DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 02/22 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 15.3 - - 26.5 - - 29.8 - - 28.5 - - 21.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 22 - - 28 - - -3 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 57 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6583 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 6600 - - 7557 - - 6600 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 914 - - 1225 - - 642 - - 1570 - - 938 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 31 - - 52 - - 8 - - 6 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 3 - - 5 - - 3 - - 1 BL Wind Direction 114 - - 149 - - 171 - - 140 - - 105 Direction Wind Shear 6 - - 5 - - 10 - - 6 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg -4 - - -2 - - -5 - - 4 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3213 - - -1939 - - -925 - - -1402 - - -1085 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9814 - - 8539 - - 8482 - - 8002 - - 7685 sfcLCL ODpotential -12180 - - -10837 - - -9246 - - -10271 - - -10202 ODpotential blCL 18780 - - 17437 - - 16803 - - 16871 - - 16802 blCL maxRH 63 - - 51 - - 54 - - 59 - - 73 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 15.3 - - 26.5 - - 29.8 - - 28.5 - - 21.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m -3.2 - - 12.9 - - 16.4 - - 17.2 - - 12.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 26.2 - - 29.0 - - 32.3 - - 32.7 - - 30.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 3.9 - - 11.9 - - 15.3 - - 16.0 - - 15.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 22 - - 28 - - -3 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 57 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96875 29 111 21 109 24 102 20 130 20 099 96875 89705 20 100 16 122 15 100 13 103 10 083 89705 84149 10 107 17 108 9 141 7 065 7 073 84149 79505 8 127 11 126 6 155 2 353 6 053 79505 75477 5 159 7 131 4 181 6 319 8 348 75477 71893 2 165 2 199 4 250 3 309 3 326 71893 68628 2 234 7 245 9 267 12 282 10 329 68628 65617 8 225 13 236 13 267 10 315 9 292 65617 62828 6 243 10 254 19 269 21 289 7 027 62828 60132 19 254 23 256 23 265 24 286 25 274 60132 57332 22 268 21 272 22 279 18 300 29 292 57332 54421 36 278 32 284 30 288 40 282 41 282 54421 51639 47 265 46 268 47 266 47 269 41 276 51639 49138 50 264 53 273 60 271 59 279 56 285 49138 46911 57 277 65 274 67 274 68 280 70 282 46911 44912 69 281 71 275 68 275 75 278 80 281 44912 43107 80 276 78 276 75 277 83 276 89 278 43107 41465 90 275 89 275 89 276 93 273 92 275 41465 39952 106 274 103 274 102 274 99 272 92 276 39952 38538 117 272 111 272 106 274 100 273 93 278 38538 37211 114 271 109 272 104 275 100 274 93 277 37211 35940 108 273 99 275 98 276 98 274 94 275 35940 34664 102 277 94 279 91 277 92 275 95 274 34664 33362 100 279 95 281 88 280 86 276 91 276 33362 32039 97 279 94 281 87 282 81 278 83 279 32039 30687 93 279 90 280 86 283 78 279 75 280 30687 29293 89 280 86 279 82 282 76 281 70 281 29293 27860 82 282 82 279 77 281 72 281 67 282 27860 26390 71 283 74 279 70 280 65 280 64 280 26390 24888 62 283 65 280 64 279 60 278 60 278 24888 23357 54 280 56 279 59 278 56 275 57 277 23357 21794 47 276 50 277 53 275 51 271 53 275 21794 20190 41 273 44 273 46 272 45 269 46 273 20190 18574 39 271 40 269 42 269 41 267 39 271 18574 17026 38 269 37 264 39 265 39 265 34 269 17026 15617 36 267 35 261 38 261 38 263 31 267 15617 14358 34 265 32 260 37 257 37 260 30 265 14358 13229 31 260 29 259 36 255 35 257 29 262 13229 12210 27 254 26 255 33 253 33 254 29 258 12210 11292 22 247 22 247 30 248 31 248 29 252 11292 10465 18 239 19 236 25 240 28 240 27 244 10465 9724 15 230 16 224 21 229 25 229 23 234 9724 9057 12 219 15 214 18 217 22 216 20 219 9057 8449 12 210 14 208 16 208 20 206 19 204 8449 7904 12 202 12 203 14*204 15 198 15 194 7904 7443 9 195 9 195 10*198 11 194 11 188 7443 7085 6 178 6 177 5 174 6 176 6 184 7085 6837 4 143 3 147 4 142 3 139 3 174 6837 6686 2*113 2*117 3 133 3*108 1*092 6686 6599 2*349 2*105 3 122 3*090 2*028 6599 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