DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 12/09 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 29.8 - - 42.0 - - 44.0 - - 38.7 - - 35.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -39 - - 14 - - 82 - - -2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1801 - - 3097 - - 2928 - - 1743 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 8880 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 9301 - - 10597 - - 10428 - - 9243 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 338 - - 1084 - - 1196 - - 1492 - - 1740 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 140 - - 272 - - 20 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 9 - - 28 - - 22 - - 12 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 220 - - 301 - - 314 - - 320 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear 11 - - 36 - - 25 - - 22 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg -33 - - -42 - - -28 - - -19 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 2 - - 1837 - - 2165 - - 3244 - - 2553 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 7465 - - 8432 - - 7185 - - 6691 sfcLCL ODpotential -7439 - - -3999 - - -626 - - 714 - - -1307 ODpotential blCL 14040 - - 13300 - - 11223 - - 9714 - - 10550 blCL maxRH 87 - - 80 - - 85 - - 95 - - 88 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 29.8 - - 42.0 - - 44.0 - - 38.7 - - 35.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 28.3 - - 32.2 - - 30.1 - - 30.3 - - 29.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 36.1 - - 44.9 - - 46.2 - - 44.7 - - 43.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 30.8 - - 31.3 - - 29.7 - - 30.1 - - 30.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -39 - - 14 - - 82 - - -2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1801 - - 3097 - - 2928 - - 1743 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 49 - - 19 - - 38 - - 78 - - 52 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 4 - - 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] 96389 27 046 20 010 23 353 33 351 40 341 96389 89357 18 036 11 028 14 354 29 358 31 353 89357 83857 19 012 21 010 15 009 20 338 28 002 83857 79244 27 002 20 355 16 005 6 358 20 003 79244 75251 17 328 17 336 23 334 15 356 20 343 75251 71731 23 003 20 359 21 345 23 357 16 331 71731 68534 35 004 24 359 20 353 19 005 15 356 68534 65564 30 332 22 333 22 343 24 343 24 330 65564 62810 22 317 22 330 21 332 26 323 21 310 62810 60152 8 317 7 141 12 353 22 318 15 358 60152 57362 22 003 24 342 7 335 38 314 37 332 57362 54457 46 319 53 321 34 317 44 300 45 313 54457 51694 63 312 53 321 53 321 48 313 45 302 51694 49220 59 314 65 322 70 325 63 325 58 322 49220 47032 67 313 81 318 84 322 77 324 78 324 47032 45090 78 308 88 311 95 317 93 319 88 316 45090 43345 81 302 93 302 104 308 108 311 97 312 43345 41742 72 297 96 298 105 303 110 300 105 309 41742 40241 58 290 95 296 105 302 108 298 107 307 40241 38825 61 293 92 296 104 302 104 298 106 305 38825 37493 65 299 92 298 102 302 96 298 104 303 37493 36217 69 305 92 301 100 303 93 299 101 304 36217 34936 74 309 91 304 96 304 91 300 100 308 34936 33624 79 311 88 306 94 303 92 302 98 315 33624 32285 82 311 85 307 93 302 93 306 101 318 32285 30910 83 310 81 305 91 301 93 309 102 318 30910 29492 81 309 78 302 89 301 94 311 98 318 29492 28034 79 307 76 299 86 302 93 312 96 315 28034 26541 77 305 75 298 81 303 92 312 95 313 26541 25016 77 304 74 300 79 304 90 312 95 312 25016 23463 78 304 74 304 79 306 89 312 93 313 23463 21876 78 305 76 307 78 307 87 314 90 313 21876 20250 78 306 78 307 74 307 81 315 87 314 20250 18615 78 306 76 306 69 307 73 315 80 316 18615 17055 76 305 73 305 64 307 67 315 70 318 17055 15642 75 302 70 305 59 308 63 316 61 321 15642 14383 74 301 67 307 54 308 56 316 55 322 14383 13257 73 301 64 309 48 309 46 315 50 323 13257 12243 71 301 60 312 43 310 37 315 42 324 12243 11328 68 302 56 314 38*313 31 316 35 325 11328 10503 63 303 53 314 33*315 27*317 29 326 10503 9761 57 302 49*312 29 316 23*319 24*327 9761 9092 49 299 44*310 25 315 19 320 18*328 9092 8481 40 296 37 307 21 314 15 321 12 327 8481 7930 31 288 31 303 19 313 11 323 7 318 7930 7463 25 274 25 297 17 311 8 325 5 293 7463 7099 22 254 19 289 15 310 6 325 4 263 7099 6845 19 239 16 283 14 309 4 315 5 241 6845 6689 16*234 14 279 12 308 3 298 4 233 6689 6600 6*201 10 274 9 307 2 270 3 227 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