DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/13 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 = 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 30.9 - - 33.3 - - 35.8 - - 32.6 - - 33.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -10 - - -5 - - 31 - - -10 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 6601 - - 6601 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 319 - - 426 - - 630 - - 381 - - 398 Hgt.Variab. W* 2 - - 5 - - 35 - - 9 - - 3 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 3 - - 5 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 213 - - 161 - - 149 - - 201 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - -3 - - -6 - - -12 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2752 - - -2292 - - -869 - - -986 - - -2150 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9354 - - 8893 - - 7470 - - 7587 - - 8751 sfcLCL ODpotential -12891 - - -12215 - - -9353 - - -10941 - - -12117 ODpotential blCL 19492 - - 18816 - - 15954 - - 17542 - - 18718 blCL maxRH 68 - - 101 - - 91 - - 78 - - 72 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 30.9 - - 33.3 - - 35.8 - - 32.6 - - 33.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 14.1 - - 18.3 - - 26.6 - - 23.1 - - 19.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 39.7 - - 41.0 - - 39.3 - - 39.0 - - 42.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 15.5 - - 17.1 - - 25.5 - - 22.0 - - 18.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -10 - - -5 - - 31 - - -10 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 102 - - 63 - - 13 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 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] 96316 43 053 39 052 29 054 27 032 33 048 96316 89498 39 042 31 049 29 051 25 050 29 055 89498 84146 36 031 18 043 23 038 28 042 23 049 84146 79629 25 020 15 048 18 035 19 020 20 051 79629 75689 19 025 18 019 20 050 12 031 19 045 75689 72175 22 029 17 026 19 043 13 035 13 040 72175 68974 22 039 13 040 16 019 17 020 18 037 68974 66020 19 001 15 032 9 021 14 359 20 050 66020 63265 16 354 14 347 11 349 16 354 20 042 63265 60600 29 355 11 015 14 329 18 349 19 357 60600 57854 35 344 25 006 15 012 18 358 25 003 57854 55011 30 325 32 344 17 037 11 003 27 350 55011 52285 10 285 23 326 20 010 23 018 34 003 52285 49837 16 352 27 007 40 003 51 008 48 009 49837 47661 48 354 50 003 54 359 60 002 57 012 47661 45694 77 357 58 007 66 016 69 005 63 017 45694 43891 87 349 74 006 80 011 74 006 66 020 43891 42227 69 342 82 356 81 360 72 006 69 014 42227 40689 61 002 71 345 69 351 70 005 67 004 40689 39264 62 007 51 333 59 346 65 000 63 353 39264 37931 55 005 55 340 57 347 56 357 64 351 37931 36652 50 004 57 352 55 348 47 356 64 349 36652 35367 48 002 60 354 56 350 52 356 63 351 35367 34051 47 358 62 356 60 354 57 355 61 353 34051 32709 47 352 63 355 65 355 60 354 58 357 32709 31331 50 347 65 352 68 352 61 355 57 000 31331 29906 52 340 64 349 68 349 61 357 58 003 29906 28439 52 332 60 347 66 348 62 358 59 005 28439 26932 51 330 56 347 65 347 62 358 59 005 26932 25388 49 332 53 347 62 348 61 357 58 004 25388 23814 48 338 49 347 59 348 58 356 55 002 23814 22205 47 342 46 345 56 348 53 353 50 359 22205 20555 45 346 43 343 50 347 49 351 47 354 20555 18893 42 349 41 340 44 344 45 348 45 349 18893 17300 39 350 37 338 37 341 41 348 42 349 17300 15853 37 348 34 337 33 336 37 348 40 351 15853 14562 34 344 32 337 30 331 33 349 37 355 14562 13404 32 340 31 339 28 329 30 349 33 357 13404 12361 31 336 30 341 27 329 27 349 30 359 12361 11420 29 334 30 344 27 332 26 348 28 359 11420 10572 28 332 29 346 26 336 24 347 26 358 10572 9811 27 332 28 346 25 338 23 346 24 355 9811 9127 25 332 26 346 23 339 21 343 22 352 9127 8504 24 330 24 343 20 338 20 341 19 346 8504 7944 21 327 21 340 14 340 15 341 16 341 7944 7469 15 322 18 339 6 349 7 342 14 341 7469 7100 8 312 11 341 2 117 0 333 8 344 7100 6845 3 271 4 351 4 145 3 181 3 334 6845 6689 3*212 2*139 5*149 4*196 1*233 6689 6600 3*213 3*168 4*154 3*205 3*207 6600 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