DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/28 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 34.6 - - 41.3 - - 45.7 - - 44.3 - - 37.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -6 - - 75 - - 95 - - 12 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 706 - - 991 - - 2702 - - 1352 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 8777 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 8206 - - 8491 - - 10202 - - 8852 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1729 - - 1660 - - 1916 - - 2702 - - 1968 Hgt.Variab. W* 21 - - 188 - - 282 - - 115 - - 9 W* B/S 0 - - 7 - - 7 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 8 - - 5 - - 7 - - 9 - - 10 BL Wind Direction 307 - - 267 - - 274 - - 263 - - 245 Direction Wind Shear 18 - - 11 - - 12 - - 6 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg -20 - - -6 - - -7 - - -26 - - -34 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4493 - - -975 - - -882 - - -1539 - - -1971 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12699 - - 9466 - - 11084 - - 10391 - - 8573 sfcLCL ODpotential -13689 - - -9101 - - -7987 - - -7663 - - -7472 ODpotential blCL 21895 - - 17592 - - 18189 - - 16515 - - 14073 blCL maxRH 76 - - 68 - - 82 - - 80 - - 91 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 34.6 - - 41.3 - - 45.7 - - 44.3 - - 37.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 3.0 - - 23.1 - - 20.4 - - 22.0 - - 23.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 43.3 - - 43.3 - - 47.7 - - 47.1 - - 43.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 2.0 - - 22.0 - - 19.2 - - 21.0 - - 21.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -6 - - 75 - - 95 - - 12 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 706 - - 991 - - 2702 - - 1352 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 5 - - 0 - - 27 - - 21 - - 63 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 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] 96529 14 105 10 145 5 188 7 100 12 145 96529 89346 5 098 5 084 4 179 5 329 5 039 89346 83756 6 051 1 208 3 295 6 321 11 335 83756 79086 9 007 3 272 7 299 10 306 14 349 79086 75060 10 309 6 166 6 314 15 320 20 309 75060 71535 40 308 29 323 24 350 26 338 29 324 71535 68367 47 310 43 306 45 314 39 317 38 312 68367 65451 36 308 31 307 40 301 41 311 38 305 65451 62732 36 312 30 312 43 307 45 313 40 308 62732 60076 44 313 42 308 47 301 50 305 45 305 60076 57290 54 308 46 300 48 299 52 299 47 304 57290 54387 65 298 55 297 55 299 58 296 53 302 54387 51613 75 297 65 294 63 296 64 294 58 296 51613 49121 84 292 74 290 72 292 69 290 65 295 49121 46889 83 294 77 294 78 290 70 288 65 291 46889 44869 89 299 86 296 77 285 73 285 69 292 44869 43027 97 295 92 287 74 284 73 284 73 290 43027 41337 95 290 89 284 80 281 76 283 77 286 41337 39779 84 289 82 288 81 274 76 278 76 282 39779 38340 78 295 80 290 72 271 67 275 71 280 38340 37009 84 295 83 287 66 268 53 266 54 273 37009 35748 85 292 83 285 58 273 47 257 43 266 35748 34489 79 294 79 284 52 279 45 262 37 266 34489 33201 68 300 76 284 53 281 42 266 32 269 33201 31890 72 305 70 291 54 279 40 266 30 277 31890 30545 70 304 67 295 55 275 39 269 29 282 30545 29158 67 300 61 296 56 271 40 274 33 281 29158 27734 63 298 57 297 54 270 42 277 37 280 27734 26275 59 298 53 296 47 275 45 273 43 278 26275 24784 55 298 49 294 38 286 45 266 47 278 24784 23263 52 301 47 293 34 285 39 261 45 283 23263 21708 52 304 45 294 34 282 29 263 42 291 21708 20115 50 309 43 294 35 279 25 273 34 284 20115 18518 45 309 40 293 35 279 26 282 21 252 18518 16994 39 306 37 293 33 282 26 285 12 271 16994 15611 36 302 34 293 30 285 23 286 13 298 15611 14374 34 301 32 293 28 288 21 287 16 291 14374 13261 32 301 29 295 26 291 19 287 17 283 13261 12253 31 304 27 298 23 293 18 288 18 283 12253 11340 29 307 24 302 21 294 16 289 18 284 11340 10515 28 311 21 307 18*295 14 289 17 285 10515 9771 26 315 17 311 14*293 13 289 17 283 9771 9100 24 317 14*310 10 286 11*286 16 281 9100 8486 21*317 10*302 8 277 10*279 16 275 8486 7933 17*315 7 278 6 266 10 268 16 268 7933 7464 11 313 5 258 6 255 9 260 16 260 7464 7099 7 306 3 227 6 250 9 256 16 252 7099 6844 4 290 3 218 5 248 8 255 14 248 6844 6689 3 251 3 212 5 247 7 255 11*246 6689 6600 2 204 2 204 4 245 5 254 3*234 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