DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 11/06 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 0654z - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 29.5 - - 34.8 - - 41.2 - - 36.2 - - 32.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -3 - - 40 - - 70 - - -3 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 989 - - 112 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 6601 - - 8489 - - 7612 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1485 - - 1552 - - 1169 - - 805 - - 986 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 38 - - 180 - - 5 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 3 - - 5 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 186 - - 181 - - 222 - - 210 - - 199 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 2 - - 6 - - 7 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg -6 - - -5 - - -9 - - -11 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -282 - - 2 - - 1213 - - 1012 - - 2 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6883 - - 6600 - - 7276 - - 6600 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential -8009 - - -7626 - - -4533 - - -2930 - - -5595 ODpotential blCL 14610 - - 14227 - - 13022 - - 10542 - - 12196 blCL maxRH 64 - - 78 - - 76 - - 87 - - 92 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 29.5 - - 34.8 - - 41.2 - - 36.2 - - 32.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 22.9 - - 29.4 - - 32.6 - - 34.2 - - 31.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.7 - - 37.1 - - 43.3 - - 41.2 - - 38.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 24.7 - - 28.4 - - 31.4 - - 34.9 - - 33.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -3 - - 40 - - 70 - - -3 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 989 - - 112 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 14 - - 5 - - 48 - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95635 30 301 33 298 36 300 33 294 32 290 95635 88880 16 327 21 306 22 309 22 305 19 313 88880 83603 7 010 11 342 10 320 15 329 14 344 83603 79156 7 013 10 001 7 305 15 312 16 338 79156 75277 10 345 7 030 6 271 11 287 14 309 75277 71821 11 332 12 359 5 351 8 294 16 306 71821 68678 19 327 14 319 11 325 12 296 15 294 68678 65772 22 312 14 313 9 328 8 316 12 307 65772 63063 17 309 16 308 16 318 22 315 21 313 63063 60439 15 319 20 313 21 294 29 316 21 303 60439 57707 29 325 17 320 22 319 27 323 23 320 57707 54872 32 318 27 334 25 340 30 323 28 308 54872 52165 26 325 34 339 29 335 23 309 31 323 52165 49731 30 335 35 344 28 343 43 326 45 330 49731 47557 30 326 34 354 54 333 56 318 48 315 47557 45584 33 342 53 346 56 327 38 318 38 326 45584 43764 52 349 70 337 51 346 45 340 52 350 43764 42079 66 341 73 343 63 352 65 346 77 336 42079 40521 67 337 70 347 71 346 74 337 83 330 40521 39078 51 343 59 345 71 340 70 336 73 332 39078 37737 43 356 50 341 61 339 60 336 60 336 37737 36458 41 006 40 342 50 339 52 336 51 341 36458 35175 49 008 34 353 43 339 46 334 43 343 35175 33864 51 011 35 001 39 337 38 334 33 343 33864 32528 52 014 37 356 38 334 32 330 25 342 32528 31155 51 016 34 353 31 333 28 326 25 332 31155 29737 52 011 31 001 24 340 25 319 23 323 29737 28276 58 005 32 358 21 346 23 317 23 311 28276 26777 58 001 34 354 25 340 22 315 23 308 26777 25243 53 359 37 347 31 334 21 315 24 309 25243 23676 39 015 42 342 31 331 20 317 25 309 23676 22073 26 031 33 339 29 324 20 322 24 311 22073 20430 18 009 22 340 25 320 22 327 22 313 20430 18778 21 352 20 337 22 323 24 325 19 311 18778 17200 21 346 21 342 20 332 24 323 18 315 17200 15767 20 341 20 344 17 339 20 324 17 321 15767 14490 19 336 18 345 15 342 16 323 15 324 14490 13344 17 334 15 343 12 340 12 319 14 325 13344 12310 14 333 12 340 11 333 11 315 12 324 12310 11377 11 332 10 336 9 324 10 313 11 321 11377 10536 9 328 7 329 8 313 9 311 11 320 10536 9781 7 318 5 319 7 300 8 307 10 319 9781 9103 5 301 3 303 7*282 8 294 8 317 9103 8484 4 276 3 260 7*262 8 275 7 301 8484 7928 4 253 3 225 6 233 9*246 6 267 7928 7459 4 233 4 209 5 212 8*225 7 233 7459 7095 4 215 4 193 5 207 7 212 7 213 7095 6842 4 196 4 180 5 201 6 203 6 203 6842 6688 3*182 3*173 4 200 5 194 4*193 6688 6600 2*180 2*169 4 197 3 185 2*201 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