DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/26 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 - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.7 - - 73.5 - - - - - 58.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 409 - - 443 - - - - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9881 - - 10572 - - - - - 2236 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15058 - - 15669 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17381 - - 18072 - - - - - 9736 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1956 - - 1503 - - - - - 2214 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 681 - - 716 - - - - - 85 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 25 - - 36 - - - - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - 229 - - 229 - - - - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - 48 - - 46 - - - - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -39 - - -62 - - - - - -68 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4139 - - 2885 - - - - - -167 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13243 - - 15188 - - - - - 9904 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 817 - - 860 - - - - - -4337 ODpotential blCL - - - 16564 - - 17212 - - - - - 14073 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 82 - - - - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 170 - - 20 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.7 - - 73.5 - - - - - 58.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.0 - - 29.2 - - - - - 37.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 72.7 - - 73.7 - - - - - 60.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.5 - - 28.4 - - - - - 37.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 409 - - 443 - - - - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9881 - - 10572 - - - - - 2236 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 34 - - 28 - - - - - 14 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 5 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] 99387 31 105 27 110 27 083 99387 91848 25 106 24 104 20 083 91848 86045 17 126 17 116 17 097 86045 81209 11 134 14 126 17 098 81209 77018 13 134 13 124 12 095 77018 73324 9 122 6 082 7 093 73324 69993 12 164 2 225 10 122 69993 66928 13 144 10 178 10 086 66928 64085 2 059 6 205 3 189 64085 61333 12 247 7 258 3 170 61333 58463 16 230 13 250 10 230 58463 55481 18 235 18 227 13 222 55481 52620 26 253 16 243 21 239 52620 50049 36 247 30 253 30 241 50049 47756 34 232 40 244 34 237 47756 45683 31 233 44 230 39 233 45683 43796 39 242 45 228 44 226 43796 42071 49 236 53 232 52 224 42071 40480 50 227 60 225 56 222 40480 39001 49 226 63 220 59 220 39001 37622 52 231 62 220 63 219 37622 36315 53 233 61 221 68 217 36315 35017 53 232 60 221 74 214 35017 33696 52 232 58 223 78 211 33696 32357 49 232 53 224 76 211 32357 30986 47 234 47 223 72 211 30986 29575 42 235 45 225 70 209 29575 28126 38 236 46 229 70 209 28126 26641 40 238 49 231 70 211 26641 25125 46 236 53 229 68 214 25125 23582 53 230 56 225 64 216 23582 22008 57 224 60 221 60 217 22008 20396 58 222 63 218 56 217 20396 18775 58*225 62*217 51 218 18775 17224 55*228 58*216 47 220 17224 15814 49 232 50 217 42 223 15814 14553 40 237 44 220 38 228 14553 13418 29 237 40 223 35 235 13418 12390 22 233 37 227 34 243 12390 11459 17 228 34 233 34 251 11459 10616 14 220 31 238 34 258 10616 9856 12 213 30 242 32*265 9856 9169 11 209 29 244 30*270 9169 8541 11 207 28 246 26 275 8541 7974 10 204 28 247 22 279 7974 7493 10 203 27 247 20 280 7493 7116 9 200 26 248 18 280 7116 6854 9 200 25 249 16 280 6854 6694 9 199 22 249 14 279 6694 6601 7 199 15 249 8 277 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