DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/09 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 - - - 20.5 - - 24.5 - - 23.2 - - 20.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 42 - - -8 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 785 - - 1540 - - 815 - - 251 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8285 - - 9040 - - 8315 - - 7751 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1177 - - 1647 - - 2384 - - 2192 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 135 - - 172 - - 20 - - 7 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 12 - - 10 - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 335 - - 299 - - 301 - - 300 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 13 - - 14 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - -16 - - -19 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 51 - - 635 - - 682 - - 385 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8234 - - 8406 - - 7634 - - 7367 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4171 - - -3025 - - -2887 - - -4321 ODpotential blCL - - - 12456 - - 12065 - - 11202 - - 12072 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 85 - - 79 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 20.5 - - 24.5 - - 23.2 - - 20.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 8.3 - - 11.5 - - 13.6 - - 12.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 23.0 - - 27.0 - - 27.9 - - 28.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 7.9 - - 10.8 - - 13.1 - - 13.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 42 - - -8 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 785 - - 1540 - - 815 - - 251 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 39 - - 15 - - 12 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95629 56 277 62 279 60 278 52 284 95629 88866 34 271 30 287 31 294 34 315 88866 83550 19 283 19 284 22 306 24 320 83550 79053 16 298 12 295 15 325 21 333 79053 75114 8 291 6 312 14 352 10 359 75114 71579 10 285 11 305 13 305 9 029 71579 68334 9 219 15 237 10 315 18 002 68334 65341 17 311 12 336 17 341 18 332 65341 62557 29 283 20 315 15 347 17 306 62557 59840 24 240 17 278 20 332 18 319 59840 57010 15 323 22 323 29 336 20 339 57010 54074 29 317 33 322 36 338 29 351 54074 51263 28 299 34 320 38 334 40 345 51263 48745 28 313 31 326 38 332 43 341 48745 46512 31 327 32 328 37 326 40 339 46512 44508 32 345 27 330 29 336 39 351 44508 42688 44 357 31 354 39 359 48 002 42688 41026 56 356 45 005 58 002 61 007 41026 39505 62 355 62 003 74 360 78 004 39505 38107 62 356 72 357 75 356 82 353 38107 36805 63 359 62 355 60 356 72 347 36805 35557 67 359 56 013 58 026 48 357 35557 34310 68 355 69 023 73 035 42 033 34310 33042 68 354 73 019 72 031 49 035 33042 31752 73 354 71 013 69 026 48 027 31752 30426 76 353 72 007 66 018 47 018 30426 29054 72 352 74 004 64 011 49 009 29054 27640 65 351 74 003 62 007 53 003 27640 26184 60 349 73 001 62 004 56 359 26184 24688 56 348 70 358 62 004 56 356 24688 23159 53 348 62 356 59 004 55 354 23159 21594 50 347 53 355 52 002 51 357 21594 19990 45 346 45 354 44 000 47 001 19990 18379 38 344 38 349 37 356 41 005 18379 16843 31 343 33 341 33 349 35 005 16843 15453 26 344 30 335 30 342 32 004 15453 14215 21 347 26 330 28 338 30 003 14215 13106 18 350 23 324 26 337 29 360 13106 12108 16 355 21 321 24 336 28 356 12108 11210 15 357 20 319 22 335 26 353 11210 10401 15 356 19 319 21 333 25 351 10401 9676 16 353 19*318 20 328 24 347 9676 9022 17 349 18*315 20 324 22 342 9022 8427 17*344 16 310 18*320 19 337 8427 7890 16*340 13 299 15*316 15*332 7890 7436 14 335 11 288 12 309 12*322 7436 7082 11 333 10 284 10 296 9 309 7082 6836 9 331 9 280 8 283 7 288 6836 6685 7 329 8 278 7 272 6 265 6685 6599 5 325 6 276 3 253 4 237 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