DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 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 - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 25.6 - - 30.7 - - 28.2 - - 24.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 24 - - 83 - - -2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 701 - - 1137 - - 1049 - - 852 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 31 - - 47 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 7 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 179 - - 183 - - 184 - - 168 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 3 - - 8 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -6 - - -7 - - -10 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6599 - - 6599 - - 6599 - - 6599 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7148 - - -6100 - - -6298 - - -6356 ODpotential blCL - - - 13748 - - 12700 - - 12898 - - 12956 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 87 - - 90 - - 96 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 25.6 - - 30.7 - - 28.2 - - 24.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.7 - - 25.4 - - 24.4 - - 20.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 28.0 - - 32.8 - - 32.8 - - 31.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.6 - - 24.9 - - 24.2 - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 24 - - 83 - - -2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 54 - - 48 - - 58 - - 84 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 94518 108 283 100 296 77 309 76 290 94518 87909 73 301 90 304 77 311 66 306 87909 82686 51 319 78 307 72 311 61 318 82686 78294 44 325 60 306 60 316 56 321 78294 74477 42 319 50 300 54 312 56 318 74477 71066 41 315 46 299 52 304 55 314 71066 67949 40 315 44 312 47 310 50 317 67949 65063 36 316 45 324 49 318 50 319 65063 62381 46 321 49 321 50 312 50 311 62381 59782 58 314 42 316 47 311 48 310 59782 57058 62 312 40 325 50 311 53 307 57058 54217 71 307 52 317 51 307 54 305 54217 51504 64 302 53 306 52 317 55 303 51504 49067 62 311 50 313 63 315 51 304 49067 46894 74 314 67 314 70 305 56 312 46894 44946 76 310 79 306 73 300 71 307 44946 43194 72 317 77 304 75 300 77 300 43194 41600 79 325 73 308 74 301 66 299 41600 40119 81 325 69 312 67 304 50 301 40119 38724 74 322 62 315 57 306 44 302 38724 37410 67 322 55 318 55 303 44 303 37410 36148 63 322 52 320 51 302 49 304 36148 34882 61 323 53 322 47 304 53 307 34882 33583 61 325 55 326 44 306 55 309 33583 32256 60 328 57 328 46 305 54 310 32256 30889 53 330 57 329 44 307 52 311 30889 29476 46 330 51 328 43 307 50 310 29476 28018 44 328 45 328 43 305 49 309 28018 26521 45 328 43 329 45 301 48 310 26521 24991 49 327 41 324 46 299 46 308 24991 23436 50 324 43 313 45 300 44 303 23436 21854 45 321 43 310 42 301 45 302 21854 20236 37 321 38 311 39 300 46 305 20236 18607 30 322 34 312 39 298 44 306 18607 17051 28 323 32 309 37 298 41 304 17051 15641 28 323 32 305 34 300 39 304 15641 14384 26 323 32 301 32 304 36 304 14384 13257 24 321 30 300 30 305 32 305 13257 12241 22 318 28 302 28 305 29 307 12241 11322 21 315 25 305 25 303 26 306 11322 10492 20 313 21 309 21 299 23 303 10492 9745 17 310 17 310 16 292 20 296 9745 9072 13 303 12 306 13 280 17 286 9072 8459 9 286 8 284 11 256 14 269 8459 7909 7 253 8 245 11 230 13 242 7909 7445 7 223 8 213 11 209 12 214 7445 7086 7 198 8 188 10 195 10 192 7086 6838 6 184 8 183 7 184 8 180 6838 6686 5*178 7*179 5*174 6*163 6686 6599 3*174 5*177 3*159 3*155 6599 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