DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/31 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - - - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 70.9 - - 80.1 - - 86.3 - - - - - 78.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 57 - - 355 - - 404 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 4598 - - 15256 - - - - - 11957 BL Depth Hcrit 6585 - - 10739 - - 19477 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top 6603 - - 12098 - - 22756 - - - - - 19457 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2195 - - 8674 - - 2014 - - - - - 1975 Hgt.Variab. W* 42 - - 501 - - 781 - - - - - 28 W* B/S 2 - - 32 - - 12 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 3 - - 12 - - - - - 11 BL Wind Direction 117 - - 175 - - 241 - - - - - 237 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 14 - - 12 - - - - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg -3 - - -13 - - -22 - - - - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5435 - - -2953 - - 5883 - - - - - 2164 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12039 - - 15051 - - 16874 - - - - - 17294 sfcLCL ODpotential -9304 - - -5536 - - 2661 - - - - - -4057 ODpotential blCL 15907 - - 17634 - - 20095 - - - - - 23514 blCL maxRH 63 - - 47 - - 48 - - - - - 28 maxRH CAPE 280 - - 340 - - 330 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 70.9 - - 80.1 - - 86.3 - - - - - 78.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 41.3 - - 37.0 - - 34.8 - - - - - 25.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 73.0 - - 80.4 - - 86.4 - - - - - 86.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 41.0 - - 36.5 - - 34.1 - - - - - 25.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 57 - - 355 - - 404 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 4598 - - 15256 - - - - - 11957 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 7 - - 5 - - 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] 99914 37 097 30 100 33 112 28 080 99914 92367 28 101 23 113 26 103 24 084 92367 86536 25 107 21 096 15 105 20 107 86536 81715 23 103 13 109 15 089 19 122 81715 77572 17 095 17 128 11 095 19 111 77572 73903 12 101 18 101 14 133 14 076 73903 70575 11 117 12 099 13 111 8 077 70575 67523 6 101 7 107 7 120 9 080 67523 64721 7 134 3 019 9 101 3 296 64721 62035 8 031 5 228 2 148 4 206 62035 59243 12 288 10 239 8 259 5 249 59243 56355 10 246 17 243 20 256 12 295 56355 53620 23 300 17 254 28 264 28 296 53620 51181 43 298 38 292 36 287 35 278 51181 48994 62 284 53 287 49 290 33 292 48994 47002 63 283 59 285 57 291 49 306 47002 45174 67 291 62 289 62 293 61 302 45174 43473 73 295 68 296 66 298 58 300 43473 41879 72 297 71 297 69 301 55 305 41879 40382 63 295 69 301 69 303 57 310 40382 38978 56 291 55 303 67 305 58 312 38978 37637 56 287 40 307 57 308 58 314 37637 36293 59 285 38 302 41 307 57 313 36293 34921 55 282 44 296 34 307 54 314 34921 33524 27 272 46 293 37 307 52 316 33524 32091 18 270 34 295 39 303 48 316 32091 30613 26 238 8 294 29 301 46 312 30613 29097 13 238 4 093 18 304 39 308 29097 27548 6 256 6 216 8 297 32 297 27548 25971 5 278 8 226 5 260 30 292 25971 24366 7 282 9 218 8*219 30 292 24366 22728 14 281 12 242 12*245 25 289 22728 21055 21 279 18 258 20 257 18*269 21055 19374 22 279 19 252 22 256 17*254 19374 17761 18 276 18 240 19 258 15 246 17761 16289 16 244 17 239 15 255 13 240 16289 14967 15 236 15 239 12 246 11 235 14967 13776 12 240 14 236 11 242 10 231 13776 12697 9 234 13*235 10 238 10 229 12697 11717 8 229 10*240 9 218 9 229 11717 10829 7 229 6 248 8 207 9 230 10829 10028 5 226 3 238 8 198 9 231 10028 9305 3 222 2 151 8 193 9 231 9305 8643 1 216 4 131 8 189 9 232 8643 8046 1 095 5 130 8 183 9 233 8046 7539 4 095 6 128 7 179 9 233 7539 7143 6 109 6 126 7 177 8 233 7143 6868 5 119 7 124 7 176 7 232 6868 6700 5*122 6 124 7 175 4 230 6700 6603 4*123 6 124 6 173 3 224 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