DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 11/25 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 16.9 - - 26.0 - - 30.4 - - 27.6 - - 22.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 98 - - 105 - - -3 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1137 - - 1689 - - 891 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6582 - - 6582 - - 8022 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 8637 - - 9189 - - 8391 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2115 - - 1195 - - 1207 - - 1414 - - 1138 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 205 - - 239 - - 11 - - 2 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 8 - - 9 - - 10 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 231 - - 220 - - 231 - - 219 - - 202 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 11 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - -16 - - -19 - - -17 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1190 - - -1777 - - -2185 - - -1695 - - -2110 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7791 - - 10414 - - 11374 - - 10086 - - 8711 sfcLCL ODpotential -11172 - - -11991 - - -11728 - - -10407 - - -12097 ODpotential blCL 17772 - - 20628 - - 20917 - - 18798 - - 18697 blCL maxRH 77 - - 72 - - 74 - - 78 - - 87 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 16.9 - - 26.0 - - 30.4 - - 27.6 - - 22.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 6.7 - - 4.1 - - 4.2 - - 7.2 - - 8.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 24.6 - - 28.0 - - 32.4 - - 33.6 - - 29.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 6.8 - - 3.4 - - 3.7 - - 6.6 - - 8.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 98 - - 105 - - -3 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1137 - - 1689 - - 891 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 6 - - 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 50 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96495 40 087 38 089 40 079 37 083 34 078 96495 89408 26 090 22 083 23 085 23 082 28 072 89408 83895 17 091 11 074 12 071 11 073 18 072 83895 79279 10 065 4 079 6 074 1 229 10 037 79279 75260 7 022 3 104 2 109 4 203 5 332 75260 71678 2 333 1 277 8 302 4 336 11 345 71678 68426 6 022 3 337 5 318 4 313 7 359 68426 65425 16 249 11 307 15 313 14 328 8 357 65425 62625 7 238 12 295 21 291 20 310 17 324 62625 59903 15 331 14 307 18 303 23 308 16 318 59903 57063 26 309 22 309 25 309 32 303 30 310 57063 54138 27 307 29 308 33 301 36 300 34 294 54138 51366 36 313 36 314 40 310 35 312 38 313 51366 48887 43 314 45 314 48 311 51 320 53 311 48887 46679 50 317 50 314 56 313 63 305 54 307 46679 44697 65 318 58 313 70 312 65 305 57 315 44697 42915 69 302 65 305 74 307 76 304 77 311 42915 41292 58 314 51 301 65 311 79 300 85 304 41292 39783 88 346 65 337 85 328 74 316 81 309 39783 38368 117 344 111 339 103 330 87 324 90 315 38368 37051 118 340 115 336 103 328 93 323 88 314 37051 35797 116 337 109 335 97 328 91 317 84 311 35797 34539 117 335 94 329 89 325 90 314 83 306 34539 33248 113 335 95 321 88 318 90 313 79 307 33248 31928 98 330 93 321 92 315 92 313 79 307 31928 30571 93 321 92 325 91 314 90 313 80 310 30571 29171 93 317 92 325 81 314 84 311 77 315 29171 27733 83 312 88 322 74 319 75 310 72 315 27733 26259 71 304 80 318 73 324 68 314 67 310 26259 24752 63 307 67 314 71 323 65 318 63 309 24752 23216 59 312 58 312 66 317 62 316 60 309 23216 21649 54 312 53 313 58 311 58 309 56 308 21649 20045 49 310 51 316 51 310 53 303 50 307 20045 18433 43 309 47 318 45 311 50 306 45 308 18433 16894 39 309 40 315 41 314 48 312 40 308 16894 15499 36 311 34 311 39 315 44 314 37 307 15499 14258 32 314 30 312 36 314 40 315 35 308 14258 13147 27 316 26 314 30 312 35 315 31 309 13147 12146 22 316 22 315 24 311 29 314 28 308 12146 11242 18 314 18 313 19 310 22 310 25 303 11242 10428 14 307 14 306 15 303 16 303 21 296 10428 9695 11 295 11 286 12*285 13 289 18 288 9695 9036 9 279 11*256 10*257 12 266 17 279 9036 8435 8 260 10*231 10 236 12*246 16 270 8435 7894 8 242 10 219 10 228 13*232 15 260 7894 7437 8 230 9 217 10 224 12 222 14 248 7437 7082 8 228 8 218 9 223 11 216 12 235 7082 6836 7 233 7 217 9 222 9 209 8 216 6836 6686 5*239 6 218 8 222 6 200 5*197 6686 6599 3*239 5 215 6 221 3 189 2*177 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