DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/03 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 - - - 66.7 - - 73.7 - - 74.6 - - 65.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 402 - - 435 - - 189 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4799 - - 9208 - - 10529 - - 5174 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10943 - - 14532 - - 15085 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12299 - - 16708 - - 18029 - - 12674 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1717 - - 1307 - - 1001 - - 4412 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 530 - - 676 - - 537 - - 16 W* B/S - - - 16 - - 18 - - 17 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 7 - - 6 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 295 - - 276 - - 255 - - 256 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 16 - - 12 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -3 - - 22 - - 28 - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3315 - - -1505 - - -524 - - -3649 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15615 - - 18214 - - 18554 - - 16324 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9329 - - -7554 - - -5932 - - -10224 ODpotential blCL - - - 21628 - - 24262 - - 23961 - - 22898 blCL maxRH - - - 25 - - 33 - - 44 - - 40 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.7 - - 73.7 - - 74.6 - - 65.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.1 - - 16.1 - - 15.4 - - 17.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.8 - - 73.8 - - 75.8 - - 72.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.4 - - 15.4 - - 14.7 - - 16.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 402 - - 435 - - 189 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4799 - - 9208 - - 10529 - - 5174 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 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] 99628 35 105 26 106 27 086 30 088 99628 92121 29 091 27 107 25 098 27 093 92121 86337 21 109 22 094 26 113 21 082 86337 81525 21 108 19 106 16 101 20 095 81525 77358 16 085 19 124 9 106 13 085 77358 73676 7 106 11 106 12 100 7 063 73676 70352 10 146 5 070 10 087 10 093 70352 67294 13 108 3 159 11 037 16 069 67294 64455 17 056 13 134 3 033 6 030 64455 61721 11 312 10 142 7 207 3 264 61721 58881 26 286 17 299 20 301 17 336 58881 55938 35 261 35 271 29 286 26 290 55938 53140 40 270 43 274 44 288 42 293 53140 50629 57 277 56 278 58 285 58 290 50629 48384 63 278 64 280 66 284 69 286 48384 46352 70 283 74 285 76 289 78 291 46352 44493 81 286 81 287 87 291 89 294 44493 42775 88 286 84 287 94 289 95 291 42775 41174 90 285 85 288 95 287 94 289 41174 39680 89 283 84 287 92 286 90 287 39680 38285 87 281 83 286 88 286 87 286 38285 36958 84 280 81 286 84 286 84 287 36958 35635 79 281 76 287 77 285 78 290 35635 34289 75 282 72 288 70 286 68 291 34289 32926 73 282 69 288 65 287 60 291 32926 31529 71 282 68 286 63 287 56 291 31529 30090 68 281 66 284 62 287 55 291 30090 28610 66 282 64 283 60 286 53 291 28610 27093 65 284 62 283 58 284 51 290 27093 25542 63 282 59 283 56 285 50 289 25542 23962 60 282 55 282 53 286 48 287 23962 22347 51 286 48 286 49 287 45 284 22347 20693 38 293 37 291 40 293 40 285 20693 19031 32 298 30 294 27*300 32 286 19031 17447 31 297 25*296 11*297 16 291 17447 16011 30 297 16*292 9 297 9 317 16011 14726 28 300 12 284 7 292 8 324 14726 13569 24 303 11 283 6 275 7*315 13569 12520 18*302 9 276 5 253 7*297 12520 11568 10*292 7 270 6 237 8 279 11568 10707 7 285 5 264 6 230 9 266 10707 9929 7 287 5 260 7 225 12 260 9929 9227 6 291 4 255 7 222 13 255 9227 8584 6 297 3 250 7 218 14 251 8584 8004 6 301 2 244 7 216 15 247 8004 7511 5 307 2 238 7 216 15 244 7511 7127 5 312 2 234 7 214 13 239 7127 6860 5 317 1 229 7 214 10 231 6860 6696 4 318 1 224 7 213 8 223 6696 6602 4 320 1 219 6 213 4 218 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