DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 11/20 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 - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 36.2 - - 40.2 - - 36.4 - - 33.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 72 - - 0 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1296 - - 3299 - - 1957 - - 279 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 8941 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8796 - - 10799 - - 9457 - - 7779 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2243 - - 1606 - - 2862 - - 2902 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 161 - - 269 - - 40 - - 2 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 23 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 7 - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 122 - - 113 - - 011 - - 295 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 7 - - -12 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2197 - - 3930 - - 2857 - - 1180 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6600 - - 6869 - - 6600 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1459 - - 1247 - - -576 - - -2658 ODpotential blCL - - - 7337 - - 9552 - - 10033 - - 10437 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 94 - - 80 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 70 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 36.2 - - 40.2 - - 36.4 - - 33.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 34.1 - - 33.0 - - 32.6 - - 28.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 38.5 - - 42.2 - - 41.8 - - 40.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 33.6 - - 32.1 - - 32.3 - - 28.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 40 - - 72 - - 0 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1296 - - 3299 - - 1957 - - 279 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 102 - - 76 - - 20 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 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] 96689 33 052 28 054 25 082 24 082 96689 89670 24 058 22 051 22 063 21 064 89670 84169 17 068 15 071 22 048 18 051 84169 79559 13 073 14 090 14 057 14 051 79559 75564 10 078 14 089 10 066 10 068 75564 72017 6 067 13 082 5 093 7 108 72017 68792 5 138 8 072 3 069 8 122 68792 65822 7 090 8 136 2 154 6 130 65822 63072 7 334 3 066 4 146 9 125 63072 60410 9 247 9 285 4 221 3 133 60410 57633 6 191 12 260 6 226 3 190 57633 54740 14 291 14 250 19 234 10 274 54740 51971 23 265 18 250 20 228 21 229 51971 49487 21 255 18 262 16 256 18 215 49487 47265 14 270 10 229 13 243 16 214 47265 45248 7 236 9 174 14 207 18 194 45248 43392 5 350 10 122 18 172 21 165 43392 41663 12 339 3 111 14 159 16 160 41663 40043 12 311 4 252 7 174 12 156 40043 38522 10 259 8 281 4 234 10 119 38522 37100 13 168 5 257 5 021 20 089 37100 35748 25 131 17 141 9 058 22 079 35748 34401 33 120 30 126 11 099 23 071 34401 33037 38 113 38 117 24 112 23 085 33037 31673 42 109 45 108 38 107 34 097 31673 30298 48 108 49 103 47 102 37 090 30298 28896 50 106 57 104 45 104 27 100 28896 27468 58 106 52 109 35 111 28 105 27468 26017 53 113 32 122 22 120 24 099 26017 24547 34 128 23 170 15 137 13 101 24547 23057 22 157 25 182 16 146 9 105 23057 21534 23 174 25 181 16 155 5 100 21534 19970 23 180 24 183 15 168 3 133 19970 18394 21 191 19 184 14 183 5 180 18394 16885 18 206 13 183 10 186 7 171 16885 15514 14 219 10 199 7 169 7 157 15514 14289 10 224 9 220 6 154 6 157 14289 13189 9 225 8 223 5 165 5 176 13189 12194 9 223 6 220 5 186 5 196 12194 11293 7 211 4*225 3 203 5 206 11293 10477 6 189 2*231 2 238 4 205 10477 9742 7 167 2 218 2*287 2 206 9742 9078 9*152 2 125 2*315 1 244 9078 8471 10*142 3 101 2 341 2 302 8471 7923 9 129 4 097 2 010 2*305 7923 7458 8 116 4 097 2 036 2*299 7458 7095 6 109 4 097 2 064 2 296 7095 6843 6 108 4 097 1 084 2 299 6843 6689 5 106 4 098 1 101 2 293 6689 6600 4 106 3 098 1 117 2 281 6600 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