DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/22 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 - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 59.8 - - 60.9 - - 53.9 - - 48.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 274 - - 240 - - 10 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3545 - - 5453 - - 2002 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9829 - - 11238 - - 6584 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11045 - - 12953 - - 9502 - - 6602 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2632 - - 2227 - - 3138 - - 2713 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 421 - - 465 - - 137 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 10 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 8 - - 6 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 196 - - 172 - - 227 - - 200 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 8 - - 6 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - 12 - - -24 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 865 - - 3308 - - 2902 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10180 - - 9645 - - 6601 - - 6601 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1682 - - 1372 - - -562 - - -2531 ODpotential blCL - - - 12727 - - 11581 - - 10064 - - 9133 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 92 - - 94 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 60 - - 270 - - 570 - - 210 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.8 - - 60.9 - - 53.9 - - 48.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.0 - - 41.3 - - 48.0 - - 46.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.7 - - 61.9 - - 56.4 - - 53.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.8 - - 41.1 - - 47.0 - - 46.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 274 - - 240 - - 10 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3545 - - 5453 - - 2002 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 39 - - 70 - - 76 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 - - 8 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] 98157 10 278 5 226 13 220 17 249 98157 90838 6 254 3 312 3 258 7 193 90838 85176 5 179 7 269 13 313 6 064 85176 80471 4 347 7 283 12 307 11 337 80471 76450 9 328 6 301 8 304 12 320 76450 72910 7 318 3 300 6 287 7 301 72910 69693 9 294 5 339 3 268 4 241 69693 66714 9 249 7 292 4 280 2 200 66714 63923 12 214 13 252 10 275 6 242 63923 61203 15 217 18 229 18 253 16 255 61203 58366 15 217 23 220 24 233 22 243 58366 55423 18 225 26 222 28 230 30 240 55423 52618 25 229 31 229 34 231 37 231 52618 50099 30 230 34 229 38 230 40 226 50099 47841 31 232 36 234 41 230 40 229 47841 45788 33 233 39 237 44 231 43 232 45788 43909 36 227 41 235 44 231 45 229 43909 42177 33 224 39 231 40 231 41 227 42177 40571 30 232 37 227 35 229 35 229 40571 39076 32 228 34 224 30 220 26 241 39076 37687 27 213 35 223 21 216 20 252 37687 36383 23 214 32 210 17 239 12 261 36383 35098 20 208 23 214 15 229 14 280 35098 33794 20 211 20 216 11 245 13 276 33794 32466 18 209 16 211 10 231 11 264 32466 31102 15 203 16 209 13 216 10 261 31102 29692 13 199 16 210 15 208 8 262 29692 28239 16 195 16 213 14 195 7 258 28239 26748 19 198 14 208 13 183 5 245 26748 25222 20 201 14 198 14 194 5 256 25222 23667 19 205 15 200 11 212 5 296 23667 22080 17 209 15 217 8 220 6 313 22080 20454 13 206 13 221 4 216 6 323 20454 18818 6 172 5 207 1 021 6 331 18818 17255 3 176 3 096 5 071 6 346 17255 15835 3 165 5 047 7 069 7 022 15835 14565 4 173 5 043 10 064 10 057 14565 13424 4 184 3*054 11 061 13 063 13424 12393 5 183 1*122 10 061 12 058 12393 11459 6*189 2 163 9 077 9 052 11459 10614 11*203 7 174 7 097 6 047 10614 9852 15 202 9 174 5*121 5 054 9852 9164 15 201 10 174 4*162 4 074 9164 8536 13 200 11 173 4 206 3 115 8536 7968 11 193 11 173 6 225 3 155 7968 7487 10 187 11 173 7 238 4 180 7487 7112 9 184 11 172 8 240 6 194 7112 6851 9 182 10 171 8 241 6 201 6851 6692 8 181 10 172 7 242 5*199 6692 6601 7 179 8 171 5 241 2*200 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