DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 10/06 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1559z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 69.4 - - 72.3 - - 69.8 - - 60.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 190 - - 244 - - 2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5121 - - 6845 - - 6264 - - 53 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10864 - - 12332 - - 6585 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12621 - - 14345 - - 13764 - - 7553 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3056 - - 2404 - - 2305 - - 4834 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 421 - - 504 - - 106 - - 5 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 12 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 7 - - 8 - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 300 - - 269 - - 255 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 17 - - 17 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - -17 - - -18 - - -22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2876 - - -1759 - - -1864 - - -6236 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15498 - - 16105 - - 15628 - - 13789 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7545 - - -5302 - - -6068 - - -12171 ODpotential blCL - - - 20166 - - 19647 - - 19832 - - 19724 blCL maxRH - - - 41 - - 44 - - 45 - - 48 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 69.4 - - 72.3 - - 69.8 - - 60.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.5 - - 24.5 - - 24.3 - - 23.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.8 - - 73.2 - - 72.5 - - 69.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.1 - - 24.2 - - 24.0 - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 190 - - 244 - - 2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5121 - - 6845 - - 6264 - - 53 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] 97823 6 030 5 044 10 008 9 004 97823 90570 13 060 4 076 11 033 16 029 90570 84924 13 067 5 102 7 017 15 023 84924 80237 12 018 5 022 10 021 7 002 80237 76207 14 356 8 002 8 010 3 082 76207 72636 9 312 15 331 13 004 9 004 72636 69419 13 331 18 308 23 333 16 349 69419 66487 20 329 21 311 25 328 24 336 66487 63772 26 319 28 309 31 319 28 331 63772 61135 28 303 29 304 35 311 29 321 61135 58374 29 308 26 296 38 299 33 311 58374 55505 32 315 23 301 35 291 35 303 55505 52774 35 303 30 301 31 295 32 299 52774 50323 35 289 34 293 30 303 28 306 50323 48131 30 287 32 283 29 298 27 310 48131 46149 31 292 28 282 26 287 28 301 46149 44336 30 293 28 293 24 291 28 291 44336 42658 29 296 28 304 28 303 28 298 42658 41092 28 302 26 313 30 315 26 306 41092 39633 24 316 19 313 29 323 21 319 39633 38276 15 351 11 307 21 320 21 316 38276 36980 21 013 10 356 11 334 14 304 36980 35682 23 014 19 020 16 002 11 334 35682 34355 22 020 24 020 18 005 13 352 34355 33004 20 029 24 016 16 004 14 354 33004 31617 20 035 22 016 13 005 14 352 31617 30186 20 036 20 019 12 008 13 349 30186 28715 18 036 19 022 11 013 8 343 28715 27204 16 032 18 024 11 016 4 345 27204 25655 11 026 14 029 8 029 2 334 25655 24072 8 007 8 029 4 096 4 324 24072 22455 8 345 6 005 1 357 6 335 22455 20798 9 320 7 349 2 328 5 328 20798 19129 10 300 10 333 5 347 3 299 19129 17529 12 286 13 319 12 336 3 293 17529 16073 16 282 16 307 17 320 6 321 16073 14770 19 283 18*295 17*311 9 315 14770 13600 20*284 17*293 14*312 10 312 13600 12543 19*287 13 293 11 311 7 316 12543 11585 17 294 10 290 9 296 4 315 11585 10717 15 302 8 280 8 271 4 306 10717 9936 12 309 7 267 9 241 5 293 9936 9229 10 310 6 247 10 224 8 282 9229 8583 8 309 6 234 11 219 11 272 8583 8002 6 304 6 224 11 216 13*264 8002 7509 5 301 6 215 11 214 13*256 7509 7125 4 300 6 210 10 212 11 246 7125 6859 3 303 6 206 10 211 8 235 6859 6696 2 302 6 204 9 209 5 217 6696 6602 2 308 5 202 6 208 2 190 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