DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 06/06 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 - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.7 - - 71.8 - - - - - 60.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 341 - - 367 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5778 - - 9307 - - - - - 2771 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11667 - - 14542 - - - - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13278 - - 16807 - - - - - 10271 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4379 - - 3009 - - - - - 4659 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 539 - - 648 - - - - - 42 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 25 - - 32 - - - - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - 240 - - 237 - - - - - 264 Direction Wind Shear - - - 27 - - 33 - - - - - 24 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -61 - - -62 - - - - - -66 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1191 - - 2006 - - - - - -2301 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14469 - - 14802 - - - - - 12573 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5216 - - -1506 - - - - - -6732 ODpotential blCL - - - 18494 - - 18313 - - - - - 17003 blCL maxRH - - - 87 - - 87 - - - - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 10 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.7 - - 71.8 - - - - - 60.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.7 - - 29.2 - - - - - 28.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 71.3 - - 72.3 - - - - - 65.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.5 - - 27.9 - - - - - 27.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 341 - - 367 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5778 - - 9307 - - - - - 2771 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 47 - - 48 - - - - - 90 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 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] 98824 15 086 13 100 10 106 98824 91303 14 136 6 068 17 083 91303 85535 16 128 4 162 16 086 85535 80758 7 113 13 119 12 082 80758 76632 7 106 10 145 11 108 76632 72985 7 165 11 169 7 094 72985 69690 12 182 6 142 7 163 69690 66662 14 196 8 226 10 181 66662 63850 13 182 15 228 6 155 63850 61113 3 193 17 222 5 257 61113 58247 8 263 14 212 8 251 58247 55276 25 245 10 230 19 259 55276 52438 34 238 28 250 32 246 52438 49884 38 242 41 240 35 246 49884 47595 46 245 46 238 43 245 47595 45526 53 245 54 237 56 243 45526 43647 59 243 62 236 67 237 43647 41935 60 240 65 235 69 232 41935 40362 58 239 63 236 70 231 40362 38903 57 241 62 237 73 230 38903 37543 56 240 62 237 72 229 37543 36248 55 240 62 236 69 228 36248 34955 55 240 61 235 67 227 34955 33635 56 237 60 236 66 226 33635 32295 55 233 57 233 64 226 32295 30924 55 231 56 230 62 227 30924 29513 56 229 57 226 60 227 29513 28067 58 226 61 223 59 225 28067 26588 59 222 62 225 59 224 26588 25077 59 222 60 229 61 225 25077 23541 56 224 56 230 62 228 23541 21974 54 226 55 229 59 231 21974 20372 55 228 55 231 55 232 20372 18763 54 229 53 232 51 231 18763 17224 52 227 50*232 49 228 17224 15823 49 224 46*232 45 226 15823 14568 46 225 43 234 42 226 14568 13436 44*232 38 237 39 230 13436 12411 39*238 33 239 36 235 12411 11481 31 241 29 240 34 241 11481 10637 25 242 28 240 31*246 10637 9875 24 241 27 240 28*253 9875 9186 23 241 27 240 26 259 9186 8555 22 240 26 239 23 264 8555 7984 22 240 26 239 20 269 7984 7499 21 239 25 238 18 271 7499 7121 20 238 24 238 15 271 7121 6857 18 238 22 238 12 271 6857 6695 17 238 20 237 9 271 6695 6602 12 237 14 237 4 270 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