DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/12 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 - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 28.0 - - 31.7 - - 29.0 - - 28.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - 7 - - -7 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 421 - - 551 - - 483 - - 437 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 15 - - 22 - - 5 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 5 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 188 - - 166 - - 180 - - 178 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -10 - - -6 - - -8 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1457 - - -2131 - - -2326 - - -2051 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8058 - - 8732 - - 8928 - - 8653 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11618 - - -11192 - - -12284 - - -12543 ODpotential blCL - - - 18218 - - 17792 - - 18885 - - 19144 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 71 - - 72 - - 68 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 28.0 - - 31.7 - - 29.0 - - 28.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.7 - - 17.4 - - 14.0 - - 14.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 32.0 - - 34.8 - - 35.9 - - 37.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 15.7 - - 16.3 - - 12.8 - - 14.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - 7 - - -7 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 15 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96191 46 024 52 039 46 048 39 046 96191 89385 39 030 45 035 46 045 38 054 89385 84072 39 045 38 045 44 045 41 065 84072 79533 36 043 34 051 36 056 36 072 79533 75526 25 030 33 040 31 054 25 069 75526 71968 20 024 25 014 29 035 22 044 71968 68751 16 056 12 017 23 026 21 044 68751 65792 22 356 20 004 22 006 23 009 65792 63034 15 001 23 340 18 357 23 010 63034 60353 29 029 18 358 29 346 39 338 60353 57589 37 350 34 355 33 337 33 334 57589 54737 43 350 37 356 28 345 30 359 54737 51994 48 342 35 000 47 354 43 004 51994 49518 49 340 50 355 66 337 59 336 49518 47308 49 340 58 341 52 333 53 331 47308 45303 51 341 55 341 51 350 51 346 45303 43473 51 344 53 344 58 353 60 353 43473 41800 49 347 45 340 56 347 67 353 41800 40272 42 337 32 335 44 337 70 350 40272 38865 38 325 35 325 41 330 63 342 38865 37559 37 317 42 320 40 338 49 331 37559 36313 35 318 44 312 50 345 42 327 36313 35060 32 320 42 310 47 344 47 327 35060 33774 28 320 32 309 35 335 45 324 33774 32460 21 314 30 306 26 333 41 320 32460 31108 21 310 31 304 21 326 38 321 31108 29709 24 311 31 303 29 319 35 328 29709 28266 29 310 32 305 33 324 31 337 28266 26781 31 310 35 308 36 325 32 338 26781 25259 30 313 40 312 37 325 33 335 25259 23703 30 316 41 314 40 326 34 334 23703 22110 29 317 38 315 41 325 35 334 22110 20473 28 318 34 315 39 322 36 336 20473 18822 28 319 30 315 37 320 35 336 18822 17243 27 320 27 316 33 319 33 334 17243 15809 26 320 25 315 29 317 30 330 15809 14528 24 318 23 311 25 313 29 325 14528 13378 22 315 22 308 23 311 28 321 13378 12341 22 314 22 308 22 312 27 318 12341 11403 22 315 22 310 22 316 25 317 11403 10557 23 317 22 315 23 320 23 317 10557 9797 22 319 21 318 22 322 21 320 9797 9114 20 318 19 318 20 322 20 324 9114 8491 15 315 14 315 14 320 18 325 8491 7932 9 301 7 300 7 309 13 320 7932 7460 6 259 4 242 2 240 6 305 7460 7094 6 221 5 186 5 180 3 238 7094 6841 6 202 5 171 6 175 4 188 6841 6688 5*193 5*163 5*177 4*181 6688 6600 3*182 3*164 3*183 3*176 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