DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 09/30 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.8 - - 67.3 - - 66.9 - - 57.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 253 - - 290 - - 33 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3374 - - 6847 - - 7358 - - 3516 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9669 - - 12424 - - 10645 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10874 - - 14347 - - 14858 - - 11016 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1725 - - 1074 - - 1112 - - 2947 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 403 - - 534 - - 266 - - 18 W* B/S - - - 20 - - 12 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 8 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 316 - - 277 - - 304 - - 012 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 17 - - 17 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 10 - - 35 - - 42 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -306 - - 1806 - - 1816 - - -197 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11180 - - 12542 - - 13043 - - 11213 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4511 - - 498 - - -1600 - - -6453 ODpotential blCL - - - 15385 - - 13849 - - 16458 - - 17469 blCL maxRH - - - 62 - - 91 - - 78 - - 55 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.8 - - 67.3 - - 66.9 - - 57.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.6 - - 35.0 - - 32.5 - - 31.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.7 - - 68.0 - - 69.3 - - 66.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.4 - - 34.8 - - 32.4 - - 31.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 253 - - 290 - - 33 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3374 - - 6847 - - 7358 - - 3516 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 63 - - 12 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 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] 97874 15 267 18 319 5 326 13 304 97874 90672 6 307 3 257 10 292 7 335 90672 85066 0 012 4 229 11 300 9 358 85066 80392 3 090 5 216 4 305 6 329 80392 76360 7 301 6 228 10 304 5 341 76360 72789 15 285 8 320 6 285 7 250 72789 69559 25 276 28 284 24 300 16 317 69559 66596 24 272 28 263 32 282 28 302 66596 63851 25 280 25 259 29 265 23 279 63851 61170 28 281 25 278 28 264 26 281 61170 58363 31 278 32 277 34 269 36 277 58363 55468 33 267 36 271 33 273 37 279 55468 52727 33 267 37 272 34 282 37 281 52727 50267 36 277 36 275 36 281 38 278 50267 48057 39 280 38 278 38 279 38 283 48057 46050 39 279 40 279 40 280 41 293 46050 44222 35 275 39 278 38 279 41 299 44222 42545 29 274 33 273 33 283 36 304 42545 40990 23 280 28 268 31 293 38 311 40990 39536 21 291 25 273 31 297 38 315 39536 38172 22 301 25 287 31 300 37 315 38172 36867 24 306 28 296 31 302 35 314 36867 35559 26 308 29 300 32 303 34 313 35559 34220 27 308 29 300 30 301 34 312 34220 32856 28 308 28 299 29 300 34 312 32856 31457 27 307 27 297 27 302 33 310 31457 30015 26 304 26 296 27 307 31 308 30015 28534 26 300 25 294 28 311 30 306 28534 27017 26 298 25 297 29 310 30 306 27017 25467 26 300 26 300 29 308 32 307 25467 23889 26 303 26 302 30 308 34 308 23889 22277 27 302 27 303 31 310 32 310 22277 20626 29 301 30 303 32 314 28 316 20626 18966 31 301 32 303 32 319 25 327 18966 17380 31 302 34 306 30 322 24 338 17380 15941 27 301 31 308 25*319 21 343 15941 14657 23 299 24*306 17*316 16 339 14657 13506 19 296 16*305 14 320 9 325 13506 12466 15 295 13 303 13 322 6 329 12466 11523 12*296 11 297 10 318 5*350 11523 10669 9*301 9 284 8 308 6*007 10669 9899 7 311 8 270 7 293 7 017 9899 9203 5 315 7 255 6 275 8 021 9203 8566 4 316 7 245 6 265 8 021 8566 7991 2 321 6 234 6 256 8 017 7991 7502 1 345 6 227 6 251 6 006 7502 7122 1 040 6 222 6 248 5 349 7122 6857 1 071 6 219 5 246 3 317 6857 6695 2 078 6 216 5 245 2 270 6695 6602 2 079 5 214 4 243 2 259 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