DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/04 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 - - - 59.6 - - 63.9 - - 64.3 - - 57.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 357 - - 352 - - 149 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4433 - - 7126 - - 6968 - - 1990 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10612 - - 12742 - - 12132 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11933 - - 14626 - - 14468 - - 9490 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1956 - - 1208 - - 2092 - - 3458 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 496 - - 578 - - 432 - - 17 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 12 - - 19 - - 17 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 207 - - 214 - - 210 - - 143 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 23 - - 22 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 15 - - -23 - - -35 - - 3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1628 - - 3106 - - 2511 - - -1207 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10305 - - 11521 - - 11957 - - 10697 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -349 - - 1301 - - 466 - - -5211 ODpotential blCL - - - 12282 - - 13325 - - 14002 - - 14701 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 90 - - 84 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 30 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.6 - - 63.9 - - 64.3 - - 57.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 37.1 - - 36.0 - - 34.5 - - 34.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.1 - - 64.6 - - 65.8 - - 64.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 36.9 - - 35.9 - - 34.4 - - 33.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 357 - - 352 - - 149 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4433 - - 7126 - - 6968 - - 1990 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 55 - - 59 - - 35 - - 65 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 98985 8 134 4 211 6 203 6 330 98985 91553 5 217 2 208 2 300 4 110 91553 85841 9 195 3 120 6 343 8 076 85841 81110 14 113 7 149 5 009 8 061 81110 77021 10 094 11 124 6 115 5 084 77021 73397 6 081 13 087 9 116 5 109 73397 70106 7 129 5 116 13 084 8 111 70106 67071 13 127 11 161 4 027 10 059 67071 64244 6 147 12 151 8 220 2 286 64244 61514 15 213 5 201 17 197 11 215 61514 58672 24 207 20 221 14 232 14 200 58672 55716 26 226 30 227 34 231 23 222 55716 52895 43 236 41 235 40 221 26 220 52895 50360 51 224 48 230 45 226 43 235 50360 48096 46 221 49 225 51 231 51 230 48096 46046 47 228 52 228 58 236 54 230 46046 44171 57 230 60 232 68 238 62 232 44171 42449 64 227 70 235 78 237 72 232 42449 40855 68 226 77 235 83 233 80 230 40855 39369 69 225 79 234 82 230 83 227 39369 37982 71 222 77 233 80 230 84 226 37982 36661 72 216 75 234 79 231 83 225 36661 35344 71 214 75 234 80 231 81 225 35344 34000 72 214 74 231 80 231 79 226 34000 32635 73 215 73 229 79 230 77 225 32635 31236 71 215 72 227 76 229 76 224 31236 29797 69 215 69 226 72 227 73 223 29797 28324 67 219 65 224 67 225 69 223 28324 26819 66 223 62 221 62 223 63 225 26819 25286 65 226 61 220 59 222 59 227 25286 23729 63 226 60 221 57 223 56 230 23729 22140 62 224 59 222 57 225 55 233 22140 20514 60 223 57 222 56 226 56 228 20514 18880 57 223 54 222 52 223 52 219 18880 17320 51 224 49 223 46 220 44 215 17320 15902 46 225 41*224 40 216 37 213 15902 14631 40 226 32*224 34*212 34 208 14631 13485 34 221 26 222 30*209 32 200 13485 12447 28*217 22 219 26 208 28 191 12447 11507 21*222 18 213 21 209 24 184 11507 10654 15 222 17 211 17 210 19 179 10654 9886 12 216 17 210 14 212 13*174 9886 9193 12 211 17 208 13 213 9*167 9193 8558 11 202 16 207 13 213 6 154 8558 7986 10 191 16 207 12 214 4 139 7986 7500 10 185 16 206 12 214 3 128 7500 7120 9 179 15 205 11 214 2 114 7120 6856 9 177 14 205 10 214 2 090 6856 6694 8 174 13 205 10 214 2 065 6694 6601 7 172 10 204 8 213 2 056 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