DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/13 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.9 - - 45.9 - - 44.9 - - 37.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - 89 - - -2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2076 - - 3265 - - 3228 - - 366 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 9133 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9576 - - 10765 - - 10728 - - 7866 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1411 - - 1228 - - 1635 - - 2860 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 106 - - 294 - - 72 - - 13 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 7 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 8 - - 9 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 035 - - 029 - - 026 - - 017 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 9 - - 10 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - 6 - - 21 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2539 - - 3405 - - 3682 - - 976 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7037 - - 7361 - - 7046 - - 6890 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1109 - - 639 - - -113 - - -4557 ODpotential blCL - - - 10685 - - 10126 - - 10841 - - 12423 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 86 - - 89 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.9 - - 45.9 - - 44.9 - - 37.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.1 - - 36.5 - - 36.9 - - 30.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 44.0 - - 47.7 - - 48.0 - - 44.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.0 - - 35.2 - - 35.7 - - 29.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - 89 - - -2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2076 - - 3265 - - 3228 - - 366 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 44 - - 56 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 97234 6 037 13 347 14 008 17 015 97234 90115 13 054 9 013 14 020 14 035 90115 84581 9 029 8 355 9 011 4 055 84581 80002 9 343 7 348 10 337 4 058 80002 76049 1 352 2 056 8 308 6 025 76049 72530 3 313 3 184 7 287 4 351 72530 69331 8 263 7 268 12 267 9 306 69331 66387 10 245 11 270 15 243 11 271 66387 63645 16 246 14 250 17 225 16 255 63645 60978 20 241 17 234 15 220 19 241 60978 58181 24 233 18 245 13 257 12 242 58181 55266 22 229 23 248 20 267 15 277 55266 52475 15 234 22 241 20 268 18 276 52475 49961 11 258 17 236 20 266 17 277 49961 47708 16 260 11 247 15 250 16 267 47708 45656 16 241 11 283 6 263 9 243 45656 43763 6 233 13 283 9 308 6 312 43763 42004 6 333 5 300 11 328 15 343 42004 40367 4 279 12 342 18 001 20 359 40367 38843 5 088 13 004 25 015 18 013 38843 37434 11 065 13 049 24 016 27 026 37434 36113 18 065 24 054 27 032 36 030 36113 34807 20 061 29 046 35 042 40 035 34807 33479 24 057 32 044 43 045 48 036 33479 32135 28 056 36 045 47 044 57 036 32135 30764 30 054 37 044 47 043 62 037 30764 29353 29 051 37 051 46 044 62 039 29353 27904 25 063 40 052 43 046 61 041 27904 26421 30 093 40 046 41 052 56 041 26421 24910 31 093 34 043 40 051 45 042 24910 23377 25 082 31 049 39 048 36 046 23377 21812 20 072 32 060 34 051 33 044 21812 20210 22 060 30 070 27 049 31 042 20210 18595 27 063 26 065 23 047 29 043 18595 17049 25 066 20 056 22 045 26 047 17049 15646 19 066 15 053 23 044 23 051 15646 14394 18 059 14 043 23 040 20 051 14394 13270 17 060 13 030 21 031 19 046 13270 12258 15 063 13 015 17 021 17 039 12258 11343 13 054 13*012 13*020 15 034 11343 10516 14 048 11*017 12*023 13 035 10516 9773 15*054 11 020 12 023 13 046 9773 9101 15*057 10 024 11 024 17 059 9101 8488 15 053 8 029 9 027 17 058 8488 7935 13 041 6 039 8 028 15*054 7935 7466 12 022 6 043 7 030 12*044 7466 7100 11 009 5 050 6 032 10 025 7100 6845 10 004 5 053 5 035 9 003 6845 6690 8 360 5 054 4 038 7 343 6690 6600 5 358 4 056 2 043 4 298 6600 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