DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/30 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 - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 77.8 - - 81.7 - - - - - 75.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 349 - - 358 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6878 - - 13069 - - - - - 9542 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12543 - - 17590 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14378 - - 20569 - - - - - 17042 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5933 - - 1325 - - - - - 4758 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 571 - - 713 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 19 - - 13 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 10 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 234 - - 233 - - - - - 249 Direction Wind Shear - - - 8 - - 15 - - - - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -12 - - -24 - - - - - -42 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1791 - - 6595 - - - - - 1391 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12587 - - 13974 - - - - - 15651 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -665 - - 3732 - - - - - -3618 ODpotential blCL - - - 15043 - - 16837 - - - - - 20660 blCL maxRH - - - 59 - - 79 - - - - - 70 maxRH CAPE - - - 1080 - - 1060 - - - - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 77.8 - - 81.7 - - - - - 75.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.2 - - 43.0 - - - - - 29.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 78.1 - - 82.0 - - - - - 82.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 44.8 - - 42.5 - - - - - 29.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 349 - - 358 - - - - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6878 - - 13069 - - - - - 9542 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 18 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 5 - - - - - 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] 99828 38 114 29 115 33 096 99828 92323 33 115 27 107 30 101 92323 86534 27 118 29 110 22 097 86534 81714 20 118 23 120 17 093 81714 77553 15 109 21 107 14 095 77553 73879 12 124 12 086 13 112 73879 70556 10 119 8 141 10 087 70556 67495 10 124 11 134 5 123 67495 64670 7 126 10 175 3 040 64670 61948 4 164 9 172 8 233 61948 59126 12 300 7 290 4 183 59126 56218 27 259 28 259 26 282 56218 53453 28 249 33 250 32 266 53453 50966 30 270 38 257 38 265 50966 48733 43 274 39 265 50 264 48733 46699 50 274 52 272 55 266 46699 44827 54 274 60 273 59 269 44827 43097 54 273 63 274 59 271 43097 41496 52 271 61 275 53 273 41496 40005 44 270 55 273 48 274 40005 38615 36 275 48 278 44 272 38615 37292 31 274 43 278 40 270 37292 35971 27 274 35 275 36 270 35971 34624 22 277 29 275 32 277 34624 33252 18 279 22 275 29 275 33252 31842 11 268 19 275 28 271 31842 30388 9 262 12 265 27 273 30388 28896 13 257 8 250 27 274 28896 27369 15 246 9 263 26 273 27369 25811 14 244 12 264 26 271 25811 24226 13 241 11 253 25 267 24226 22611 8 220 13 243 22 265 22611 20956 5 211 13*253 19 264 20956 19286 7 233 13*265 15 265 19286 17683 11 208 14 266 11*267 17683 16221 11 211 14 262 9*264 16221 14909 10*222 13 251 8 257 14909 13726 9*231 12 239 8 252 13726 12654 8 239 11 226 9 249 12654 11682 7 247 11 223 9 247 11682 10801 6 255 10 206 10 247 10801 10006 6 255 10 200 10 247 10006 9287 5 246 10 196 11 247 9287 8630 4 226 10 192 11 247 8630 8036 4 204 10 188 11 247 8036 7532 4 186 10 185 11 247 7532 7140 4 174 9 182 10 245 7140 6866 4 167 9 181 8 243 6866 6699 4 165 9 180 6 238 6699 6603 4 161 7 178 4 234 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