DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 07/28 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 79.1 - - 85.4 - - - - - 76.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 380 - - 420 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6420 - - 12706 - - - - - 9166 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12212 - - 17394 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13920 - - 20206 - - - - - 16666 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4572 - - 2671 - - - - - 4034 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 573 - - 746 - - - - - 16 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 7 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 20 - - - - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 221 - - 247 - - - - - 252 Direction Wind Shear - - - 25 - - 19 - - - - - 18 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -18 - - -21 - - - - - -24 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 811 - - 2597 - - - - - -36 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13110 - - 17609 - - - - - 16703 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2457 - - -606 - - - - - -4143 ODpotential blCL - - - 16377 - - 20812 - - - - - 20809 blCL maxRH - - - 50 - - 37 - - - - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - 490 - - 70 - - - - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 79.1 - - 85.4 - - - - - 76.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 44.2 - - 30.4 - - - - - 26.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 79.4 - - 85.6 - - - - - 83.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 43.8 - - 29.7 - - - - - 25.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 380 - - 420 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6420 - - 12706 - - - - - 9166 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 5 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 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] 99621 28 104 29 101 32 099 99621 92095 28 108 25 099 24 092 92095 86292 26 114 25 105 23 100 86292 81474 27 111 22 110 22 100 81474 77328 22 098 20 122 19 101 77328 73666 14 096 19 114 16 109 73666 70350 8 104 14 121 10 101 70350 67306 6 100 14 131 3 079 67306 64501 7 232 6 149 4 194 64501 61802 12 185 8 235 8 200 61802 59014 3 196 12 231 19 222 59014 56136 16 244 24 236 18 232 56136 53387 32 230 38 236 25 254 53387 50925 31 224 43 225 37 245 50925 48734 30 232 38 221 47 234 48734 46742 34 240 36 236 51 227 46742 44902 41 242 43 242 50 228 44902 43190 47 238 49 240 53 235 43190 41594 52 235 56 238 62 239 41594 40098 54 235 61 236 69 239 40098 38695 57 237 62 235 70 238 38695 37354 59 240 63 235 70 239 37354 36012 61 243 62 237 68 241 36012 34643 60 243 59 238 63 243 34643 33255 59 241 56 238 56 246 33255 31837 58 242 53 242 48 247 31837 30379 51 243 45 247 42 246 30379 28883 44 239 41 247 38 241 28883 27353 39 237 35 249 35 238 27353 25794 34 237 28 251 33 240 25794 24211 30 240 24 251 33 242 24211 22597 24 246 24 253 35 238 22597 20942 25 252 27*252 35 240 20942 19271 29 256 28*252 29 245 19271 17668 31 257 27 253 23*242 17668 16206 30 256 23 252 20*241 16206 14896 26*250 23 252 18 245 14896 13714 26*243 20 249 15 251 13714 12645 25 239 19 245 13 254 12645 11675 19 231 18 243 11 257 11675 10796 14 223 17 241 9 259 10796 10002 11 213 17 239 8 259 10002 9285 10 207 16 238 8 259 9285 8629 8 189 16 237 8 259 8629 8036 8 185 15 236 8 258 8036 7532 8 178 15 235 7 257 7532 7140 8 174 14 235 6 255 7140 6866 8 172 14 235 5 251 6866 6699 7 170 13 234 4 246 6699 6603 6 168 10 233 2 242 6603 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