DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/03 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 - - - 70.3 - - 72.3 - - 74.3 - - 67.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 379 - - 193 - - 154 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9995 - - 13239 - - 13392 - - 9064 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15106 - - 17271 - - 17195 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17495 - - 20739 - - 20892 - - 16564 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1982 - - 875 - - 968 - - 3315 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 665 - - 585 - - 546 - - 51 W* B/S - - - 9 - - 8 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 14 - - 12 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 258 - - 258 - - 263 - - 263 Direction Wind Shear - - - 25 - - 14 - - 12 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 31 - - -16 - - -18 - - -37 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3534 - - 5935 - - 5008 - - 2207 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13962 - - 14805 - - 15885 - - 14357 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1343 - - 3433 - - 2481 - - -1194 ODpotential blCL - - - 16152 - - 17306 - - 18411 - - 17758 blCL maxRH - - - 77 - - 97 - - 77 - - 73 maxRH CAPE - - - 140 - - 230 - - 100 - - 30 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.3 - - 72.3 - - 74.3 - - 67.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 31.8 - - 30.1 - - 27.3 - - 28.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.6 - - 73.6 - - 75.8 - - 73.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.0 - - 29.4 - - 26.5 - - 27.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 379 - - 193 - - 154 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9995 - - 13239 - - 13392 - - 9064 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 9 - - 89 - - 8 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 99608 31 114 27 102 29 106 30 091 99608 92061 21 127 16 093 26 089 27 095 92061 86266 19 119 15 111 21 089 22 094 86266 81456 20 118 16 115 15 110 18 083 81456 77302 16 108 16 122 11 122 14 072 77302 73628 15 103 15 121 10 127 7 056 73628 70308 12 085 11 110 11 110 5 116 70308 67260 9 052 10 108 6 111 5 122 67260 64432 1 005 3 032 5 050 3 093 64432 61679 4 229 6 287 5 346 5 071 61679 58805 7 234 8 279 11 300 7 326 58805 55832 8 248 11 273 14 280 15 285 55832 53008 12 270 12 272 16 291 19 298 53008 50479 16 296 19 302 31 302 27 311 50479 48210 26 295 31 291 34 300 30 305 48210 46144 27 285 31 286 32 302 31 301 46144 44247 22 282 30 289 33 300 30 303 44247 42499 21 280 29 285 34 296 32 310 42499 40892 22 278 26 272 34 288 34 322 40892 39411 24 275 25 263 34 281 36 331 39411 38039 26 272 24 268 33 277 32 328 38039 36738 27 269 26 276 33 279 29 325 36738 35441 31 261 28 278 34 282 29 315 35441 34120 38 257 29 278 31 284 30 303 34120 32777 34 259 29 277 21 279 31 293 32777 31399 28 259 29 279 30 274 32 290 31399 29977 27 256 28 280 34 271 31 288 29977 28514 27 257 25 274 36 269 30 287 28514 27015 26 257 24 265 34 274 30 287 27015 25486 26 254 24 265 30 277 30 287 25486 23928 26 252 26 266 25 273 29 283 23928 22337 25 259 27*266 23*270 27 273 22337 20705 26 269 21*270 17*278 25 269 20705 19061 28*270 17 269 14 282 18 268 19061 17484 27*263 16 265 13 278 10*268 17484 16048 25 258 14 256 12 268 7*277 16048 14760 21 257 13 255 12 266 8 284 14760 13598 17 257 13 254 12 265 9 282 13598 12545 14 257 13 254 12 259 10 276 12545 11590 11 257 13 253 12 255 11 269 11590 10725 9 258 13 252 12 251 12 263 10725 9944 8 259 13 251 12 249 13 258 9944 9239 7 259 12 251 12 247 14 254 9239 8593 6 259 12 251 12 246 14 252 8593 8010 5 259 12 251 12 245 15 250 8010 7515 4 260 11 251 11 244 14 247 7515 7129 3 261 11 250 11 243 13 244 7129 6861 3 260 10 250 10 243 10 241 6861 6696 3 261 9 250 10 243 8 236 6696 6602 2 262 8 250 8 243 4 233 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