DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 08/13 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 - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 68.5 - - 60.7 - - 57.6 - - 57.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 225 - - 104 - - 47 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4954 - - 2277 - - 1470 - - 1642 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10836 - - 8559 - - 6585 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12454 - - 9777 - - 8970 - - 9142 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3870 - - 3030 - - 2408 - - 2845 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 445 - - 279 - - 181 - - 92 W* B/S - - - 21 - - 64 - - 17 - - 3 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 228 - - 240 - - 270 - - 168 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 6 - - 4 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 6 - - -8 - - 6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2171 - - 3176 - - 2369 - - 2426 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10284 - - 6601 - - 6602 - - 6717 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -800 - - 478 - - -233 - - -1009 ODpotential blCL - - - 13254 - - 9299 - - 9203 - - 10151 blCL maxRH - - - 96 - - 99 - - 101 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 520 - - 1030 - - 310 - - 180 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 68.5 - - 60.7 - - 57.6 - - 57.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 45.9 - - 55.0 - - 51.9 - - 50.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 69.6 - - 62.4 - - 59.8 - - 60.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 45.3 - - 53.8 - - 51.3 - - 49.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 225 - - 104 - - 47 - - 5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4954 - - 2277 - - 1470 - - 1642 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 84 - - 98 - - 103 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 7 - - 10 - - 10 - - 9 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] 99492 19 096 24 108 16 109 17 109 99492 91962 13 109 16 075 19 099 14 087 91962 86138 15 090 8 114 10 080 14 079 86138 81306 11 086 10 116 7 096 10 086 81306 77153 9 098 10 099 7 136 11 081 77153 73484 5 086 8 089 7 138 6 073 73484 70160 5 116 6 135 5 089 5 112 70160 67099 7 121 4 146 2 279 4 051 67099 64264 5 074 5 130 3 257 2 335 64264 61533 2 214 5 185 5 248 2 308 61533 58696 4 268 9 209 11 226 14 255 58696 55763 10 259 11 247 13 232 20 229 55763 52974 28 252 29 263 20 258 24 236 52974 50469 38 243 43 248 36 253 32 240 50469 48230 45 238 47 238 42 243 40 237 48230 46199 47 231 48 231 46 235 44 233 46199 44334 49 229 46 227 46 226 46 227 44334 42611 50 230 41 227 45 224 47 223 42611 41017 52 231 43 225 46 226 47 228 41017 39537 51 228 50 219 48 227 48 232 39537 38161 50 225 50 213 45 226 51 231 38161 36851 47 222 43 208 40 223 58 226 36851 35544 46 222 38 206 41 217 61 222 35544 34209 43 220 27 206 44 214 62 213 34209 32846 35 222 26 205 43 211 60 209 32846 31447 34 224 26 203 37 205 55 215 31447 30007 31 214 28 204 34 209 53 222 30007 28526 28 214 27 206 31 211 43 231 28526 27007 28 219 27 210 29 214 35 232 27007 25454 28 223 27 214 25 215 31 234 25454 23870 27 223 25 218 22 220 27 242 23870 22254 26 221 26 218 22 228 23 241 22254 20603 23 222 27 216 22 235 18 236 20603 18942 18 219 22 211 19 244 16 239 18942 17356 15 201 19 208 17 237 13 243 17356 15916 17 188 14 207 16 225 10 267 15916 14632 18 194 13 203 13 224 12 286 14632 13480 16 211 13 203 11 235 13 272 13480 12440 12*226 12 209 9 245 12 249 12440 11499 9*247 10 221 7 251 10 240 11499 10648 9 261 8 238 6 255 8 241 10648 9880 7 260 6*249 5 261 6 243 9880 9187 4 241 4*255 5*271 4*230 9187 8554 3 176 3 255 4*283 4*201 8554 7983 4 155 2 248 3 286 6 183 7983 7497 4 150 0 120 1 260 6 167 7497 7119 4 146 2 087 1 238 6 155 7119 6856 4 145 2 087 1 228 6 149 6856 6695 4 143 2 083 1 220 5 146 6695 6602 3 140 2 085 1 215 3 143 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