DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/08 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 - - - 82.9 - - 86.6 - - 84.8 - - 74.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 296 - - 201 - - 110 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9567 - - 13710 - - 12936 - - 4020 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14619 - - 17693 - - 16510 - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17067 - - 21210 - - 20436 - - 11520 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2874 - - 2789 - - 2846 - - 8077 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 604 - - 602 - - 485 - - 29 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 15 - - 21 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - 284 - - 263 - - 267 - - 270 Direction Wind Shear - - - 31 - - 25 - - 22 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -30 - - 81 - - -25 - - -49 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1122 - - 2535 - - 3166 - - -4059 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 18190 - - 18676 - - 17270 - - 15580 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4500 - - 1068 - - 1193 - - -8248 ODpotential blCL - - - 21567 - - 20142 - - 19243 - - 19768 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 100 - - 89 - - 54 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 40 - - 120 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 82.9 - - 86.6 - - 84.8 - - 74.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.6 - - 26.9 - - 31.6 - - 29.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 83.5 - - 87.7 - - 86.8 - - 82.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.7 - - 26.1 - - 30.9 - - 29.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 296 - - 201 - - 110 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9567 - - 13710 - - 12936 - - 4020 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 7 - - 99 - - 55 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 99694 24 113 21 111 21 097 20 083 99694 92200 22 106 13 114 18 091 21 094 92200 86390 23 094 18 117 12 090 19 093 86390 81538 17 102 19 095 13 105 15 075 81538 77373 14 124 14 076 16 103 10 080 77373 73712 16 126 7 083 11 093 8 097 73712 70391 12 096 8 124 4 088 11 067 70391 67318 9 057 6 086 5 161 5 007 67318 64463 7 358 3 048 4 109 1 179 64463 61711 10 300 8 243 9 309 9 337 61711 58876 10 269 5 276 3 317 5 268 58876 55970 22 289 24 280 21 299 15 308 55970 53221 29 277 33 262 37 270 35 291 53221 50766 32 282 32 260 44 263 49 278 50766 48576 39 283 36 271 50 265 57 270 48576 46590 53 285 46 279 54 270 58 268 46590 44766 62 282 55 279 59 277 61 275 44766 43081 64 279 60 277 63 280 60 281 43081 41511 65 278 60 276 63 279 61 283 41511 40040 62 280 59 276 58 278 59 281 40040 38660 60 283 51 279 50 278 55 281 38660 37338 57 284 45 282 44 280 51 281 37338 36014 49 282 43 283 42 282 47 281 36014 34661 41 277 39 282 40 282 44 284 34661 33283 37 273 35 282 36 279 42 285 33283 31871 33 272 34 280 35 276 41 281 31871 30417 28 273 33 278 34 273 40 276 30417 28926 23 275 31 274 32 271 40 273 28926 27398 22 279 30 269 33 272 38 272 27398 25838 26 281 32 263 35 271 36 272 25838 24251 36 278 33 267 36 271 35 274 24251 22631 40 281 33*279 35 278 34 275 22631 20971 38 285 31*282 33*283 32 275 20971 19299 37 285 19 277 30*284 28 274 19299 17693 35*285 15 268 25 280 24 273 17693 16229 31*287 15 267 22 272 21 272 16229 14916 26 291 14 263 21 268 19 274 14916 13732 21 293 14 260 21 266 18 277 13732 12659 16 295 14 256 21 264 18 279 12659 11685 13 293 14 253 21 262 18*280 11685 10803 10 288 14 251 21 260 18*278 10803 10008 7 273 13 250 21 258 19 276 10008 9288 5 250 13 248 20 258 19 273 9288 8631 5 235 13 247 20 257 19 270 8631 8037 5 226 12 246 19 256 19 267 8037 7533 5 216 12 245 19 256 18 264 7533 7140 5 210 11 244 18 255 16 261 7140 6867 4 207 11 243 17 255 13 258 6867 6699 4 204 10 244 15 255 10 253 6699 6603 4 202 8 243 10 254 5 247 6603 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