DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/08 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.6 - - 63.3 - - - - - 60.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 434 - - 415 - - - - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3369 - - 6716 - - - - - 9477 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9845 - - 12493 - - - - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10869 - - 14216 - - - - - 16977 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2999 - - 2093 - - - - - 1311 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 484 - - 602 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 10 - - 8 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 14 - - - - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - 184 - - 199 - - - - - 224 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 19 - - - - - 27 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - -16 - - - - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3037 - - -1976 - - - - - 2816 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13907 - - 16192 - - - - - 14162 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9572 - - -6533 - - - - - -208 ODpotential blCL - - - 20441 - - 20749 - - - - - 17185 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 82 - - - - - 88 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.6 - - 63.3 - - - - - 60.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 17.5 - - 14.8 - - - - - 21.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.8 - - 63.5 - - - - - 66.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 16.4 - - 13.7 - - - - - 20.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 434 - - 415 - - - - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3369 - - 6716 - - - - - 9477 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 41 - - 29 - - - - - 54 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 98915 17 132 23 104 21 117 98915 91438 20 126 15 111 18 099 91438 85698 17 100 11 122 14 085 85698 80929 10 092 16 106 13 099 80929 76821 16 119 13 131 12 102 76821 73189 13 124 16 145 9 123 73189 69898 10 160 12 165 10 131 69898 66861 14 191 9 191 8 147 66861 64041 20 202 17 222 3 211 64041 61311 18 193 21 208 10 257 61311 58446 17 215 20 219 18 229 58446 55439 30 239 28 236 23 247 55439 52554 35 233 36 236 34 248 52554 49975 33 228 36 236 33 241 49975 47674 27 233 32 242 34 249 47674 45592 33 253 36 247 39 242 45592 43700 40 263 38 250 37 245 43700 41978 49 262 48 258 40 247 41978 40411 51 256 54 250 52 244 40411 38972 51 258 54 253 58 236 38972 37631 53 269 58 250 54 230 37631 36347 55 271 61 251 53 227 36347 35056 48 271 63 251 53 226 35056 33734 44 272 64 247 54 225 33734 32385 45 263 61 242 54 224 32385 31000 51 259 59 238 52 223 31000 29572 56 259 56 239 51 222 29572 28107 57 261 52 242 50 224 28107 26608 56 262 48 245 49 230 26608 25081 52 261 47 243 50 239 25081 23531 48 256 45 238 57 242 23531 21954 47 252 44 234 61 234 21954 20344 48 249 44 235 50 223 20344 18732 46 248 45 238 39 217 18732 17194 41 248 43 239 31*217 17194 15801 33 247 39 237 28*218 15801 14554 27 240 33*232 26 220 14554 13430 24 231 24*223 25 222 13430 12409 23 229 17 213 24 224 12409 11482 23*227 14 202 22 225 11482 10639 19*223 14 198 21 226 10639 9878 12 211 13 193 20 227 9878 9189 9 189 13 190 19 227 9189 8556 9 169 13 188 17 228 8556 7986 9 162 12 185 15 228 7986 7500 9 158 12 183 13 229 7500 7121 9 154 11 181 10 232 7121 6857 9 152 11 180 7 237 6857 6695 8 151 10 180 5 240 6695 6602 7 150 8 178 2 279 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