DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/09 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 - - - 56.1 - - 62.7 - - 63.5 - - 55.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 420 - - 445 - - 176 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6589 - - 10035 - - 10183 - - 6487 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12391 - - 15226 - - 14762 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14089 - - 17535 - - 17683 - - 13987 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1660 - - 1638 - - 1415 - - 2061 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 598 - - 703 - - 520 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 9 - - 7 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 14 - - 13 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 310 - - 317 - - 326 - - 351 Direction Wind Shear - - - 16 - - 22 - - 15 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - 10 - - 25 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 750 - - 1324 - - 1312 - - -264 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13339 - - 16211 - - 16372 - - 14251 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2611 - - -1978 - - -2113 - - -5438 ODpotential blCL - - - 16700 - - 19513 - - 19796 - - 19425 blCL maxRH - - - 51 - - 54 - - 58 - - 50 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.1 - - 62.7 - - 63.5 - - 55.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.5 - - 14.1 - - 14.3 - - 15.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.4 - - 62.8 - - 64.8 - - 61.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.5 - - 13.0 - - 13.2 - - 15.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 420 - - 445 - - 176 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6589 - - 10035 - - 10183 - - 6487 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 97621 5 209 6 009 6 090 3 078 97621 90238 7 092 3 240 5 046 6 093 90238 84549 5 114 3 138 6 016 10 065 84549 79841 6 109 5 131 3 138 8 021 79841 75799 5 086 7 106 1 347 10 027 75799 72226 2 051 5 092 2 346 5 014 72226 68981 5 266 5 027 8 036 6 060 68981 65988 2 147 4 283 12 337 9 022 65988 63216 7 007 2 340 9 325 9 013 63216 60537 5 329 6 349 10 341 13 005 60537 57751 10 350 6 353 5 006 3 006 57751 54862 18 338 13 323 14 337 12 314 54862 52109 15 333 14 316 22 302 24 305 52109 49634 20 325 20 315 21 300 22 300 49634 47403 31 310 28 313 27 315 25 315 47403 45372 33 303 32 312 33 322 36 329 45372 43529 35 307 35 315 42 326 51 330 43529 41859 39 316 43 325 52 335 58 345 41859 40322 43 323 52 330 64 343 82 347 40322 38885 47 332 58 337 85 349 91 344 38885 37539 52 331 64 340 103 349 89 344 37539 36255 55 323 67 338 103 348 88 347 36255 34969 53 323 63 335 82 348 80 347 34969 33656 57 328 57 336 69 348 68 344 33656 32323 61 328 55 339 63 348 56 342 32323 30960 63 327 57 340 56 346 50 341 30960 29557 64 326 57 340 51 347 45 344 29557 28116 64 326 58 341 50 349 40 347 28116 26640 62 327 56 343 49 349 35 349 26640 25130 60 328 54 344 47 350 34 351 25130 23591 56 329 50 342 45 352 34 353 23591 22017 52 328 46 339 42 353 34 354 22017 20404 49 326 42 337 39 350 32 354 20404 18779 46 323 37*334 33*342 30 354 18779 17225 43 322 29*331 23*330 27 352 17225 15813 38 323 18 320 15 320 21 346 15813 14552 32*325 15 314 15 320 15*336 14552 13419 21*321 15 314 15 321 12*334 13419 12393 14 311 14 313 14 323 11 341 12393 11462 13 308 13 313 13 325 12 348 11462 10620 12 307 13 312 13 327 13 352 10620 9859 11 306 12 313 12 329 13 354 9859 9172 10 307 12 313 12 331 13 355 9172 8542 9 307 11 313 11 332 14 356 8542 7975 9 309 11 314 11 334 14 357 7975 7492 8 309 10 315 10 335 13 358 7492 7116 7 311 10 316 10 336 11 358 7116 6854 7 312 9 315 10 337 9 357 6854 6693 6 313 9 317 9 338 7 355 6693 6601 5 314 7 317 7 338 3 345 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