DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 07/20 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 83.1 - - 87.7 - - 87.1 - - 79.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 329 - - 368 - - 121 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7570 - - 10802 - - 11793 - - 9144 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13074 - - 15755 - - 15714 - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15070 - - 18302 - - 19293 - - 16644 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2812 - - 1784 - - 1582 - - 2952 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 580 - - 678 - - 485 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 19 - - 27 - - 16 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 5 - - 6 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 310 - - 242 - - 223 - - 203 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 20 - - 8 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 18 - - 37 - - 40 - - 22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -308 - - 2118 - - 3181 - - 2183 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15379 - - 16185 - - 16113 - - 14462 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3376 - - 122 - - 1614 - - -1350 ODpotential blCL - - - 18446 - - 18180 - - 17679 - - 17994 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 79 - - 100 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 60 - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 83.1 - - 87.7 - - 87.1 - - 79.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 38.3 - - 39.1 - - 39.0 - - 39.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 83.6 - - 87.9 - - 88.6 - - 86.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.5 - - 38.2 - - 38.2 - - 39.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 329 - - 368 - - 121 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7570 - - 10802 - - 11793 - - 9144 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 16 - - 98 - - 56 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 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] 99549 31 105 29 110 20 109 32 079 99549 92048 28 108 28 101 26 094 29 101 92048 86290 25 109 26 090 23 091 23 103 86290 81499 23 101 23 101 21 103 20 097 81499 77354 23 094 23 113 18 094 18 087 77354 73704 19 095 20 111 17 106 18 077 73704 70417 16 094 17 098 20 101 17 096 70417 67394 12 103 17 100 18 105 15 094 67394 64599 11 126 11 096 15 090 13 105 64599 61912 8 094 8 133 5 047 8 101 61912 59135 7 316 6 342 1 018 3 128 59135 56290 25 253 25 287 14 297 8 307 56290 53604 30 244 33 259 30 269 23 272 53604 51199 35 254 38 256 33 266 27 255 51199 49045 43 250 42 258 35 266 27 269 49045 47075 40 257 40 252 37 254 31 265 47075 45253 41 263 36 255 35 242 32 252 45253 43562 41 264 36 264 30 245 30 244 43562 41980 39 265 36 267 28 250 26 244 41980 40492 40 269 39 266 30 257 26 253 40492 39092 41 265 41 256 34 259 27 261 39092 37751 42 251 42 248 36 249 29 255 37751 36404 43 248 43 244 34 239 29 248 36404 35026 43 254 39 245 32 241 29 246 35026 33624 42 260 36 254 31 247 27 245 33624 32186 39 263 32 256 30 251 25 250 32186 30705 38 269 30 257 27 256 21 256 30705 29183 36 275 29 259 23 257 18 260 29183 27622 34 275 27 257 20 255 17 258 27622 26028 31 268 22 253 18 245 19 247 26028 24407 28 264 20 262 18 244 21 240 24407 22758 28 266 22 269 18 249 22 238 22758 21076 29 262 23 266 15 265 20 243 21076 19385 27 253 22*262 11*270 17 250 19385 17765 23 249 18*261 8*249 12*251 17765 16291 19*254 8 253 7 238 10*235 16291 14970 16*267 8 253 7 236 9 230 14970 13779 12 283 6 247 7 232 7 229 13779 12700 8 298 5 243 6 225 5 224 12700 11721 6 313 4 234 6 220 4 217 11721 10833 6 323 3 224 5 215 3 202 10833 10033 5 334 2 208 5 210 3 179 10033 9308 4 344 2 188 5 204 3 152 9308 8646 4 359 2 166 5 199 4 131 8646 8048 4 008 2 149 5 195 5 119 8048 7540 4 021 2 136 4 191 6 115 7540 7144 4 028 3 129 4 188 6 112 7144 6869 4 032 3 124 4 186 5 114 6869 6700 4 034 3 125 4 187 4 113 6700 6603 4 037 2 122 3 183 3 119 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