DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 08/26 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 - - - 74.5 - - 79.9 - - 79.7 - - 69.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 336 - - 308 - - 51 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4876 - - 12235 - - 12513 - - 2 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10935 - - 16808 - - 15161 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12376 - - 19735 - - 20013 - - 7502 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 5562 - - 1883 - - 1995 - - 8533 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 501 - - 664 - - 370 - - 3 W* B/S - - - 16 - - 11 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 11 - - 12 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 231 - - 247 - - 238 - - 024 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 23 - - 12 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -16 - - -20 - - 22 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -862 - - 4866 - - 4880 - - -3424 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13239 - - 14869 - - 15134 - - 10927 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3454 - - 2963 - - 3143 - - -7810 ODpotential blCL - - - 15830 - - 16772 - - 16870 - - 15312 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 95 - - 96 - - 78 maxRH CAPE - - - 300 - - 480 - - 430 - - 750 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 74.5 - - 79.9 - - 79.7 - - 69.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.4 - - 37.3 - - 36.1 - - 44.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 75.0 - - 80.5 - - 82.0 - - 75.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 39.1 - - 36.8 - - 35.7 - - 44.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 336 - - 308 - - 51 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4876 - - 12235 - - 12513 - - 2 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 31 - - 79 - - 86 - - 10 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 7 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] 99359 16 112 14 099 13 090 12 095 99359 91877 12 107 13 107 12 097 9 087 91877 86098 11 116 9 102 9 087 16 077 86098 81288 13 095 8 124 5 092 16 068 81288 77145 7 097 5 116 4 038 11 061 77145 73496 7 059 6 083 2 027 10 035 73496 70209 3 354 8 063 2 117 7 360 70209 67189 2 327 3 006 5 001 5 033 67189 64387 4 033 3 306 6 359 5 019 64387 61677 4 287 6 286 10 288 8 300 61677 58849 5 281 9 256 8 264 7 287 58849 55919 16 272 18 260 21 264 22 278 55919 53141 24 276 25 264 26 257 29 272 53141 50659 36 277 32 269 35 271 36 271 50659 48438 41 273 39 269 42 271 42 268 48438 46423 41 271 42 269 44 268 46 268 46423 44580 41 269 43 270 43 268 46 272 44580 42885 41 266 45 270 43 272 47 275 42885 41318 41 265 45 271 43 273 47 275 41318 39860 39 265 46 272 43 269 46 276 39860 38497 38 266 46 270 42 267 46 276 38497 37195 39 266 44 268 43 269 45 275 37195 35888 40 264 42 268 43 268 41 272 35888 34550 40 264 41 268 44 266 40 267 34550 33186 39 265 40 269 42 267 39 263 33186 31787 36 265 39 269 39 268 38 262 31787 30345 34 262 37 269 35 266 37 261 30345 28864 33 259 34 267 33 265 35 260 28864 27345 31 260 36 266 34 271 34 262 27345 25791 28 264 34 265 35 276 33 271 25791 24209 25 265 31 263 33 274 30 277 24209 22592 25 264 28 258 25 268 29 272 22592 20931 25 263 26*260 17*264 28 259 20931 19257 24 263 23*265 16*259 25 247 19257 17653 23 266 21 267 15 256 21 242 17653 16192 20 274 16 265 14 251 17 234 16192 14881 18 285 13 258 13 245 13 226 14881 13701 15 289 11 250 13 238 11 218 13701 12632 15*279 9 243 12 234 10 214 12632 11661 15*265 8 227 12 229 9 212 11661 10782 14 258 8 218 12 226 9 211 10782 9989 8 248 7 212 11 223 8 211 9989 9273 5 224 7 205 11 221 7 208 9273 8618 4 185 7 201 10 219 4 200 8618 8027 4 171 7 196 10 218 1 125 8027 7525 5 162 7 192 10 216 3*049 7525 7135 5 156 7 190 9 215 5*040 7135 6864 5 152 6 188 9 214 5 031 6864 6698 5 151 6 187 8 214 5 014 6698 6602 4 148 5 185 6 212 3 339 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