DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/17 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 - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 78.5 - - 78.9 - - 73.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 256 - - 350 - - 105 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3322 - - 12031 - - 12838 - - 11676 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9641 - - 16725 - - 16366 - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10822 - - 19531 - - 20338 - - 19176 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 7312 - - 1646 - - 1862 - - 1538 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 405 - - 689 - - 474 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 8 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 15 - - 13 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 206 - - 251 - - 278 - - 279 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 27 - - 19 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - -19 - - 65 - - 113 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -977 - - 5651 - - 5551 - - 4396 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11800 - - 13881 - - 14788 - - 14781 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4074 - - 2924 - - 3433 - - 1462 ODpotential blCL - - - 14896 - - 16607 - - 16905 - - 17714 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 78 - - 96 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 390 - - 420 - - 340 - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.5 - - 78.5 - - 78.9 - - 73.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 43.6 - - 40.2 - - 36.8 - - 31.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.5 - - 78.9 - - 80.6 - - 80.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 43.0 - - 39.7 - - 36.4 - - 30.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 256 - - 350 - - 105 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3322 - - 12031 - - 12838 - - 11676 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 52 - - 13 - - 82 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 99501 25 104 25 090 25 094 20 104 99501 91998 25 111 18 098 19 082 22 092 91998 86187 19 109 12 104 13 089 15 061 86187 81367 12 091 10 088 8 096 11 066 81367 77216 6 051 9 082 8 086 10 061 77216 73556 2 146 7 034 6 071 8 040 73556 70249 4 140 5 023 7 331 10 026 70249 67214 9 041 4 029 8 324 7 010 67214 64407 7 348 3 342 10 326 11 343 64407 61696 8 309 10 302 9 335 6 289 61696 58869 18 293 15 300 17 309 18 312 58869 55929 27 273 29 270 28 276 29 297 55929 53131 33 286 33 276 33 276 39 282 53131 50630 47 274 42 284 42 271 40 266 50630 48400 61 271 60 280 50 278 41 277 48400 46394 71 266 75 263 67 274 61 277 46394 44581 61 278 68 267 76 265 65 272 44581 42914 85 285 72 282 75 270 75 275 42914 41358 93 279 92 276 84 272 87 272 41358 39897 86 278 88 274 88 270 89 270 39897 38523 73 273 77 269 84 267 84 269 38523 37207 74 267 71 264 78 266 77 268 37207 35887 73 262 69 263 74 265 73 266 35887 34539 69 261 73 264 68 263 69 264 34539 33167 64 265 73 263 66 262 65 261 33167 31759 62 266 68 264 65 267 64 261 31759 30307 58 266 59 271 61 274 62 264 30307 28814 47 266 50 270 55 276 53 265 28814 27286 37 271 38 270 52 276 43 257 27286 25730 32 264 30 268 50 270 41 247 25730 24146 34 261 31 261 45 262 39 249 24146 22530 33 264 36 259 36 258 35 258 22530 20875 29 266 34*261 29*262 29 267 20875 19210 24 260 27*267 23*264 20*274 19210 17618 25 251 24 268 19 264 11*276 17618 16166 26 247 22 264 16 266 10 272 16166 14862 24 250 20 260 15 270 9 273 14862 13685 23 253 19 257 14 274 9 274 13685 12619 22 254 17 252 13 278 9 278 12619 11652 19*247 15 245 12 282 8 282 11652 10776 16*235 13 237 12 287 8 286 10776 9986 13 222 11 223 11 292 8 290 9986 9271 11 213 10 215 11 297 7 293 9271 8618 7 200 10 209 10 303 7 294 8618 8028 5 175 9 202 10 308 6 293 8028 7527 5 156 8 195 10 310 6 287 7527 7136 5 149 8 191 10 312 5 277 7136 6865 5 145 8 188 9 313 4 260 6865 6698 4 142 7 186 9 314 3 243 6698 6602 4 139 6 184 7 313 2 220 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