DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 09/06 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 - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 66.8 - - 72.6 - - 72.0 - - 61.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 346 - - 390 - - 107 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4113 - - 10862 - - 12574 - - 2742 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10350 - - 15828 - - 16170 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11613 - - 18362 - - 20074 - - 10242 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4319 - - 2631 - - 1732 - - 8409 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 478 - - 689 - - 472 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 22 - - 21 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 197 - - 201 - - 204 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 25 - - 21 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -17 - - -28 - - -14 - - -41 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2045 - - 2344 - - 3714 - - -3379 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13659 - - 16019 - - 16360 - - 13622 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5428 - - -353 - - 1967 - - -7150 ODpotential blCL - - - 17041 - - 18715 - - 18107 - - 17392 blCL maxRH - - - 54 - - 57 - - 75 - - 77 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 20 - - 40 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.8 - - 72.6 - - 72.0 - - 61.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 29.7 - - 24.7 - - 22.8 - - 24.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.3 - - 73.0 - - 73.8 - - 69.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 29.4 - - 24.2 - - 22.5 - - 24.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 346 - - 390 - - 107 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4113 - - 10862 - - 12574 - - 2742 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 98835 3 027 10 249 20 328 5 341 98835 91433 6 234 8 355 4 310 12 346 91433 85730 1 265 8 360 2 052 9 349 85730 81006 5 049 6 032 6 035 7 066 81006 76924 6 025 8 106 7 013 9 076 76924 73308 9 049 7 110 5 047 9 059 73308 70033 8 064 10 119 1 068 6 044 70033 67007 4 150 9 102 3 110 5 088 67007 64204 6 153 3 168 10 195 5 230 64204 61491 3 165 5 296 5 139 11 153 61491 58663 11 249 19 267 9 310 8 133 58663 55715 34 239 39 240 28 252 23 239 55715 52870 43 235 45 232 37 235 48 245 52870 50299 47 237 51 230 53 239 57 239 50299 48011 57 236 57 232 64 233 59 232 48011 45957 65 236 63 235 68 229 60 231 45957 44086 75 237 73 235 73 231 64 234 44086 42362 91 237 89 234 85 231 72 233 42362 40761 103 234 107 232 99 229 80 231 40761 39268 109 233 121 230 110 227 84 227 39268 37875 112 232 127 229 117 226 90 224 37875 36553 110 231 126 229 117 225 94 222 36553 35235 105 231 121 228 112 225 94 222 35235 33893 98 231 113 229 104 226 88 222 33893 32533 88 229 102 229 92 227 77 222 32533 31144 77 229 90 229 80 230 66 225 31144 29717 70 227 79 227 71 232 62 229 29717 28257 64 224 70 224 66 231 60 231 28257 26765 59 220 64 223 62 230 57 232 26765 25248 55 218 58 222 56 228 54 233 25248 23707 51 217 53 222 51 228 52 232 23707 22137 49 218 49 220 46 226 50 227 22137 20529 46 216 45 217 40*220 47 214 20529 18908 43 212 42*215 30*208 43 205 18908 17354 40 208 35*212 25 200 35 199 17354 15936 36 205 27 204 24 199 29 193 15936 14665 33 203 25 201 23 199 26 190 14665 13518 30 201 24 200 22 199 24 190 13518 12479 27*200 22 199 21 201 22 194 12479 11535 25*203 21 198 20 203 20 200 11535 10680 23 206 20 198 19 206 19*209 10680 9909 19 204 19 198 18 208 17*220 9909 9211 17 200 19 197 17 211 16 231 9211 8572 15 193 18 197 17 212 15 243 8572 7996 14 187 17 197 16 213 14 252 7996 7507 14 185 17 196 16 214 14 256 7507 7125 13 182 16 196 15 215 13 257 7125 6858 12 181 15 195 14 215 10 257 6858 6695 11 180 14 195 13 215 8 258 6695 6602 9 179 11 194 10 214 4 259 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