DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/11 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 - - - 0954z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 70.2 - - 74.4 - - 73.3 - - 63.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 317 - - 350 - - 144 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8596 - - 13071 - - 11802 - - 4969 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13883 - - 17586 - - 15886 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 16096 - - 20571 - - 19302 - - 12469 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3407 - - 2421 - - 2205 - - 4145 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 599 - - 711 - - 514 - - 35 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 21 - - 19 - - 18 BL Wind Direction - - - 266 - - 278 - - 283 - - 296 Direction Wind Shear - - - 32 - - 21 - - 20 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -28 - - -25 - - -23 - - -38 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 703 - - 5176 - - 4449 - - -352 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 15393 - - 15396 - - 14854 - - 12822 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1377 - - 3231 - - 1985 - - -5229 ODpotential blCL - - - 17473 - - 17340 - - 17317 - - 17698 blCL maxRH - - - 74 - - 71 - - 71 - - 65 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 300 - - 270 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 70.2 - - 74.4 - - 73.3 - - 63.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 25.4 - - 29.4 - - 30.8 - - 30.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 70.9 - - 74.9 - - 74.9 - - 69.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 24.3 - - 28.3 - - 29.9 - - 29.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 317 - - 350 - - 144 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8596 - - 13071 - - 11802 - - 4969 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 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] 98055 10 150 14 219 5 309 5 109 98055 90610 8 179 5 124 6 160 10 129 90610 84909 10 166 4 070 8 142 10 142 84909 80203 12 152 8 178 1 037 9 108 80203 76138 8 140 11 147 6 249 7 064 76138 72530 4 185 5 056 3 169 4 055 72530 69265 9 150 7 233 3 014 2 058 69265 66262 5 326 10 243 5 343 3 013 66262 63474 8 248 13 278 9 315 8 353 63474 60776 8 297 8 273 14 277 10 314 60776 57968 19 297 6 302 19 278 18 294 57968 55067 29 279 28 290 27 286 27 282 55067 52307 32 267 36 274 31 284 30 275 52307 49821 37 275 41 274 40 285 39 288 49821 47600 46 282 47 280 47 286 46 294 47600 45608 54 287 53 285 54 286 51 292 45608 43811 64 286 61 289 60 287 57 290 43811 42175 69 283 69 289 64 292 64 290 42175 40659 71 282 70 288 69 293 68 290 40659 39236 67 283 67 287 67 290 65 289 39236 37898 63 283 64 287 62 289 61 288 37898 36617 61 283 61 287 58 288 58 288 36617 35334 58 284 59 288 54 287 56 288 35334 34021 56 285 56 288 52 288 54 289 34021 32683 55 284 53 289 50 289 50 290 32683 31311 53 283 51 288 49 291 47 291 31311 29897 51 283 51 286 49 290 45 291 29897 28442 49 284 51 285 49 289 45 291 28442 26951 48 285 50 284 49 289 46 291 26951 25424 49 285 49 284 48 289 46 291 25424 23868 47 284 47 284 45 288 44 291 23868 22278 44 281 43 283 41 287 41 290 22278 20648 40 277 37*282 36*286 37 288 20648 19005 38 273 31*284 29*285 34 286 19005 17430 37*271 26 286 23 285 32 286 17430 15996 35*271 22 284 19 284 30 287 15996 14711 31 271 21 283 19 284 27 289 14711 13555 27 271 21 282 19 283 24 291 13555 12507 23 272 20 280 19 283 21*292 12507 11559 19 272 20 277 19 282 20*293 11559 10699 16 270 19 274 18 281 19 293 10699 9923 13 265 19 272 18 281 19 295 9923 9223 11 257 19 270 18 280 19 296 9223 8581 10 248 19 268 18 280 19 298 8581 8002 9 241 18 267 17 279 19 299 8002 7510 9 235 17 265 17 279 18 299 7510 7126 8 229 17 265 16 279 16 298 7126 6859 7 226 16 264 15 278 13 295 6859 6696 7 223 15 264 14 279 9 290 6696 6602 6 221 11 264 10 279 5 283 6602 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