DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/29 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 - - - 48.4 - - 49.3 - - 52.4 - - 49.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 155 - - 26 - - 42 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3793 - - 3649 - - 4469 - - 2922 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9834 - - 6584 - - 9366 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11293 - - 11149 - - 11969 - - 10422 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1650 - - 1939 - - 1301 - - 1826 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 373 - - 215 - - 263 - - 60 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 15 - - 12 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - 283 - - 283 - - 287 - - 301 Direction Wind Shear - - - 13 - - 13 - - 7 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -29 - - -23 - - -15 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3987 - - 4066 - - 4224 - - 3821 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7306 - - 7084 - - 7745 - - 6601 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1512 - - 1502 - - 1781 - - 684 ODpotential blCL - - - 9781 - - 9647 - - 10188 - - 9738 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 101 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 80 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 48.4 - - 49.3 - - 52.4 - - 49.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 39.0 - - 40.9 - - 41.1 - - 43.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 50.1 - - 51.8 - - 54.7 - - 52.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 37.8 - - 39.6 - - 39.9 - - 41.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 155 - - 26 - - 42 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3793 - - 3649 - - 4469 - - 2922 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 103 - - 98 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 6 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] 99368 31 109 32 098 25 104 27 095 99368 91786 28 090 23 096 28 107 25 105 91786 85986 21 096 20 097 26 101 23 099 85986 81201 20 112 12 115 19 077 25 099 81201 77082 15 122 18 127 10 070 17 097 77082 73433 14 130 14 122 8 121 11 084 73433 70108 12 135 10 149 6 107 8 091 70108 67038 11 146 6 161 3 166 8 094 67038 64188 9 143 3 120 9 161 3 143 64188 61426 7 148 3 135 8 129 5 173 61426 58539 7 167 4 200 2 159 1 317 58539 55534 5 148 9 189 6 226 7 270 55534 52660 3 247 8 187 7 249 9 224 52660 50072 8 234 8 229 10 258 11 226 50072 47756 7 224 10 246 10 254 14 246 47756 45672 7 245 12 256 14 254 16 273 45672 43779 6 253 8 275 9 261 18 271 43779 42035 15 307 18 326 6 320 8 277 42035 40419 20 302 20 325 20 001 8 349 40419 38925 14 310 21 329 27 349 14 016 38925 37545 9 324 15 349 23 340 18 002 37545 36244 9 359 19 028 19 323 18 323 36244 34950 13 001 17 001 20 311 22 334 34950 33632 16 359 14 321 21 305 21 324 33632 32294 17 001 12 322 22 307 19 319 32294 30924 19 007 10 326 22 309 17 318 30924 29512 21 006 11 329 21 309 17 312 29512 28062 24 359 14 327 20 305 18 307 28062 26575 26 348 17 327 17 296 19 300 26575 25058 28 342 16 327 14 288 20 289 25058 23516 31 338 16 328 14 291 18 282 23516 21941 28 338 16 331 14 299 16 288 21941 20327 25 338 18 331 13 308 14 298 20327 18700 22 340 18 332 14 314 14 298 18700 17144 20 334 15 325 15 311 16 295 17144 15731 21 315 15 313 16 307 17 294 15731 14471 22 305 14 306 15 307 14 294 14471 13340 22 303 16 302 13 306 12 288 13340 12320 21 302 19 301 13*302 10 279 12320 11398 22*298 19*299 13*295 10 279 11398 10564 22*293 18*296 13 291 10*281 10564 9814 21 289 18 292 13 289 10*285 9814 9136 20 285 17 288 12 287 10 292 9136 8515 19 282 16 283 12 285 9 298 8515 7956 18 280 15 278 11 284 8 306 7956 7480 17 278 14 273 11 284 7 312 7480 7109 16 277 13 270 10 283 6 316 7109 6850 15 275 12 267 9 282 5 318 6850 6692 14 275 11 266 9 282 4 314 6692 6601 9 274 7 263 6 282 2 314 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