DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/29 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 39.5 - - 42.9 - - 47.5 - - 45.8 - - 39.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 39 - - 128 - - 425 - - 186 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 4058 - - 6052 - - 6685 - - 5042 - - 971 BL Depth Hcrit 8780 - - 11350 - - 12470 - - 10797 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 11558 - - 13552 - - 14185 - - 12542 - - 8471 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3120 - - 2831 - - 4748 - - 4622 - - 5379 Hgt.Variab. W* 240 - - 395 - - 602 - - 417 - - 17 W* B/S 9 - - 15 - - 16 - - 8 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 5 - - 7 - - 9 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 033 - - 346 - - 332 - - 356 - - 071 Direction Wind Shear 7 - - 9 - - 3 - - 9 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - 6 - - 11 - - -8 - - 10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 2732 - - 4014 - - 3920 - - 3225 - - 1683 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8826 - - 9538 - - 10266 - - 9318 - - 6788 sfcLCL ODpotential -389 - - 1960 - - 2902 - - -293 - - -1265 ODpotential blCL 11947 - - 11592 - - 11283 - - 12835 - - 9736 blCL maxRH 87 - - 100 - - 99 - - 84 - - 97 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 40 - - 180 - - 190 - - 150 CAPE Temp@2m 39.5 - - 42.9 - - 47.5 - - 45.8 - - 39.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 24.0 - - 24.3 - - 25.6 - - 28.0 - - 32.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 41.7 - - 44.6 - - 47.7 - - 47.1 - - 42.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 22.9 - - 23.3 - - 25.2 - - 27.6 - - 32.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 39 - - 128 - - 425 - - 186 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 4058 - - 6052 - - 6685 - - 5042 - - 971 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 49 - - 102 - - 98 - - 38 - - 90 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97375 2 115 8 270 12 273 16 310 11 336 97375 90013 15 341 7 325 8 294 13 294 16 314 90013 84399 11 294 10 281 12 299 15 309 13 319 84399 79742 10 285 14 252 19 288 20 317 8 343 79742 75713 15 285 16 255 20 281 22 302 11 312 75713 72138 16 271 18 273 18 283 19 287 15 288 72138 68884 16 272 20 279 17 283 16 281 18 282 68884 65874 18 283 20 279 18 285 17 294 15 290 65874 63068 20 286 21 279 22 275 24 299 20 312 63068 60351 22 282 22 278 21 270 25 291 25 311 60351 57520 18 287 22 292 19 300 23 302 25 304 57520 54572 19 305 25 305 25 311 25 312 24 308 54572 51751 24 309 24 307 26 311 28 319 29 320 51751 49218 27 310 23 303 27 305 28 320 31 321 49218 46952 27 313 23 311 26 301 30 317 28 319 46952 44892 31 314 28 319 23 311 29 315 24 324 44892 43001 33 310 30 315 23 316 26 317 24 328 43001 41257 33 303 30 309 23 318 24 322 25 330 41257 39644 30 294 28 307 21 322 24 327 25 333 39644 38157 28 298 28 302 22 326 26 334 23 336 38157 36789 30 296 26 297 25 324 27 333 22 336 36789 35501 30 293 26 302 25 316 26 327 23 338 35501 34225 36 291 27 300 22 308 24 322 24 336 34225 32932 35 292 28 296 20 308 23 320 24 338 32932 31623 31 294 29 297 19 320 22 321 25 345 31623 30286 28 295 30 300 19 326 23 322 27 347 30286 28912 26 298 29 300 20 327 23 325 27 345 28912 27505 25 296 27 299 19 327 25 332 26 346 27505 26064 25 291 25 299 19 330 27 335 26 350 26064 24592 24 297 22 300 21 329 27 335 25 350 24592 23094 25 306 20 300 21 324 23 335 21 347 23094 21568 25 311 17 307 19 318 22 329 16 335 21568 20005 23 321 17 330 21 318 20 321 17 319 20005 18430 22 333 18 337 17 315 17 331 16 310 18430 16922 20 343 16 334 14 315 16 332 12 319 16922 15549 15 349 12 327 11 318 14 335 8 334 15549 14323 12 346 10*319 9*316 13 332 7 003 14323 13220 9 340 9*315 7*320 12*331 11 017 13220 12223 8*341 8 315 7 324 12*337 13 020 12223 11318 7*347 6 321 7 326 12 345 13 022 11318 10498 6 358 4 341 7 328 11 350 12 024 10498 9759 5 016 4 359 7 331 11 355 12 025 9759 9091 6 038 4 010 7 334 10 359 10 028 9091 8481 7 051 4 019 7 337 8 004 9*031 8481 7929 7 061 4 026 7 339 7 010 7*038 7929 7462 6 064 4 031 7 341 6 015 5 055 7462 7098 3 062 4 035 7 344 6 020 4 085 7098 6844 2 064 4 038 7 344 6 023 4 112 6844 6689 2 071 4 038 7 345 5 026 3 132 6689 6600 1 085 4 039 6 346 4 026 3 145 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