DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/01 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.5 - - 66.0 - - 66.0 - - 55.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 240 - - 295 - - 31 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2256 - - 3973 - - 4354 - - 197 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8819 - - 10183 - - 6585 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9756 - - 11473 - - 11854 - - 7697 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1644 - - 2020 - - 2649 - - 1953 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 346 - - 448 - - 220 - - 8 W* B/S - - - 25 - - 9 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 2 - - 9 - - 10 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 204 - - 220 - - 221 - - 230 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 10 - - 11 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - -12 - - -17 - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1589 - - -1556 - - -1525 - - -3378 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11346 - - 13029 - - 13380 - - 11076 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6711 - - -6039 - - -6296 - - -9973 ODpotential blCL - - - 16467 - - 17512 - - 18150 - - 17670 blCL maxRH - - - 76 - - 77 - - 75 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.5 - - 66.0 - - 66.0 - - 55.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.8 - - 31.7 - - 30.3 - - 30.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.5 - - 66.7 - - 68.3 - - 63.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.6 - - 31.6 - - 30.1 - - 30.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 240 - - 295 - - 31 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2256 - - 3973 - - 4354 - - 197 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 3 - - 10 - - 0 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 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] 97808 13 304 9 296 5 260 10 278 97808 90564 7 316 10 280 8 342 2 355 90564 84932 2 272 8 245 12 310 9 007 84932 80265 7 349 4 315 10 301 14 343 80265 76268 12 322 7 313 11 293 13 332 76268 72739 11 292 11 321 9 293 8 269 72739 69528 10 266 21 299 17 316 3 279 69528 66554 16 274 24 278 25 292 17 296 66554 63796 13 281 22 262 24 278 24 285 63796 61128 17 291 20 259 28 273 27 280 61128 58348 29 281 25 271 32 274 31 282 58348 55465 33 292 38 283 38 285 34 284 55465 52721 48 296 43 291 46 293 43 295 52721 50273 61 293 57 294 55 296 57 300 50273 48099 64 291 62 296 67 299 69 297 48099 46133 62 290 66 300 67 297 70 291 46133 44334 62 296 66 303 64 300 65 298 44334 42677 63 302 68 301 65 299 62 303 42677 41130 62 305 67 300 62 296 58 300 41130 39672 60 308 62 299 59 293 56 294 39672 38298 58 311 58 299 58 290 57 287 38298 36982 57 308 58 298 61 288 58 284 36982 35661 59 305 60 297 57 289 55 282 35661 34314 60 303 59 297 54 292 50 282 34314 32946 58 302 58 299 52 296 47 286 32946 31546 57 303 54 300 50 298 44 288 31546 30105 55 303 50 299 47 296 42 289 30105 28624 50 302 49 296 45 292 41 291 28624 27104 46 299 47 293 44 290 40 293 27104 25550 44 295 44 290 43 290 40 294 25550 23968 42 293 41 290 41 289 39 293 23968 22352 39 292 38 290 38 289 38 292 22352 20697 34 290 36 288 34 289 35 291 20697 19031 30 286 34 286 31 290 30 289 19031 17439 27 286 30 287 28 292 26 285 17439 15994 23 287 25 288 23 296 21 281 15994 14703 19 288 21 291 16 296 14 276 14703 13543 16 287 17 290 13 295 9 276 13543 12493 13 285 15 286 12*291 8 284 12493 11542 11 281 13*280 10*275 7 281 11542 10680 10 277 11*263 10 247 7 269 10680 9904 10*277 9 237 11 228 9 264 9904 9204 7*275 9 231 11 216 11 262 9204 8564 4 257 9 213 11 210 13 258 8564 7989 3 190 9 208 11 208 15*251 7989 7500 3 168 9 203 11 205 15*243 7500 7120 4 159 9 199 11 203 13 233 7120 6856 4 154 8 196 10 202 10 222 6856 6694 4 151 8 195 9 201 7 210 6694 6601 4 149 7 193 7 199 3 198 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