DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/12 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 - - - 75.8 - - 77.7 - - 74.8 - - 68.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 132 - - 357 - - 122 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10519 - - 9656 - - 7114 - - 4113 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14788 - - 14799 - - 12102 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 18019 - - 17156 - - 14614 - - 11613 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1335 - - 1741 - - 3677 - - 4949 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 478 - - 645 - - 408 - - 23 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 16 - - 12 - - 12 BL Wind Direction - - - 215 - - 239 - - 239 - - 250 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 1 - - 12 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 29 - - -27 - - -22 - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3313 - - 2074 - - 657 - - -1152 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14707 - - 15083 - - 13958 - - 12765 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1726 - - 685 - - -2133 - - -5039 ODpotential blCL - - - 16293 - - 16471 - - 16747 - - 16652 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 94 - - 87 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 10 - - 60 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 75.8 - - 77.7 - - 74.8 - - 68.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.9 - - 34.0 - - 36.3 - - 35.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 77.4 - - 78.3 - - 76.5 - - 74.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.4 - - 33.5 - - 35.9 - - 34.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 132 - - 357 - - 122 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10519 - - 9656 - - 7114 - - 4113 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 95 - - 77 - - 46 - - 19 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 99486 14 113 12 089 15 066 16 072 99486 91974 12 111 11 086 10 068 15 064 91974 86164 12 096 10 105 8 070 10 067 86164 81338 14 089 9 106 7 061 8 084 81338 77184 15 086 8 113 5 081 10 077 77184 73512 8 105 10 090 7 103 9 070 73512 70188 10 130 5 042 8 076 6 072 70188 67132 13 109 5 177 4 355 8 060 67132 64292 11 085 8 139 2 270 7 029 64292 61550 2 052 3 160 3 183 6 340 61550 58706 1 240 3 159 1 201 5 244 58706 55772 10 281 5 313 6 267 14 240 55772 52990 32 259 30 269 26 266 24 259 52990 50502 35 250 38 249 37 255 36 261 50502 48279 39 248 44 243 49 245 49 248 48279 46257 45 247 47 243 49 236 52 238 46257 44399 47 245 54 246 51 239 54 235 44399 42684 52 246 66 244 58 244 57 234 42684 41100 63 245 67 243 65 246 62 238 41100 39628 67 243 66 248 71 241 67 237 39628 38255 64 247 70 248 71 238 71 233 38255 36944 64 250 69 244 67 240 72 236 36944 35627 62 249 66 242 63 243 71 238 35627 34281 59 249 63 245 57 245 61 245 34281 32914 55 250 61 248 51 243 48 240 32914 31514 50 247 53 249 46 243 45 234 31514 30074 48 239 44 246 40 238 41 234 30074 28596 49 233 42 240 38 231 42 235 28596 27082 47 233 39 238 34 227 40 241 27082 25536 42 249 33 229 30 225 34 245 25536 23965 33 266 30 241 26 237 28 247 23965 22363 25 269 22 267 20 252 24 252 22363 20724 17 266 16 268 20 267 22 267 20724 19074 14*255 13 269 21 285 20 281 19074 17494 13*241 12*256 19 300 14 299 17494 16054 13 231 12*240 15 306 9 318 16054 14764 14 224 13 235 12*301 7 319 14764 13602 15 218 14 235 11*290 8 307 13602 12550 15 214 15 236 11 275 9*295 12550 11595 15 211 16 238 11 257 10*282 11595 10730 15 209 17 239 12 245 11 269 10730 9950 15 207 17 240 14 236 12 258 9950 9244 15 205 18 241 15 226 13 251 9244 8597 15 204 18 242 16 223 14 245 8597 8014 15 203 18 242 16 221 14 241 8014 7518 14 202 18 242 16 220 14 237 7518 7131 14 202 17 242 16 219 13 233 7131 6862 13 202 16 242 15 219 11 228 6862 6697 12 201 15 242 14 218 9 221 6697 6602 9 201 11 243 10 217 5 219 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