DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/10 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 - - - 53.4 - - 53.0 - - 47.8 - - 39.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 509 - - 417 - - 308 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7496 - - 9880 - - 9543 - - 2352 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13206 - - 15062 - - 14619 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14996 - - 17380 - - 17043 - - 9852 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1050 - - 950 - - 1330 - - 2847 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 666 - - 683 - - 610 - - 83 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 4 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 22 - - 30 - - 28 - - 26 BL Wind Direction - - - 286 - - 293 - - 312 - - 345 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 28 - - 23 - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -26 - - -35 - - -28 - - -35 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2528 - - 4515 - - 5731 - - 2050 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12468 - - 12866 - - 11313 - - 7802 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 758 - - 2464 - - 2715 - - -1885 ODpotential blCL - - - 14238 - - 14916 - - 14328 - - 11737 blCL maxRH - - - 72 - - 99 - - 91 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 60 - - 100 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 53.4 - - 53.0 - - 47.8 - - 39.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.5 - - 19.3 - - 21.1 - - 28.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 53.6 - - 53.6 - - 48.8 - - 42.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.8 - - 18.8 - - 21.0 - - 27.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 509 - - 417 - - 308 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7496 - - 9880 - - 9543 - - 2352 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 94 - - 62 - - 0 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] 98998 24 098 25 090 29 098 21 100 98998 91480 21 101 20 102 19 092 27 095 91480 85701 16 116 17 082 14 093 27 074 85701 80916 19 104 8 096 18 074 21 077 80916 76805 24 092 10 118 9 060 20 081 76805 73171 11 079 16 102 8 120 14 068 73171 69871 8 053 12 108 8 109 8 084 69871 66839 2 251 6 100 5 114 6 078 66839 64020 9 191 4 056 8 101 10 145 64020 61281 9 194 7 343 7 036 7 128 61281 58414 13 254 14 262 11 294 4 293 58414 55445 25 244 23 256 19 281 8 296 55445 52619 30 265 24 269 18 296 9 295 52619 50056 39 286 22 287 26 296 23 303 50056 47742 46 287 30 290 37 300 34 301 47742 45638 48 282 49 288 53 302 45 308 45638 43710 52 283 58 294 58 302 57 306 43710 41941 64 289 68 299 63 305 67 306 41941 40310 74 290 78 295 73 304 78 308 40310 38791 77 293 80 293 80 301 90 309 38791 37375 92 299 87 297 85 299 99 307 37375 36029 113 299 105 300 88 298 103 305 36029 34688 124 295 122 299 91 300 97 305 34688 33325 119 293 129 296 95 302 93 307 33325 31947 110 293 127 294 99 303 96 312 31947 30545 106 295 120 295 101 301 102 314 30545 29110 105 296 114 296 98 297 100 312 29110 27647 101 296 112 295 93 295 87 314 27647 26159 96 296 108 293 92 296 75 322 26159 24653 89 295 102 292 89 299 62 326 24653 23132 82 293 93 292 78 301 34 342 23132 21588 74 290 83 287 64 299 30 024 21588 20009 67 287 71 281 57 296 36 032 20009 18420 63 285 56*278 44*296 32 030 18420 16900 57 284 39*279 34*299 24 022 16900 15522 47*283 36 281 33 300 19 356 15522 14294 33*281 34 283 31 304 20 339 14294 13192 27 280 32 287 29 309 22 335 13192 12196 24 281 30 292 28 314 25 337 12196 11294 23 282 29 298 28 316 28 339 11294 10478 22 285 28 300 27 318 29*342 10478 9742 21 288 28 302 27 320 30*345 9742 9079 20 290 28 304 27 322 29 347 9079 8471 20 292 27 305 26 323 29 347 8471 7924 19 293 27 306 26 325 28 346 7924 7459 18 294 26 307 25 326 25 344 7459 7096 17 295 25 307 24 326 22 343 7096 6844 17 296 23 308 23 327 18 342 6844 6689 15 296 21 308 20 328 15 341 6689 6600 12 297 14 309 13 329 8 338 6600 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