DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 06/12 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 - - 1332z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 65.9 - - 72.3 - - 71.5 - - 61.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 396 - - 421 - - 198 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5602 - - 9845 - - 9104 - - 4774 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11581 - - 15044 - - 14005 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13102 - - 17345 - - 16604 - - 12274 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1416 - - 1193 - - 1374 - - 2309 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 558 - - 687 - - 523 - - 50 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 17 - - 17 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - 270 - - 285 - - 291 - - 315 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 23 - - 11 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - 41 - - -21 - - -28 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2149 - - 1014 - - 281 - - -1718 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15252 - - 16332 - - 16324 - - 13992 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7817 - - -3174 - - -3997 - - -7739 ODpotential blCL - - - 20919 - - 20519 - - 20601 - - 20013 blCL maxRH - - - 48 - - 59 - - 54 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 65.9 - - 72.3 - - 71.5 - - 61.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.8 - - 23.1 - - 22.4 - - 23.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 66.3 - - 72.6 - - 72.9 - - 66.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.6 - - 22.0 - - 21.3 - - 22.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 396 - - 421 - - 198 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5602 - - 9845 - - 9104 - - 4774 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 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] 98880 38 108 30 100 32 093 34 101 98880 91393 27 113 20 092 32 076 34 097 91393 85663 24 101 17 092 25 088 30 082 85663 80918 21 099 17 109 17 091 25 078 80918 76824 21 105 20 108 10 108 21 070 76824 73202 17 084 18 089 11 118 14 050 73202 69926 12 070 12 069 12 082 11 042 69926 66913 11 048 6 052 10 043 8 039 66913 64107 7 023 3 065 7 015 7 044 64107 61375 3 087 3 357 6 355 7 358 61375 58517 8 294 2 007 8 358 4 332 58517 55549 16 278 13 281 15 304 15 310 55549 52729 25 282 20 280 26 298 26 295 52729 50201 29 292 28 296 30 297 27 289 50201 47927 36 291 39 295 36 294 32 297 47927 45865 44 287 46 286 46 291 44 297 45865 43995 51 282 50 289 53 289 52 291 43995 42290 52 283 54 287 56 291 54 297 42290 40721 53 285 54 283 58 296 62 300 40721 39274 46 283 51 289 59 297 62 303 39274 37930 41 292 53 300 60 296 61 304 37930 36647 45 307 57 305 61 298 57 296 36647 35357 47 307 60 307 62 301 58 298 35357 34036 50 303 60 307 53 301 55 297 34036 32688 55 302 60 306 60 296 58 299 32688 31303 45 293 58 303 62 291 59 300 31303 29873 38 285 57 298 61 292 59 299 29873 28404 39 281 56 296 60 294 56 300 28404 26896 45 287 55 294 59 295 53 300 26896 25355 50 294 53 290 56 295 52 294 25355 23785 50 297 51 286 53 293 54 293 23785 22185 47 298 48 286 49 290 53 292 22185 20549 44 299 44 288 45 289 50 290 20549 18904 42 297 40*290 39 289 46 289 18904 17332 39 296 31*293 31*289 41 290 17332 15903 34 296 20 291 21*288 34 292 15903 14627 29 296 19 290 18 287 27 294 14627 13482 23*293 18 289 18 287 20 295 13482 12446 17*286 17 287 18 288 18*300 12446 11507 13 276 16 284 18 289 18*307 11507 10657 12 272 15 282 18 291 19 312 10657 9890 12 269 14 280 18 293 20 315 9890 9197 11 266 14 278 18 294 21 316 9197 8562 11 265 13 276 17 294 21 317 8562 7989 10 263 13 275 17 295 21 317 7989 7502 10 260 12 274 17 296 20 318 7502 7122 9 259 12 272 16 296 17 317 7122 6857 9 259 11 272 15 296 14 315 6857 6695 8 258 10 272 14 296 10 312 6695 6601 7 257 9 272 10 297 5 304 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