DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/07 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 - - - 28.9 - - 31.8 - - 27.3 - - 23.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 6 - - 34 - - -20 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 890 - - 5219 - - 3917 - - 1056 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 9485 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8390 - - 12719 - - 11417 - - 8556 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2667 - - 1453 - - 1508 - - 2867 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 84 - - 253 - - 79 - - 38 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 15 - - 20 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 252 - - 274 - - 281 - - 292 Direction Wind Shear - - - 15 - - 18 - - 19 - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -49 - - -23 - - -43 - - -42 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1791 - - 5930 - - 4377 - - 580 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6599 - - 6789 - - 7040 - - 7977 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -944 - - 2245 - - -496 - - -4227 ODpotential blCL - - - 9334 - - 10474 - - 11913 - - 12783 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 96 - - 79 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 100 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 28.9 - - 31.8 - - 27.3 - - 23.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.0 - - 25.0 - - 19.5 - - 11.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.8 - - 34.2 - - 31.6 - - 29.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.3 - - 24.0 - - 18.4 - - 10.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 6 - - 34 - - -20 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 890 - - 5219 - - 3917 - - 1056 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 55 - - 84 - - 17 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95873 32 258 40 272 24 313 22 267 95873 88828 22 269 27 275 22 302 21 274 88828 83385 16 262 17 294 15 276 20 268 83385 78831 16 244 15 297 15 292 16 259 78831 74881 10 256 10 274 13 311 13 264 74881 71367 14 273 14 247 12 294 10 272 71367 68135 26 247 20 256 24 272 17 277 68135 65122 23 256 24 269 31 266 23 273 65122 62313 23 274 31 259 30 260 23 269 62313 59587 33 271 30 244 29 256 23 273 59587 56740 32 260 24 260 25 264 26 270 56740 53782 34 263 31 275 31 264 28 266 53782 50943 36 257 33 268 35 256 32 262 50943 48371 32 264 33 261 38 251 37 258 48371 46054 37 273 36 258 41 251 41 252 46054 43947 48 265 42 254 41 254 42 252 43947 42026 55 261 49 254 46 260 45 254 42026 40267 64 258 62 254 58 264 45 256 40267 38642 72 248 75 252 69 260 47 266 38642 37136 75 243 85 246 77 253 61 268 37136 35751 78 245 89 241 83 244 74 257 35751 34462 81 245 89 238 84 240 78 243 34462 33200 83 246 86 241 76 239 72 233 33200 31920 83 247 89 245 69 243 59 238 31920 30627 83 248 92 243 70 250 65 256 30627 29319 82 248 93 243 79 251 76 253 29319 27981 80 249 90 244 85 249 78 243 27981 26612 78 251 83 247 74 248 71 238 26612 25214 74 251 77 254 58 255 60 240 25214 23794 70 251 71 259 55 263 55 247 23794 22360 65 253 64 259 54 266 56 255 22360 20906 59 257 56 258 51 264 56 258 20906 19420 52 261 50 260 46 261 51 261 19420 17924 47 265 46 264 42 258 44 263 17924 16491 41 268 43 268 40 259 39 261 16491 15186 37 272 39 270 38 263 37 259 15186 14016 33 278 34 273 35 269 35 260 14016 12961 29 287 27*277 31 274 34 265 12961 12006 27 297 23*281 27*280 34 271 12006 11139 28 300 20 282 24*284 34 277 11139 10353 30 298 18 282 23 286 34 283 10353 9644 30 292 15 281 22 285 33 287 9644 9002 28 285 13 276 22 284 30*290 9002 8414 25*276 12 267 21 282 25*293 8414 7884 22*265 11 257 19 280 20 295 7884 7433 20 255 11 252 18 275 16 295 7433 7081 18 247 10 249 16 269 13 293 7081 6836 15 244 10 248 13 262 10 286 6836 6685 13 242 9 247 11 258 7 276 6685 6599 8 242 6 248 5 256 4 257 6599 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