DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/02 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.1 - - 65.8 - - 63.4 - - 55.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 290 - - 441 - - 141 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4513 - - 8443 - - 7954 - - 3281 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10609 - - 13915 - - 12846 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12013 - - 15943 - - 15454 - - 10781 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3184 - - 1520 - - 1478 - - 6060 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 471 - - 660 - - 443 - - 21 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 26 - - 30 - - 25 - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - 231 - - 235 - - 236 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - 26 - - 23 - - 22 - - 29 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -55 - - -59 - - -41 - - -47 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3527 - - 1092 - - -223 - - -2278 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8486 - - 14852 - - 15678 - - 13060 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -538 - - -3456 - - -5089 - - -4917 ODpotential blCL - - - 12551 - - 19399 - - 20543 - - 15698 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 88 - - 87 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 1300 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.1 - - 65.8 - - 63.4 - - 55.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 46.2 - - 23.1 - - 17.2 - - 21.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 61.9 - - 66.2 - - 65.1 - - 60.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.4 - - 22.7 - - 16.8 - - 21.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 290 - - 441 - - 141 - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4513 - - 8443 - - 7954 - - 3281 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 50 - - 46 - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 98963 6 354 6 079 7 033 3 300 98963 91564 2 233 7 343 10 020 10 023 91564 85843 3 140 4 079 9 358 15 036 85843 81096 8 107 7 096 3 086 7 032 81096 77011 9 081 2 117 5 092 5 046 77011 73395 8 028 1 203 3 086 6 097 73395 70094 10 232 5 289 1 019 3 079 70094 67036 12 185 11 241 8 287 5 029 67036 64197 7 233 12 228 15 245 8 283 64197 61452 14 280 12 237 20 213 12 247 61452 58570 27 248 12 268 20 233 23 223 58570 55556 34 239 42 240 35 236 25 216 55556 52664 47 231 48 228 43 236 33 243 52664 50069 49 227 38 229 44 238 45 244 50069 47768 44 230 37 239 42 243 43 246 47768 45695 41 236 44 244 47 244 45 253 45695 43797 42 239 55 244 51 239 51 251 43797 42050 46 237 58 241 50 238 52 245 42050 40440 54 238 58 246 51 244 51 241 40440 38955 66 232 65 247 54 245 50 239 38955 37585 67 232 63 241 55 242 52 239 37585 36292 70 240 55 242 54 240 55 240 36292 35003 79 238 55 245 54 239 54 240 35003 33687 80 234 54 241 56 237 48 240 33687 32347 74 231 51 235 56 237 44 239 32347 30973 71 229 47 233 50 238 44 237 30973 29558 70 229 46 234 46 236 45 238 29558 28106 69 228 47 238 44 233 43 239 28106 26618 65 226 47 243 41 231 40 240 26618 25096 61 222 47 246 38 231 39 245 25096 23545 57 219 45 245 35 231 39 247 23545 21962 52 218 44 240 35 231 40 246 21962 20345 47 215 44 239 38 233 41 242 20345 18726 45 213 43 239 43 237 44 239 18726 17184 44 214 41*239 45 235 48 234 17184 15786 43 218 37*238 42*232 48 227 15786 14534 42 220 32 235 34*232 45 221 14534 13404 40 221 30 235 29 233 41 219 13404 12380 39*224 30 235 28 234 38 223 12380 11451 37*229 30 235 27 236 35*230 11451 10609 34 235 30 235 26 237 33*237 10609 9850 31 237 30 235 25 238 30 244 9850 9165 28 235 30 235 24 238 28 251 9165 8538 25 232 29 235 23 239 25 257 8538 7972 21 226 29 235 22 239 22 259 7972 7491 20 223 28 235 21 239 20 259 7491 7115 19 222 27 235 20 239 17 257 7115 6853 18 221 25 235 19 239 13 255 6853 6693 16 221 22 235 17 239 9 250 6693 6601 11 220 15 234 11 239 4 245 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