DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 07/09 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 76.8 - - 79.6 - - - - - 73.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 382 - - 313 - - - - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10419 - - 12502 - - - - - 9149 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 15459 - - 17039 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17919 - - 20002 - - - - - 16649 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1608 - - 1099 - - - - - 2279 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 677 - - 673 - - - - - 53 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 12 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 10 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 290 - - 269 - - - - - 272 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 7 - - - - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 14 - - 20 - - - - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3181 - - 4402 - - - - - 1785 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14739 - - 15601 - - - - - 14865 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 466 - - 2856 - - - - - -2177 ODpotential blCL - - - 17453 - - 17146 - - - - - 18826 blCL maxRH - - - 72 - - 100 - - - - - 64 maxRH CAPE - - - 150 - - 270 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 76.8 - - 79.6 - - - - - 73.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.7 - - 33.7 - - - - - 31.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 77.1 - - 80.1 - - - - - 78.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.9 - - 32.9 - - - - - 30.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 382 - - 313 - - - - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 10419 - - 12502 - - - - - 9149 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 101 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 99623 27 128 21 108 26 106 99623 92035 25 115 18 095 23 094 92035 86204 19 102 17 110 21 096 86204 81374 22 104 22 115 16 098 81374 77218 21 098 18 113 11 089 77218 73564 12 081 10 117 12 080 73564 70262 4 187 14 117 8 091 70262 67218 8 171 2 177 6 051 67218 64408 2 126 8 194 7 292 64408 61704 9 242 6 249 8 261 61704 58884 15 260 16 260 14 271 58884 55964 25 270 24 266 25 277 55964 53179 33 268 33 268 33 272 53179 50665 41 270 41 267 42 274 50665 48407 48 270 46 267 46 277 48407 46359 48 271 47 276 46 281 46359 44491 48 272 47 276 41 278 44491 42780 41 275 31 282 28 295 42780 41202 28 286 21 305 19 308 41202 39733 19 293 13 328 15 323 39733 38361 13 317 14 350 11 353 38361 37055 17 006 17 357 11 023 37055 35749 22 018 17 004 14 023 35749 34413 21 023 16 012 14 017 34413 33051 17 031 12 018 13 022 33051 31653 10 008 9 018 6 022 31653 30211 11 329 9 010 5 319 30211 28730 12 313 12 356 3 304 28730 27213 13 301 10 349 1 256 27213 25665 14 296 6 346 3 214 25665 24087 15 297 3 316 8 265 24087 22476 15 299 3 284 14 268 22476 20827 17 293 7*298 15 268 20827 19165 21*286 11*284 12 269 19165 17576 26*284 11 280 4*308 17576 16129 25 282 11 277 5*334 16129 14831 20 283 11 275 6 319 14831 13661 19 287 10 273 7 306 13661 12599 16 290 10 269 8 292 12599 11636 12 294 10 265 9 281 11636 10764 10 298 10 263 11 272 10764 9976 9 300 9 260 12 265 9976 9264 9 303 9 258 13 260 9264 8612 8 306 9 257 14 255 8612 8024 8 308 9 255 15 251 8024 7525 7 311 9 255 15 248 7525 7135 7 314 8 254 14 245 7135 6864 6 315 8 253 11 241 6864 6698 6 316 8 252 9 237 6698 6602 5 319 6 253 5 231 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