DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/21 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 84.7 - - 85.7 - - - - - 75.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 319 - - 220 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8212 - - 9729 - - - - - 1163 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13574 - - 14570 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15712 - - 17229 - - - - - 8663 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2604 - - 2333 - - - - - 3813 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 590 - - 553 - - - - - 42 W* B/S - - - 154 - - 73 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - 336 - - 273 - - - - - 359 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 16 - - - - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 9 - - 22 - - - - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 855 - - 2583 - - - - - -1776 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14857 - - 14647 - - - - - 10439 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1629 - - 619 - - - - - -5824 ODpotential blCL - - - 17341 - - 16610 - - - - - 14487 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 101 - - - - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 210 - - - - - 660 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 84.7 - - 85.7 - - - - - 75.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 42.1 - - 44.0 - - - - - 52.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 85.2 - - 86.7 - - - - - 79.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 41.3 - - 43.3 - - - - - 51.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 319 - - 220 - - - - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8212 - - 9729 - - - - - 1163 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 32 - - 103 - - - - - 44 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 10 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] 99686 29 114 27 115 33 096 99686 92092 28 108 27 104 24 095 92092 86263 25 113 26 093 24 094 86263 81457 21 107 21 101 23 090 81457 77342 18 099 20 106 22 083 77342 73717 22 116 20 101 17 086 73717 70439 21 100 15 116 17 099 70439 67426 17 094 20 124 17 087 67426 64644 13 104 14 115 9 108 64644 61972 16 125 8 158 11 132 61972 59192 8 069 9 148 1 336 59192 56328 8 283 5 283 11 247 56328 53631 18 242 17 303 11 226 53631 51219 22 245 27 262 8 264 51219 49044 27 237 37 237 20 260 49044 47051 24 239 36 218 30 252 47051 45222 21 250 30 215 33 242 45222 43532 23 257 22 240 37 229 43532 41949 26 259 31 260 38 222 41949 40458 27 265 30 256 32 253 40458 39059 26 261 22 258 32 255 39059 37720 20 245 19 261 35 256 37720 36376 14 231 18 257 39 258 36376 34998 13 238 19 252 37 260 34998 33594 16 235 21 246 27 253 33594 32153 21 228 22 234 25 247 32153 30670 25 217 20 229 27 248 30670 29149 25 210 18 229 30 252 29149 27592 22 215 20 227 31 256 27592 26005 20 216 22 220 28 258 26005 24391 18 214 21 225 22 254 24391 22745 15 228 20 235 18 248 22745 21060 15 258 20 239 17 232 21060 19366 16 267 19 239 19 225 19366 17743 15 249 17*223 18 215 17743 16268 11*224 12*206 17 202 16268 14946 6*216 7 204 15 198 14946 13754 1 193 4 206 12 202 13754 12675 3 336 1 270 9 209 12675 11696 4 331 1 304 5 237 11696 10809 4 331 2 339 5 306 10809 10011 2 342 3 347 9 338 10011 9290 1 004 4 350 9*335 9290 8631 1 077 4 350 14*350 8631 8037 2 100 5 351 19 359 8037 7533 2 112 5 353 21 002 7533 7140 3 114 5 352 20 001 7140 6866 3 115 5 353 17 359 6866 6699 3 112 5 353 13 357 6699 6603 3 113 5 354 7 352 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