DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/04 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 - - - 0954z - - 1003z - - 1556z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 59.7 - - 63.2 - - 63.6 - - 55.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 368 - - 205 - - 140 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8087 - - 12866 - - 12502 - - 9641 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13545 - - 17025 - - 16400 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15587 - - 20366 - - 20002 - - 17141 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2320 - - 1063 - - 2192 - - 3160 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 615 - - 592 - - 517 - - 35 W* B/S - - - 18 - - 11 - - 11 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 10 - - 9 - - 11 BL Wind Direction - - - 298 - - 299 - - 317 - - 021 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 13 - - 17 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - 34 - - -13 - - 48 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2796 - - 6609 - - 6041 - - 3954 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12791 - - 13758 - - 13962 - - 13188 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 441 - - 4104 - - 4096 - - 597 ODpotential blCL - - - 15146 - - 16262 - - 15906 - - 16544 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 101 - - 97 - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 10 - - 250 - - 210 - - 40 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 59.7 - - 63.2 - - 63.6 - - 55.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.3 - - 25.4 - - 24.9 - - 20.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 60.1 - - 64.4 - - 65.2 - - 62.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.4 - - 24.7 - - 24.3 - - 20.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 368 - - 205 - - 140 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8087 - - 12866 - - 12502 - - 9641 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 102 - - 89 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97700 19 211 16 267 14 295 7 257 97700 90172 6 224 9 230 12 232 13 269 90172 84439 4 217 7 224 8 238 8 263 84439 79716 3 244 8 214 11 282 3 237 79716 75634 2 301 3 250 11 283 8 347 75634 72026 11 357 5 195 10 293 10 316 72026 68762 18 327 3 298 8 321 7 292 68762 65757 18 300 15 311 18 317 12 321 65757 62963 19 293 18 309 16 309 12 313 62963 60242 19 296 22 312 22 323 15 321 60242 57397 17 286 23 292 25 315 21 306 57397 54455 22 310 24 291 29 306 26 316 54455 51658 28 308 28 300 33 305 27 311 51658 49142 29 305 29 297 32 302 30 317 49142 46893 28 306 25 301 30 301 34 312 46893 44873 26 308 30 308 31 300 31 299 44873 43034 28 317 24 313 30 291 24 312 43034 41341 23 319 23 327 25 289 30 326 41341 39784 17 331 25 332 24 318 29 333 39784 38343 17 351 22 342 24 334 24 347 38343 37003 21 359 23 015 19 349 20 356 37003 35735 24 354 28 027 20 009 24 005 35735 34474 27 351 29 025 26 012 28 358 34474 33189 30 352 28 018 29 008 30 350 33189 31883 28 349 30 006 28 007 28 346 31883 30544 27 345 32 000 24 012 23 342 30544 29165 24 343 30 001 21 010 21 342 29165 27750 21 341 26 003 24 003 21 344 27750 26298 18 334 18 357 28 005 21 348 26298 24814 16 331 17 345 22 008 21 351 24814 23304 15 333 19 341 17 356 21 001 23304 21765 13 338 18*335 17 351 14 357 21765 20195 13 339 15*322 16*345 9 317 20195 18616 15 331 13 316 15*342 10*310 18616 17103 16 319 13 312 15 341 9*325 17103 15726 17*311 12 309 15 341 8 354 15726 14489 17*308 11 304 13 337 9 009 14489 13373 14 305 10 300 11 329 11 019 13373 12361 10 300 9 292 9 319 12 023 12361 11441 7 297 9 286 8 302 14 026 11441 10606 5 293 8 282 7 283 15 027 10606 9851 4 286 8 278 7 269 15 028 9851 9167 3 278 8 274 7 260 16 029 9167 8540 2 267 7 271 7 255 16 031 8540 7974 1 240 7 269 7 250 15 033 7974 7492 1 202 7 266 7 247 14 037 7492 7116 1 169 6 265 7 246 12 039 7116 6854 1 156 6 265 7 244 10 037 6854 6694 1 154 6 265 7 243 7 030 6694 6601 1 148 5 264 6 243 4 018 6601 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