DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/08 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0956z - - 1001z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 59.6 - - 66.5 - - - - - 55.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 353 - - 395 - - - - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5853 - - 9149 - - - - - 3499 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11723 - - 14430 - - - - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13353 - - 16649 - - - - - 10999 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1372 - - 1300 - - - - - 2970 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 540 - - 651 - - - - - 10 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 9 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 13 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 261 - - 282 - - - - - 344 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 16 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 13 - - 14 - - - - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -882 - - 708 - - - - - -2113 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14236 - - 15942 - - - - - 13113 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5015 - - -2271 - - - - - -8427 ODpotential blCL - - - 18368 - - 18920 - - - - - 19426 blCL maxRH - - - 51 - - 54 - - - - - 39 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.6 - - 66.5 - - - - - 55.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 20.1 - - 19.2 - - - - - 21.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.1 - - 66.9 - - - - - 63.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 19.9 - - 18.8 - - - - - 21.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 353 - - 395 - - - - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5853 - - 9149 - - - - - 3499 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 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] 99005 10 185 4 195 10 261 99005 91585 3 196 5 209 4 250 91585 85850 4 099 6 159 6 008 85850 81081 8 093 6 122 8 025 81081 76985 9 102 4 102 6 025 76985 73377 9 074 7 096 5 056 73377 70120 8 098 6 131 9 066 70120 67116 7 087 8 115 6 031 67116 64318 4 275 5 336 2 276 64318 61607 12 198 7 228 4 298 61607 58782 19 241 20 261 21 267 58782 55855 30 240 28 256 27 265 55855 53067 33 241 36 253 33 267 53067 50550 36 252 42 252 41 267 50550 48289 41 259 46 254 49 271 48289 46237 48 257 51 256 60 273 46237 44360 56 258 57 261 75 271 44360 42628 66 257 66 262 81 268 42628 41018 74 255 71 263 81 268 41018 39514 76 255 74 263 80 270 39514 38114 78 256 75 264 78 273 38114 36787 80 257 78 267 79 274 36787 35469 81 257 81 267 77 274 35469 34129 80 256 82 266 77 275 34129 32771 77 256 80 265 68 277 32771 31383 74 256 78 265 51 279 31383 29960 71 257 76 266 27 287 29960 28501 68 257 75 266 20 313 28501 27005 66 258 73 265 25 312 27005 25472 63 259 69 267 25 301 25472 23907 61 262 53 270 24 294 23907 22303 58 266 45 280 29 296 22303 20655 51 268 45 285 31 299 20655 18992 44 270 43 287 28 301 18992 17400 39 271 37*286 24 301 17400 15953 35 272 23*283 22 298 15953 14661 31 274 16 279 19 290 14661 13503 24*276 16 280 12 267 13503 12458 17*275 14 280 9 250 12458 11513 14 271 13 281 7*260 11513 10657 13 268 12 281 6*289 10657 9887 12 265 12 282 8 321 9887 9191 10 259 11 283 10 339 9191 8556 9 251 11 284 11 348 8556 7983 8 243 10 285 12 354 7983 7497 7 238 10 285 11 357 7497 7119 6 232 9 286 10 002 7119 6855 6 228 9 286 8 003 6855 6694 6 226 8 286 6 001 6694 6601 5 223 7 287 4 347 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