DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 10/23 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 - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 40.5 - - 41.4 - - 41.0 - - 40.7 - - 37.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 10 - - 47 - - 49 - - -4 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 727 - - 1697 - - 1964 - - 2145 - - 1330 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 8227 - - 9197 - - 9464 - - 9645 - - 8830 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1374 - - 1545 - - 1419 - - 1716 - - 1763 Hgt.Variab. W* 84 - - 191 - - 204 - - 85 - - 43 W* B/S 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 9 - - 16 - - 17 - - 19 BL Wind Direction 148 - - 305 - - 311 - - 339 - - 001 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 8 - - 15 - - 18 - - 21 Wind Shear Max.Converg 7 - - 13 - - -18 - - -11 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1627 - - 2597 - - 2865 - - 3045 - - 2231 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential 941 - - 1311 - - 1359 - - 859 - - -239 ODpotential blCL 7286 - - 7886 - - 8105 - - 8786 - - 9069 blCL maxRH 100 - - 100 - - 99 - - 95 - - 94 maxRH CAPE 30 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 40.5 - - 41.4 - - 41.0 - - 40.7 - - 37.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 40.2 - - 39.2 - - 38.1 - - 36.8 - - 34.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 43.1 - - 43.6 - - 43.3 - - 43.8 - - 40.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 39.9 - - 38.2 - - 37.0 - - 35.7 - - 33.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 10 - - 47 - - 49 - - -4 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 727 - - 1697 - - 1964 - - 2145 - - 1330 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 101 - - 102 - - 97 - - 82 - - 76 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 6 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 97238 4 167 7 253 7 280 7 349 4 276 97238 90074 8 124 12 137 3 038 9 043 7 063 90074 84553 11 085 13 130 1 145 10 015 9 063 84553 79967 8 046 8 115 2 167 5 325 13 058 79967 75990 4 034 6 075 2 091 3 293 8 027 75990 72461 6 354 3 052 6 169 2 253 2 352 72461 69262 8 286 3 290 7 178 3 247 3 288 69262 66306 6 225 8 259 5 202 6 240 10 240 66306 63555 16 249 17 246 13 233 14 245 14 237 63555 60871 24 237 14 243 17 230 20 235 22 222 60871 58051 23 244 15 247 20 228 23 225 25 215 58051 55107 32 240 24 236 26 226 25 220 27 217 55107 52280 39 221 33 229 30 225 28 218 28 225 52280 49723 40 210 38 220 32 223 28 221 27 231 49723 47424 35 202 36 210 32 216 27 225 25 230 47424 45332 31 198 31 203 31 208 30 226 24 232 45332 43417 27 198 29 198 31 202 32 217 27 235 43417 41652 26 204 28 192 28 199 26 210 29 222 41652 40020 33 204 26 191 22 206 16 236 15 216 40020 38516 42 195 26 200 19 231 18 243 8 285 38516 37134 44 188 30 205 19 238 16 235 17 318 37134 35830 39 179 27 200 17 231 11 240 17 310 35830 34539 34 166 17 183 4 224 2 097 3 149 34539 33238 30 144 11 071 18 034 18 044 12 072 33238 31924 27 117 32 025 18 017 12 031 7 029 31924 30577 26 089 28 011 19 005 11 341 11 332 30577 29190 28 089 19 010 21 356 16 329 18 333 29190 27764 25 101 17 357 22 339 17 331 23 346 27764 26302 15 107 20 348 25 334 18 342 27 346 26302 24803 8 084 22 332 28 335 20 354 28 347 24803 23275 6 078 18 316 29 335 21 354 26 357 23275 21714 1 173 14 304 28 336 21 353 22 006 21714 20116 5 251 12 292 28 339 20 356 20 011 20116 18508 3 223 12 278 28 342 19 001 18 015 18508 16972 2 203 14 270 28 344 20 006 17 018 16972 15577 1 245 14 270 28 346 20 009 17 022 15577 14333 1 178 13 275 28 347 22 010 16 027 14333 13217 1 146 11 291 28 346 24 008 16 033 13217 12211 2 131 10 316 28 344 26 004 18 039 12211 11302 3 130 12 332 28 340 26 358 20 039 11302 10481 4 132 14 333 27 334 25 352 22 033 10481 9743 6 131 13*328 24*327 24*348 23 025 9743 9077 8 133 12*319 22*320 23*344 23*017 9077 8470 8*143 10 309 20 315 21 341 24*009 8470 7922 7*160 9 303 17 310 19 338 23 002 7922 7457 6 156 8 299 15 306 16 337 21 358 7457 7095 5 143 7 296 14 305 13 335 18 357 7095 6843 4 132 7 295 12 304 11 333 14 356 6843 6689 3 131 6 294 11 303 9 333 11 356 6689 6600 3 129 4 299 8 302 5 329 2 353 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