DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 08/29 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 - - - 62.9 - - 69.4 - - - - - 57.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 328 - - 229 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3563 - - 8504 - - - - - 933 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9913 - - 13605 - - - - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11063 - - 16004 - - - - - 8433 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3901 - - 3234 - - - - - 5189 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 451 - - 531 - - - - - 10 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 5 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 19 - - - - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 226 - - 246 - - - - - 255 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 10 - - - - - 21 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 7 - - -26 - - - - - -44 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3189 - - 3708 - - - - - -1483 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7875 - - 12297 - - - - - 9916 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 206 - - 1625 - - - - - -5320 ODpotential blCL - - - 10857 - - 14379 - - - - - 13753 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 95 - - - - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 960 - - 220 - - - - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 62.9 - - 69.4 - - - - - 57.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 50.7 - - 38.1 - - - - - 37.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 63.5 - - 70.6 - - - - - 63.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 50.2 - - 37.9 - - - - - 36.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 328 - - 229 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3563 - - 8504 - - - - - 933 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 40 - - 79 - - - - - 15 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 8 - - 5 - - - - - 6 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] 99274 17 112 8 112 8 044 99274 91794 11 137 9 132 8 043 91794 86012 6 163 8 125 3 093 86012 81222 10 140 2 114 10 122 81222 77084 7 116 6 175 12 113 77084 73421 6 145 6 141 7 102 73421 70113 8 106 3 211 8 039 70113 67061 1 035 5 190 3 310 67061 64236 4 252 4 239 9 231 64236 61512 14 269 5 269 13 210 61512 58676 25 232 22 223 17 239 58676 55736 28 241 27 249 31 247 55736 52920 41 247 45 247 37 243 52920 50376 46 238 47 238 41 244 50376 48097 47 246 51 245 49 247 48097 46040 59 249 61 248 57 249 46040 44160 68 243 65 245 63 247 44160 42427 70 239 66 241 67 243 42427 40818 68 237 67 236 71 240 40818 39327 66 235 65 234 74 238 39327 37943 64 234 61 233 77 236 37943 36632 62 233 57 237 77 235 36632 35325 61 233 57 242 73 235 35325 33992 61 233 57 242 70 238 33992 32638 60 234 54 242 70 241 32638 31251 58 235 52 245 71 243 31251 29820 54 237 51 248 70 244 29820 28348 49 240 51 249 66 245 28348 26841 46 244 50 250 61 246 26841 25303 43 248 49 249 54 245 25303 23740 39 250 46 248 46 246 23740 22148 30 254 44 245 40 245 22148 20523 26 256 40 244 35 243 20523 18891 25 258 30 247 35 243 18891 17330 24 261 22*256 36 246 17330 15911 24 265 19*258 37 247 15911 14640 25 266 19 256 36 248 14640 13494 24 265 19 252 34 248 13494 12456 21 265 19 249 32 248 12456 11514 18*264 19 247 29 248 11514 10660 15*256 19 244 26 249 10660 9891 13 243 19 242 24 251 9891 9196 11 229 20 240 22 252 9196 8560 11 219 19 239 21*254 8560 7986 11 216 19 238 20*254 7986 7499 10 211 19 237 17 255 7499 7120 10 207 18 236 13 256 7120 6856 9 204 17 236 11 255 6856 6695 9 203 16 235 7 252 6695 6601 7 201 11 234 2 114 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