DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/15 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 - - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1334z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.4 - - 62.8 - - 63.4 - - 54.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 343 - - 377 - - 90 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2437 - - 5533 - - 6304 - - 1295 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9061 - - 11499 - - 11233 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9937 - - 13033 - - 13804 - - 8795 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1464 - - 1835 - - 1969 - - 4309 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 400 - - 543 - - 352 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 8 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 13 - - 14 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 218 - - 220 - - 226 - - 221 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 13 - - 17 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -18 - - -18 - - -15 - - -16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2704 - - -1291 - - -1708 - - -4621 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12642 - - 14325 - - 15513 - - 13417 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -8022 - - -5627 - - -6160 - - -10304 ODpotential blCL - - - 17959 - - 18660 - - 19964 - - 19099 blCL maxRH - - - 41 - - 41 - - 34 - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.4 - - 62.8 - - 63.4 - - 54.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.1 - - 22.8 - - 18.2 - - 18.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.0 - - 63.3 - - 65.3 - - 62.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.9 - - 22.5 - - 17.9 - - 18.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 343 - - 377 - - 90 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2437 - - 5533 - - 6304 - - 1295 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 98794 19 227 16 256 15 289 7 276 98794 91416 20 252 14 252 12 258 13 224 91416 85672 18 238 16 252 18 255 20 243 85672 80899 16 238 17 253 16 254 13 248 80899 76776 19 244 18 258 16 262 12 262 76776 73131 16 237 16 239 21 260 17 275 73131 69836 11 249 15 241 19 261 15 273 69836 66799 13 272 16 263 17 270 13 267 66799 63981 17 275 19 271 19 271 15 269 63981 61251 23 273 23 267 20 269 17 272 61251 58396 28 262 28 260 26 266 27 262 58396 55438 30 255 31 260 35 264 34 260 55438 52629 33 259 35 260 42 260 39 262 52629 50100 37 264 41 258 47 257 45 262 50100 47830 45 263 49 257 51 257 52 257 47830 45775 52 254 56 255 55 258 58 253 45775 43902 55 248 58 255 58 255 60 252 43902 42178 53 247 59 253 60 253 61 252 42178 40580 47 248 56 251 60 251 62 251 40580 39095 44 251 53 251 59 250 62 247 39095 37719 45 252 54 249 58 249 60 245 37719 36418 44 251 53 245 58 248 57 242 36418 35127 42 252 49 244 57 246 53 241 35127 33813 39 252 45 247 53 245 50 240 33813 32476 36 250 43 247 47 246 45 241 32476 31106 34 250 40 247 44 247 42 244 31106 29692 32 250 39 246 44 248 41 248 29692 28240 32 249 41 244 44 249 39 250 28240 26752 32 248 42 244 43 250 37 249 26752 25232 32 247 41 244 42 249 35 249 25232 23682 32 246 38 245 39 247 34 248 23682 22099 30 244 36 245 37 245 33 248 22099 20478 28 242 34 246 35 245 32 250 20478 18847 25 241 31 246 33 247 31 254 18847 17288 23 241 29 245 31 249 33 254 17288 15870 21 241 27 246 29 250 34 250 15870 14601 20 243 25 246 26*249 32 245 14601 13459 19 245 23*245 23*245 27 241 13459 12425 18 246 18*240 16 232 23 236 12425 11487 18 245 14 230 15 227 20 232 11487 10638 19*243 13 225 15 225 17 232 10638 9872 17*240 13 221 14 224 14 232 9872 9181 14 233 13 216 14 222 11*232 9181 8548 11 220 12 214 13 220 8*228 8548 7979 9 206 12 211 13 219 6 223 7979 7495 8 201 12 209 12 217 5 222 7495 7117 8 197 11 206 11 217 4 218 7117 6854 7 193 10 205 11 216 3 214 6854 6694 7 192 10 204 10 215 1 176 6694 6601 6 189 8 203 8 215 1 124 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