DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 11/24 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 28.7 - - 35.5 - - 37.5 - - 28.6 - - 23.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -5 - - 44 - - 16 - - -11 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1509 - - 5393 - - 3284 - - 1980 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 9009 - - 12893 - - 10784 - - 9480 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 708 - - 2947 - - 940 - - 1446 - - 1771 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 177 - - 196 - - 28 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 15 - - 24 - - 20 - - 16 BL Wind Direction 195 - - 260 - - 289 - - 320 - - 342 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 14 - - 20 - - 22 - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg -5 - - -37 - - -25 - - -22 - - -20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 2 - - 2041 - - 3885 - - 1694 - - 737 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 6968 - - 9009 - - 9091 - - 8744 sfcLCL ODpotential -4997 - - -675 - - 1182 - - -6230 - - -8295 ODpotential blCL 11598 - - 9684 - - 11711 - - 17014 - - 17775 blCL maxRH 75 - - 82 - - 88 - - 56 - - 67 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.7 - - 35.5 - - 37.5 - - 28.6 - - 23.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 23.2 - - 28.2 - - 21.2 - - 12.3 - - 8.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 36.1 - - 38.1 - - 40.5 - - 33.2 - - 29.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.7 - - 27.4 - - 20.3 - - 11.7 - - 8.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -5 - - 44 - - 16 - - -11 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1509 - - 5393 - - 3284 - - 1980 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 27 - - 54 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 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] 96471 31 088 32 058 41 071 34 086 33 090 96471 89428 27 091 18 092 23 059 23 083 23 084 89428 83917 17 077 16 098 6 070 13 064 18 071 83917 79304 6 059 8 097 2 213 5 008 8 070 79304 75303 4 009 7 115 3 188 6 252 8 049 75303 71732 4 344 3 138 5 216 6 237 10 022 71732 68464 5 334 3 237 5 251 6 278 7 342 68464 65439 9 299 7 275 9 282 6 285 10 273 65439 62635 4 337 9 280 8 255 1 252 9 254 62635 59913 21 280 10 271 7 279 13 291 11 271 59913 57059 31 264 19 264 25 270 26 271 26 277 57059 54091 34 262 28 267 29 264 25 272 34 286 54091 51258 42 262 33 269 29 269 41 288 42 288 51258 48718 45 258 40 265 39 275 54 287 44 290 48718 46455 45 261 47 265 50 277 53 284 47 297 46455 44419 53 271 55 267 57 279 53 287 55 303 44419 42575 62 271 55 268 57 278 56 292 60 303 42575 40894 63 270 62 278 53 281 58 298 65 308 40894 39346 63 271 67 276 60 292 63 305 73 313 39346 37909 67 273 64 275 71 295 71 308 80 315 37909 36575 71 269 63 276 75 293 79 309 85 316 36575 35316 70 263 67 278 76 293 89 310 87 317 35316 34069 66 262 71 280 78 297 97 310 87 316 34069 32800 62 268 72 282 82 301 99 312 86 315 32800 31506 62 272 70 286 83 303 97 315 84 310 31506 30174 61 272 68 289 84 304 92 316 87 309 30174 28799 61 272 64 290 83 304 84 315 87 313 28799 27383 58 273 60 288 82 304 79 312 81 316 27383 25934 55 274 57 285 81 302 78 308 73 314 25934 24454 51 275 57 280 79 301 77 305 68 310 24454 22947 49 277 58 278 74 298 76 303 64 308 22947 21406 48 279 57 277 68 292 74 302 62 307 21406 19827 46 278 53 277 64 286 72 299 63 306 19827 18237 45 276 51 278 62 281 68 297 62 306 18237 16720 44 274 50 278 60 279 62 295 58 307 16720 15347 42 272 49 278 57 281 55 297 50 309 15347 14128 40 272 46 278 48 284 46 300 40 312 14128 13039 38 273 40 280 37*287 38 304 32 316 13039 12059 36 276 33 281 29*289 31 310 27 321 12059 11174 34 280 27 284 27 289 27*317 24 326 11174 10376 32 284 25 286 27 290 25*322 24 330 10376 9658 28 288 24 286 26 290 25 322 23*333 9658 9011 24 290 21*285 25 290 24 322 23*337 9011 8419 20 292 19*280 24 289 23 322 21 340 8419 7886 16 291 17 269 23 289 21 320 19 344 7886 7433 12 279 16 255 21 289 18 318 16 346 7433 7081 11 261 15 246 19 289 15 313 13 345 7081 6836 8 239 13 244 17 288 12 307 10 343 6836 6685 5*213 12 243 14 288 9 303 6 336 6685 6599 4*181 7 241 9 289 4 293 2 287 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