DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/13 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 72.8 - - 73.4 - - - - - 51.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 307 - - 400 - - - - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9729 - - 11695 - - - - - 1351 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 14780 - - 16539 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 17229 - - 19195 - - - - - 8851 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4525 - - 2151 - - - - - 1378 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 618 - - 717 - - - - - 39 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 29 - - 39 - - - - - 28 BL Wind Direction - - - 232 - - 227 - - - - - 310 Direction Wind Shear - - - 41 - - 47 - - - - - 28 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -45 - - -31 - - - - - -65 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1985 - - 3069 - - - - - -5388 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15245 - - 16127 - - - - - 14239 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -566 - - 1332 - - - - - -12854 ODpotential blCL - - - 17795 - - 17863 - - - - - 21705 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 84 - - - - - 47 maxRH CAPE - - - 150 - - 30 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 72.8 - - 73.4 - - - - - 51.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 28.4 - - 24.9 - - - - - 12.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 73.5 - - 73.9 - - - - - 54.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 27.3 - - 23.6 - - - - - 11.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 307 - - 400 - - - - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 9729 - - 11695 - - - - - 1351 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 54 - - 38 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 98187 4 003 7 099 12 341 98187 90787 6 086 7 342 13 020 90787 85064 8 092 3 277 13 027 85064 80322 3 063 5 065 10 025 80322 76237 3 274 5 014 7 029 76237 72620 3 117 4 326 7 020 72620 69356 4 079 4 011 9 011 69356 66368 8 018 3 315 9 358 66368 63591 8 001 7 329 14 350 63591 60899 9 323 11 298 11 342 60899 58085 18 320 17 309 12 324 58085 55166 20 293 19 286 18 312 55166 52397 24 283 21 299 12 341 52397 49885 32 264 27 298 7 326 49885 47602 36 262 31 277 28 297 47602 45536 44 254 38 257 56 290 45536 43662 51 240 46 249 64 273 43662 41944 55 232 52 244 61 258 41944 40347 56 226 55 243 57 263 40347 38858 56 220 58 242 65 271 38858 37481 54 217 62 240 75 269 37481 36189 50 216 63 238 76 259 36189 34908 47 220 62 236 73 253 34908 33606 50 227 59 233 67 249 33606 32283 52 228 56 232 63 250 32283 30925 48 225 53 232 62 254 30925 29525 43 220 51 231 62 259 29525 28083 45 218 50 229 63 261 28083 26604 51 219 49 226 63 262 26604 25092 55 222 51 227 62 261 25092 23550 57 226 56 231 60 260 23550 21974 57 225 61 229 58 259 21974 20356 59 219 64*225 55 258 20356 18726 58 216 62*225 53 256 18726 17168 54*224 54 225 53 254 17168 15754 51*234 47 226 53 253 15754 14491 47 238 42 226 53 255 14491 13358 38 234 38 227 52 258 13358 12333 31 231 36 228 49 265 12333 11406 26 231 34 229 45 274 11406 10567 22 230 33 229 42 285 10567 9813 20 230 32 230 40 296 9813 9133 20 229 31 230 39*303 9133 8512 19 228 31 230 37*308 8512 7952 18 228 30 230 34 310 7952 7478 17 227 29 230 31 311 7478 7108 16 226 27 230 26 311 7108 6849 15 225 26 230 21 311 6849 6692 14 225 23 230 17 310 6692 6601 10 224 15 229 9 309 6601 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