DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 08/02 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 - - - 80.2 - - 83.0 - - 81.3 - - 70.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 369 - - 438 - - 194 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8315 - - 9103 - - 8182 - - 3701 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13727 - - 14454 - - 13256 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15815 - - 16603 - - 15682 - - 11201 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1635 - - 1916 - - 2078 - - 2603 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 620 - - 677 - - 499 - - 27 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 24 - - 22 - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 243 - - 254 - - 264 - - 284 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 21 - - 17 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 29 - - -30 - - -35 - - -28 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -637 - - -362 - - -3142 - - -5896 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16453 - - 16965 - - 18825 - - 17097 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4653 - - -4661 - - -8960 - - -13034 ODpotential blCL - - - 20468 - - 21264 - - 24642 - - 24235 blCL maxRH - - - 46 - - 33 - - 19 - - 15 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 80.2 - - 83.0 - - 81.3 - - 70.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.5 - - 30.9 - - 21.0 - - 18.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 80.6 - - 83.1 - - 82.6 - - 76.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.9 - - 30.2 - - 20.2 - - 18.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 369 - - 438 - - 194 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8315 - - 9103 - - 8182 - - 3701 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 99621 35 116 29 098 33 095 25 092 99621 92119 27 105 27 107 26 097 26 094 92119 86323 19 096 24 104 22 111 24 087 86323 81500 18 107 17 109 16 104 20 094 81500 77334 16 111 13 118 12 110 15 108 77334 73660 16 100 13 127 13 098 12 113 73660 70341 13 080 16 142 2 115 11 064 70341 67281 5 332 11 105 7 158 6 083 67281 64445 11 208 6 250 4 304 2 022 64445 61708 6 232 5 263 9 327 13 331 61708 58884 10 299 12 278 8 306 3 295 58884 55993 30 261 33 260 35 273 41 279 55993 53259 39 263 42 258 49 262 52 260 53259 50803 48 272 47 265 50 265 50 261 50803 48594 60 274 61 272 60 276 60 277 48594 46589 67 270 71 270 74 274 71 279 46589 44748 71 269 75 268 78 270 78 276 44748 43041 73 271 77 269 79 268 83 274 43041 41445 74 270 80 269 81 268 86 274 41445 39948 74 268 81 268 81 268 85 274 39948 38547 73 267 79 266 78 267 79 273 38547 37211 69 265 74 265 73 266 73 271 37211 35878 64 261 69 264 68 264 70 269 35878 34519 61 258 66 263 64 262 67 268 34519 33139 59 258 65 263 61 263 63 266 33139 31727 57 260 63 263 59 263 58 264 31727 30275 54 261 60 263 56 263 54 262 30275 28787 52 261 55 262 53 263 50 261 28787 27261 52 261 51 262 50 262 48 261 27261 25702 51 260 47 262 47 262 47 260 25702 24114 48 258 45 260 44 261 45 259 24114 22492 45 254 43 259 43 260 44 257 22492 20830 44 250 41 257 41 260 43 254 20830 19158 43 247 40 255 40 259 42 253 19158 17556 41 249 38*256 38 260 40 254 17556 16099 37*253 33*258 34*263 39 257 16099 14797 29*254 26 259 28*267 38 261 14797 13625 23 251 24 257 23 269 34 266 13625 12567 20 249 24 257 22 268 28 271 12567 11608 17 246 23 255 22 267 21*276 11608 10740 16 243 23 254 22 266 17*281 10740 9958 16 240 23 252 22 264 16 284 9958 9250 15 237 23 251 22 262 17 285 9250 8602 14 234 22 250 22 260 17 286 8602 8018 13 230 22 249 22 259 17 286 8018 7520 12 227 21 248 21 258 16 285 7520 7133 12 225 20 247 20 257 15 281 7133 6863 11 223 19 247 19 257 12 276 6863 6697 10 222 18 246 17 256 9 270 6697 6602 8 220 13 246 12 256 5 264 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