DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/25 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 63.8 - - 69.0 - - 67.1 - - 57.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 262 - - 289 - - 54 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1619 - - 6987 - - 7691 - - 4845 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8387 - - 12536 - - 11689 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9119 - - 14487 - - 15191 - - 12345 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2469 - - 2739 - - 2053 - - 4092 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 320 - - 538 - - 318 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 6 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 17 - - 27 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - 180 - - 229 - - 244 - - 261 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 23 - - 31 - - 23 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -10 - - -22 - - -45 - - -42 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3891 - - 4 - - 1172 - - 348 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13011 - - 14484 - - 14020 - - 11997 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7643 - - -2529 - - -1699 - - -3095 ODpotential blCL - - - 16762 - - 17016 - - 16890 - - 15440 blCL maxRH - - - 59 - - 68 - - 86 - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 63.8 - - 69.0 - - 67.1 - - 57.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.8 - - 28.1 - - 28.4 - - 28.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 64.8 - - 69.8 - - 69.4 - - 65.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.5 - - 27.8 - - 28.2 - - 27.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 262 - - 289 - - 54 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1619 - - 6987 - - 7691 - - 4845 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 45 - - 37 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 98392 8 217 8 240 5 271 8 318 98392 91048 7 274 5 224 6 306 2 319 91048 85363 6 142 3 265 4 042 3 354 85363 80626 10 128 1 052 4 063 7 004 80626 76564 4 117 3 083 6 063 3 100 76564 72980 4 024 5 093 2 006 2 028 72980 69729 1 233 1 072 3 324 4 318 69729 66731 4 260 6 245 8 251 7 293 66731 63929 12 232 14 234 5 269 5 226 63929 61206 13 236 20 223 14 250 6 253 61206 58363 17 227 23 221 29 232 27 248 58363 55403 26 236 29 231 34 234 32 240 55403 52577 35 232 33 238 31 242 29 240 52577 50046 38 232 39 240 31 247 28 246 50046 47791 42 230 42 237 35 254 30 255 47791 45761 41 231 42 236 41 257 31 262 45761 43913 41 236 40 236 45 255 36 262 43913 42217 42 234 39 238 43 246 40 256 42217 40646 40 224 39 241 43 243 42 253 40646 39180 38 222 42 243 49 244 44 250 39180 37811 37 228 44 246 50 243 46 245 37811 36511 36 232 45 248 47 243 48 242 36511 35215 34 231 44 248 45 244 48 238 35215 33893 34 234 41 246 44 243 48 236 33893 32547 31 237 39 240 44 241 48 236 32547 31167 28 233 38 236 45 239 48 239 31167 29745 29 231 36 235 46 240 48 243 29745 28284 30 233 35 234 46 242 47 246 28284 26787 29 231 33 234 44 243 45 248 26787 25259 27 228 32 237 42 242 43 248 25259 23704 27 221 32 239 40 240 42 247 23704 22117 28 211 32 240 40 239 43 249 22117 20493 28 207 32 241 42 241 48 250 20493 18860 25 217 35 241 45 243 51 248 18860 17301 24 231 36 241 46 241 47 240 17301 15885 27 239 36 241 43*239 42 237 15885 14619 28 239 35*241 41*239 37 239 14619 13478 27 232 31*241 36 241 33 244 13478 12444 25 222 23 237 31 244 29*248 12444 11507 24 216 19 231 27 246 26*252 11507 10657 23 213 18 230 25 247 23 256 10657 9890 22 210 17 226 25 247 20 261 9890 9196 20*207 16 224 24 247 18 264 9196 8562 17*201 15 222 23 247 16 267 8562 7988 12 188 14 219 22 247 15 268 7988 7501 9 171 13 218 22 246 13 267 7501 7121 9 168 12 216 20 246 11 264 7121 6857 8 164 12 215 19 246 9 259 6857 6695 7 162 11 213 17 246 7 256 6695 6601 6 159 9 212 10 245 3 251 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