 5*247 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