DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/14 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 35.8 - - 43.0 - - 42.2 - - 30.5 - - 22.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -20 - - 244 - - 338 - - 170 - - 37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 599 - - 4237 - - 6927 - - 6665 - - 4852 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 10325 - - 12572 - - 11988 - - 9088 Hcrit BL Top 8099 - - 11737 - - 14427 - - 14165 - - 12352 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 979 - - 1551 - - 925 - - 1456 - - 1813 Hgt.Variab. W* 38 - - 435 - - 568 - - 445 - - 242 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 23 - - 37 - - 45 - - 38 - - 30 BL Wind Direction 280 - - 288 - - 289 - - 312 - - 336 Direction Wind Shear 34 - - 39 - - 41 - - 28 - - 26 Wind Shear Max.Converg -52 - - -61 - - -53 - - -50 - - -52 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 437 - - 3116 - - 3400 - - 4158 - - 3979 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7662 - - 8621 - - 11028 - - 10008 - - 8374 sfcLCL ODpotential -5289 - - 687 - - 1380 - - 1346 - - 959 ODpotential blCL 13388 - - 11050 - - 13047 - - 12819 - - 11393 blCL maxRH 72 - - 77 - - 87 - - 75 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 35.8 - - 43.0 - - 42.2 - - 30.5 - - 22.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 25.1 - - 27.9 - - 16.7 - - 9.8 - - 9.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 40.4 - - 44.4 - - 43.2 - - 32.2 - - 24.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 24.4 - - 27.2 - - 16.1 - - 9.4 - - 8.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -20 - - 244 - - 338 - - 170 - - 37 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 599 - - 4237 - - 6927 - - 6665 - - 4852 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 8 - - 47 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 1 - - 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] 96237 7 081 8 037 10 094 7 079 2 084 96237 89130 9 054 8 063 8 096 2 080 12 025 89130 83629 10 032 7 092 6 066 3 064 13 031 83629 79045 8 017 7 091 2 006 7 000 17 024 79045 75091 8 009 9 049 1 266 6 349 11 016 75091 71592 15 348 12 342 11 345 5 001 11 014 71592 68407 14 346 11 331 13 346 8 321 10 335 68407 65452 19 341 9 303 11 314 9 324 19 303 65452 62701 21 336 17 294 16 288 12 281 15 291 62701 60012 10 323 12 295 10 264 11 286 7 296 60012 57153 22 334 21 315 38 290 31 303 20 335 57153 54163 63 308 55 303 52 290 48 301 53 323 54163 51334 69 296 60 296 56 298 64 310 60 317 51334 48819 71 291 64 295 68 303 66 306 58 310 48819 46568 73 290 69 292 75 300 65 302 56 307 46568 44512 75 289 72 290 75 298 63 301 58 310 44512 42622 75 287 73 290 74 299 65 303 64 317 42622 40876 76 287 74 290 75 300 71 306 75 321 40876 39258 79 285 75 290 77 299 79 308 85 321 39258 37754 81 281 74 289 79 296 85 310 93 321 37754 36361 84 278 75 288 78 295 90 311 102 323 36361 35051 90 274 77 285 78 297 96 314 115 328 35051 33758 92 272 79 283 80 300 105 318 126 330 33758 32450 87 272 78 281 84 302 115 321 134 331 32450 31129 81 274 76 281 91 303 123 322 143 333 31129 29781 74 275 75 280 96 303 129 321 154 333 29781 28394 68 276 75 279 98 303 132 320 163 332 28394 26969 64 278 75 278 96 302 132 319 167 331 26969 25507 63 281 75 277 91 300 127 317 167 331 25507 24012 62 281 75 276 85 297 118 314 152 330 24012 22498 62 280 74 275 82 294 109 309 130 326 22498 20969 62 279 74 274 81 290 104 305 112 321 20969 19424 61 277 74 274 81 287 96 304 99 318 19424 17888 61 276 75 277 80 286 85 305 82 320 17888 16433 60 276 74 280 77 287 71 305 65 325 16433 15120 59 278 72 284 68*287 57*305 51 330 15120 13950 57 281 68 287 58*287 42*305 43 331 13950 12901 56 283 62 290 52 287 41 306 39*330 12901 11953 56 285 56*294 51 287 40 308 36*330 11953 11093 57 285 52*295 49 288 40 310 35 332 11093 10314 57 285 49 294 47 288 40 312 34 335 10314 9612 56 284 44 292 45 289 39 314 33 337 9612 8977 54 282 40 288 43 290 38 316 32 338 8977 8395 48*282 35 285 41 290 37 317 31 339 8395 7870 39*282 32 281 39 291 35 318 29 340 7870 7424 30 283 29 279 37 291 33 319 26 340 7424 7075 22 282 26 277 34 291 31 319 23 340 7075 6833 16 274 24 276 31 291 28 320 20 340 6833 6684 11 262 21 275 27 291 24 320 17 340 6684 6599 6 249 14 274 17 291 15 320 10 339 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