DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 09/26 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 57.6 - - 61.3 - - 59.4 - - 49.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 295 - - 327 - - 57 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4539 - - 5247 - - 4751 - - 256 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10620 - - 11216 - - 9671 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12039 - - 12747 - - 12251 - - 7756 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1221 - - 1940 - - 1918 - - 2941 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 468 - - 509 - - 276 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 16 - - 19 - - 15 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 243 - - 247 - - 253 - - 254 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 20 - - 12 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -22 - - -39 - - -33 - - -30 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1277 - - -2170 - - -2359 - - -4390 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13317 - - 14917 - - 14611 - - 12147 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6865 - - -6845 - - -7407 - - -10900 ODpotential blCL - - - 18904 - - 19592 - - 19658 - - 18656 blCL maxRH - - - 86 - - 86 - - 85 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 57.6 - - 61.3 - - 59.4 - - 49.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.1 - - 18.8 - - 18.3 - - 20.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 58.3 - - 62.0 - - 61.6 - - 57.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.8 - - 18.5 - - 18.2 - - 20.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 295 - - 327 - - 57 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4539 - - 5247 - - 4751 - - 256 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 43 - - 45 - - 39 - - 22 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 98482 7 321 5 286 2 169 5 301 98482 91107 3 172 6 262 5 311 5 320 91107 85404 6 136 4 272 6 352 4 075 85404 80661 7 091 3 079 5 010 6 076 80661 76584 2 109 4 108 2 106 3 045 76584 72993 2 140 3 231 8 233 6 325 72993 69738 5 296 3 127 5 247 9 278 69738 66736 8 277 3 260 8 299 11 281 66736 63938 9 309 7 256 6 312 6 313 63938 61214 21 259 22 250 26 268 27 280 61214 58372 23 230 24 243 27 248 25 257 58372 55421 22 248 25 252 25 260 26 264 55421 52612 27 267 30 257 34 260 36 260 52612 50104 32 259 36 256 39 255 43 256 50104 47868 33 253 42 254 44 257 49 254 47868 45839 40 259 48 251 50 257 54 252 45839 43976 52 260 54 254 58 256 58 252 43976 42252 61 257 62 254 65 254 62 252 42252 40649 68 254 69 253 69 253 68 253 40649 39156 71 254 74 253 73 254 73 255 39156 37771 71 254 76 255 79 256 76 255 37771 36461 69 254 77 256 81 257 74 255 36461 35159 68 255 76 255 78 256 71 257 35159 33837 68 256 77 254 75 255 67 259 33837 32498 65 254 73 251 72 255 63 260 32498 31126 62 252 69 248 70 255 60 259 31126 29709 58 250 66 247 67 254 57 257 29709 28252 54 251 64 248 62 255 53 254 28252 26756 53 250 62 250 57 260 47 254 26756 25229 54 250 60 252 54 263 40 259 25229 23675 53 249 58 254 52 263 35 261 23675 22087 51 250 56 254 50 262 37 258 22087 20461 51 249 54 251 49 260 39 255 20461 18822 51 249 52 251 47 259 41 255 18822 17256 52 249 51 253 46 259 40 256 17256 15834 50 250 50 255 42 259 37 255 15834 14564 45 251 46 256 38 260 35 251 14564 13422 37 252 39*257 32 261 33 249 13422 12391 28*250 29*256 25*263 30 250 12391 11456 20*245 21 253 19*263 27 253 11456 10611 17 243 18 249 16 259 22 258 10611 9850 17 243 18 248 16 256 18 262 9850 9163 17 243 18 246 16 253 15 266 9163 8534 16 242 17 244 16 251 13 267 8534 7968 16 242 17 242 15 248 12*266 7968 7487 15 242 17 241 15 247 13*263 7487 7112 14 242 16 240 14 245 12 257 7112 6852 13 241 15 239 14 244 11 250 6852 6692 12 241 14 239 12 244 8 245 6692 6601 9 240 10 238 8 242 2 223 6601 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