DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 01/04 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 31.6 - - 32.3 - - 29.3 - - 26.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - -7 - - -27 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 132 - - 688 - - 15 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7632 - - 8188 - - 7515 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2182 - - 2072 - - 1566 - - 2207 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 27 - - 35 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 20 - - 18 - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 220 - - 230 - - 224 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear - - - 17 - - 18 - - 17 - - 18 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -43 - - -51 - - -46 - - -39 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1033 - - 1589 - - 916 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6599 - - 6599 - - 6599 - - 6599 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 583 - - 293 - - 252 - - -1261 ODpotential blCL - - - 7049 - - 7895 - - 7263 - - 7861 blCL maxRH - - - 99 - - 96 - - 98 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 31.6 - - 32.3 - - 29.3 - - 26.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.9 - - 31.3 - - 28.6 - - 25.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 34.7 - - 35.5 - - 33.6 - - 33.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 30.9 - - 31.1 - - 30.0 - - 29.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 2 - - -7 - - -27 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 132 - - 688 - - 15 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 97 - - 84 - - 92 - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 95839 26 292 25 287 32 299 29 296 95839 88875 16 311 18 292 21 311 24 313 88875 83442 13 304 16 306 20 314 20 303 83442 78911 14 314 21 287 20 307 17 300 78911 74982 16 304 16 286 15 317 12 288 74982 71471 14 311 22 288 20 304 14 288 71471 68267 16 285 16 294 19 285 14 275 68267 65306 17 287 19 303 14 293 13 286 65306 62539 25 279 25 278 21 281 22 268 62539 59844 36 254 29 260 25 274 19 262 59844 57004 31 242 30 262 26 278 12 277 57004 54010 17 232 28 269 40 267 34 266 54010 51143 30 260 38 256 49 247 47 248 51143 48592 45 252 43 241 42 247 43 249 48592 46317 42 246 37 248 40 260 40 259 46317 44254 41 257 45 265 51 259 49 264 44254 42371 51 262 66 256 60 256 60 260 42371 40644 62 256 76 249 68 253 68 255 40644 39047 73 253 81 250 75 250 71 251 39047 37566 89 254 93 250 79 249 75 248 37566 36199 108 252 106 248 86 247 80 245 36199 34915 116 251 118 246 94 246 84 244 34915 33648 118 250 128 245 105 246 83 243 33648 32365 116 249 134 245 112 245 80 244 32365 31071 113 251 129 247 103 243 74 245 31071 29754 102 253 108 247 85 242 67 245 29754 28406 84 249 86 244 70 243 61 245 28406 27031 76 242 76 238 63 244 56 245 27031 25625 71 240 72 239 57 246 52 246 25625 24192 66 238 66 245 49 247 47 247 24192 22734 60 235 59 247 44 245 42 246 22734 21246 53 234 55 246 43 244 39 241 21246 19721 45 236 50 246 43 242 40 235 19721 18184 41 240 43 244 41 243 39 236 18184 16709 41 246 38 238 37 245 37 241 16709 15365 40 252 37 239 33 246 35 245 15365 14163 38 257 36 244 32 247 34 247 14163 13081 35 259 35 249 31 247 34 248 13081 12103 32 258 34 253 30 249 34 250 12103 11218 30 254 33 255 28 250 34 252 11218 10417 30 247 31 255 27 251 35 253 10417 9695 31 239 30 252 27 249 35 251 9695 9042 31 231 29 248 27 246 34 247 9042 8444 30 225 28*243 26 240 33 243 8444 7904 28*223 26*236 26*234 29 238 7904 7445 24*221 23 231 24*228 25 232 7445 7088 20 220 20 227 21 224 20 224 7088 6839 16 219 16 226 17 220 16 216 6839 6687 13 220 14 226 14 220 11*207 6687 6599 7 222 8 227 6 220 3*172 6599 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