DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 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 - - 1333z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 71.4 - - 78.3 - - 78.7 - - 71.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 408 - - 435 - - 203 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6593 - - 11556 - - 11658 - - 6977 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12383 - - 16467 - - 16052 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14093 - - 19056 - - 19158 - - 14477 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2149 - - 1481 - - 2370 - - 4849 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 593 - - 732 - - 572 - - 39 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 9 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 15 - - 17 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 275 - - 281 - - 282 - - 307 Direction Wind Shear - - - 21 - - 12 - - 23 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -16 - - 14 - - -18 - - -33 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1133 - - 1097 - - 1500 - - -1098 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15226 - - 17959 - - 17658 - - 15576 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4954 - - -2159 - - -1468 - - -5555 ODpotential blCL - - - 19047 - - 21215 - - 20626 - - 20032 blCL maxRH - - - 45 - - 51 - - 46 - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 71.4 - - 78.3 - - 78.7 - - 71.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 27.3 - - 21.7 - - 23.6 - - 26.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 71.4 - - 78.3 - - 79.8 - - 77.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.4 - - 20.6 - - 22.6 - - 25.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 408 - - 435 - - 203 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6593 - - 11556 - - 11658 - - 6977 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 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] 99529 25 113 26 102 28 108 26 106 99529 91977 25 112 23 112 21 109 25 105 91977 86141 25 122 21 114 18 110 23 101 86141 81287 23 132 20 113 15 110 17 083 81287 77113 18 118 15 111 11 104 12 086 77113 73434 16 093 11 124 7 114 9 069 73434 70113 9 102 12 144 7 123 7 087 70113 67063 4 115 6 092 6 106 6 084 67063 64239 2 213 2 155 1 200 1 173 64239 61505 5 270 2 063 3 063 1 162 61505 58654 7 225 13 248 10 293 3 353 58654 55705 14 289 18 260 22 274 18 288 55705 52894 30 290 27 273 29 277 26 277 52894 50366 44 279 38 276 38 279 36 274 50366 48105 52 273 47 276 46 276 43 278 48105 46079 55 270 54 278 54 279 58 280 46079 44251 55 272 58 279 64 276 67 277 44251 42579 56 275 60 280 62 278 70 277 42579 41028 56 276 60 282 62 283 68 278 41028 39579 57 275 57 284 60 283 66 279 39579 38223 58 273 52 288 57 282 63 280 38223 36925 57 273 46 290 51 282 59 280 36925 35624 54 276 43 289 46 282 57 279 35624 34293 50 279 42 288 45 281 55 277 34293 32938 43 280 42 284 44 281 53 278 32938 31547 37 281 39 279 42 277 50 278 31547 30115 34 284 35 279 39 271 47 275 30115 28646 33 289 34 281 37 269 45 273 28646 27142 33 290 35 280 38 269 45 272 27142 25608 34 287 38 278 39 272 45 270 25608 24044 35 284 39 278 40 276 44 269 24044 22445 37 282 40 281 40 280 43 268 22445 20803 39 279 38 284 38*283 41 267 20803 19146 40 278 32*287 32*284 39 265 19146 17555 40 279 20*286 21 284 37 265 17555 16105 37 281 17 284 17 283 32 269 16105 14806 31*285 17 283 16 283 26*276 14806 13636 22*288 16 283 16 283 19*286 13636 12578 14 286 15 282 16 282 14 298 12578 11618 11 282 14 281 15 282 13 306 11618 10748 10 279 14 280 15 281 13 309 10748 9963 7 269 13 279 15 281 13 311 9963 9254 5 258 13 279 14 281 13 313 9254 8605 5 251 12 278 14 280 13 315 8605 8019 4 243 12 277 13 280 13 316 8019 7521 4 233 11 277 13 280 12 317 7521 7133 4 228 11 277 12 279 11 318 7133 6863 3 221 10 276 12 279 9 317 6863 6698 3 218 10 276 11 279 6 316 6698 6602 3 215 8 276 9 280 4 318 6602 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