DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/28 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 - - - 59.1 - - 60.1 - - - - - 60.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 140 - - 145 - - - - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1274 - - 1410 - - - - - 433 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 7962 - - 8084 - - - - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8774 - - 8910 - - - - - 7933 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1601 - - 1409 - - - - - 4015 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 249 - - 262 - - - - - 59 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 8 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - 113 - - 192 - - - - - 214 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 6 - - - - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -13 - - - - - -47 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2173 - - 2309 - - - - - 791 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6601 - - 6601 - - - - - 7142 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1360 - - -1274 - - - - - -2256 ODpotential blCL - - - 10134 - - 10184 - - - - - 10189 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 93 - - - - - 92 maxRH CAPE - - - 260 - - 350 - - - - - 370 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.1 - - 60.1 - - - - - 60.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 53.4 - - 53.4 - - - - - 51.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.8 - - 61.6 - - - - - 62.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 52.3 - - 52.1 - - - - - 51.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 140 - - 145 - - - - - 6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1274 - - 1410 - - - - - 433 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 53 - - 71 - - - - - 68 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 10 - - 10 - - - - - 10 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] 99144 8 119 9 108 11 090 99144 91733 14 114 10 092 10 094 91733 85987 10 096 10 099 10 057 85987 81201 7 100 8 090 9 050 81201 77079 13 123 4 102 9 102 77079 73434 12 100 5 098 5 111 73434 70139 4 087 4 029 7 104 70139 67107 3 220 5 267 8 032 67107 64295 6 188 8 249 8 323 64295 61585 7 211 11 236 12 271 61585 58775 9 286 12 248 16 250 58775 55860 25 260 26 262 20 254 55860 53062 33 253 37 255 32 260 53062 50545 40 254 39 251 44 252 50545 48299 47 258 47 255 48 257 48299 46272 56 254 54 250 56 258 46272 44430 65 245 62 244 61 255 44430 42747 68 243 66 238 68 249 42747 41194 70 244 60 243 71 245 41194 39742 70 247 66 249 71 241 39742 38375 68 248 69 249 62 232 38375 37063 67 246 69 246 57 229 37063 35747 69 244 61 242 56 230 35747 34401 63 238 56 246 57 231 34401 33030 53 230 56 246 59 228 33030 31622 51 233 61 241 59 224 31622 30169 51 236 54 236 59 228 30169 28674 48 236 45 231 62 234 28674 27142 43 238 46 234 60 238 27142 25576 39 239 43 239 59 238 25576 23984 37 244 37 247 58 241 23984 22363 33 253 33 256 51 246 22363 20704 24 253 31 259 33 241 20704 19035 16 261 31 255 19 237 19035 17439 13 267 32 252 9 254 17439 15990 12 276 31 252 5 291 15990 14697 12 285 28 256 6 316 14697 13536 13 278 25 262 7 312 13536 12489 12 262 22 269 9 296 12489 11541 9 243 18 275 11 284 11541 10684 6 224 16 277 13 279 10684 9910 3 198 13 274 14 273 9910 9209 3*114 9*264 15 263 9209 8569 6*100 6*234 18 245 8569 7992 6 104 6 197 21*229 7992 7503 6 117 6 185 21*219 7503 7122 6 119 6 182 20 214 7122 6857 6 120 6 178 18 212 6857 6695 6 122 5 174 16 211 6695 6602 5 122 5 173 9 212 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