DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/05 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 0655z - - 0703z - - 1003z - - 1556z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 44.4 - - 52.7 - - 58.5 - - 56.5 - - 45.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 119 - - 437 - - 444 - - 177 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1748 - - 6649 - - 11101 - - 10630 - - 4373 BL Depth Hcrit 8179 - - 12458 - - 16103 - - 15122 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 9248 - - 14149 - - 18601 - - 18130 - - 11873 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1492 - - 1814 - - 1690 - - 1324 - - 2283 Hgt.Variab. W* 255 - - 609 - - 727 - - 529 - - 40 W* B/S 3 - - 10 - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 13 - - 11 - - 20 - - 23 - - 20 BL Wind Direction 058 - - 009 - - 341 - - 344 - - 015 Direction Wind Shear 11 - - 22 - - 19 - - 17 - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg 13 - - 20 - - 22 - - 6 - - 23 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -675 - - 1812 - - 4105 - - 4017 - - 778 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9923 - - 12338 - - 14497 - - 14113 - - 11096 sfcLCL ODpotential -5445 - - -448 - - 2332 - - 1905 - - -2312 ODpotential blCL 14693 - - 14597 - - 16269 - - 16225 - - 14185 blCL maxRH 51 - - 61 - - 87 - - 87 - - 64 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 50 - - 30 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 44.4 - - 52.7 - - 58.5 - - 56.5 - - 45.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 23.9 - - 21.4 - - 17.4 - - 17.2 - - 19.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 46.2 - - 52.9 - - 58.6 - - 58.0 - - 49.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.0 - - 20.7 - - 16.4 - - 16.5 - - 19.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 119 - - 437 - - 444 - - 177 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1748 - - 6649 - - 11101 - - 10630 - - 4373 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 47 - - 46 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 97780 5 226 14 221 11 261 8 272 7 233 97780 90294 6 212 7 185 11 218 7 260 0 182 90294 84570 2 176 3 127 9 186 5 263 2 088 84570 79837 3 094 5 191 7 140 4 264 2 328 79837 75759 3 035 5 160 2 051 3 314 3 006 75759 72148 5 319 1 009 4 264 7 282 4 343 72148 68867 8 305 5 311 4 281 8 312 3 026 68867 65838 9 317 4 256 8 274 12 303 7 349 65838 63022 14 323 9 332 8 311 9 307 13 338 63022 60296 15 310 14 332 14 297 13 321 10 315 60296 57446 12 305 15 316 8 323 16 329 12 353 57446 54480 17 322 12 299 11 318 13 324 16 349 54480 51655 18 327 16 331 8 329 8 354 6 333 51655 49114 22 336 25 329 22 323 16 339 13 340 49114 46841 26 342 24 329 26 316 29 340 34 344 46841 44800 30 342 25 347 27 332 43 347 48 351 44800 42952 38 351 37 004 40 348 52 350 55 353 42952 41260 47 355 48 005 51 357 56 354 60 352 41260 39701 47 357 56 006 63 005 62 002 64 356 39701 38257 50 007 64 010 73 010 72 010 70 002 38257 36918 66 016 74 014 80 011 83 012 77 008 36918 35645 81 019 82 016 84 011 84 010 83 011 35645 34375 85 019 84 015 84 010 78 008 84 010 34375 33077 84 018 82 014 82 009 73 008 81 008 33077 31757 79 016 78 013 79 008 71 009 77 006 31757 30406 72 013 75 012 76 006 70 009 73 006 30406 29014 68 011 75 010 73 006 68 009 70 008 29014 27587 61 010 74 009 69 007 65 008 66 009 27587 26130 49 010 69 009 64 008 61 005 62 007 26130 24644 34 003 59 008 55 006 58 002 59 004 24644 23134 29 347 45 001 46 359 54 359 57 000 23134 21595 31 337 36 347 41 349 51 355 55 357 21595 20021 32 340 36 336 37*341 44 349 53 355 20021 18439 28 342 38 334 30*336 34*339 49 352 18439 16928 24 338 37 338 22 330 26*332 44 348 16928 15556 23 336 34 343 21 332 25 333 38 341 15556 14330 22 340 28*345 19 335 25 336 34 336 14330 13227 20 347 21*346 19 337 24 337 30 337 13227 12230 18 354 18 350 19 340 24 340 27*343 12230 11327 17 005 16 356 19 343 23 347 25*350 11327 10509 16 013 12 003 19 346 23 349 23 358 10509 9770 16*025 11 008 19 349 23 352 22 006 9770 9102 17*045 9 022 19 350 23 353 21 015 9102 8491 16 053 8 040 18 352 22 355 21 023 8491 7939 15 058 7 051 18 354 22 356 21 028 7939 7469 13 063 7 060 18 355 21 357 20 032 7469 7102 12 066 7 066 17 356 20 357 18 035 7102 6847 11 069 7 070 16 356 19 358 15 038 6847 6691 10 070 7 071 15 357 17 358 12 039 6691 6600 7 075 6 073 12 358 12 359 5 045 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