DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/05 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 37.0 - - 43.5 - - 37.6 - - 35.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -4 - - 35 - - -4 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 71 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6601 - - 7571 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1389 - - 1114 - - 1418 - - 903 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 7 - - 60 - - 2 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 7 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 2 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 256 - - 171 - - 128 - - 125 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 1 - - 4 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - -7 - - -4 - - -13 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1831 - - -1116 - - -1035 - - -1626 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8432 - - 8688 - - 7637 - - 8227 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -11874 - - -9679 - - -10936 - - -10382 ODpotential blCL - - - 18475 - - 17250 - - 17537 - - 16983 blCL maxRH - - - 45 - - 49 - - 54 - - 53 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 37.0 - - 43.5 - - 37.6 - - 35.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.7 - - 28.9 - - 27.6 - - 22.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 44.3 - - 47.3 - - 46.0 - - 43.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.5 - - 27.5 - - 27.4 - - 26.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -4 - - 35 - - -4 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 71 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 95965 30 291 34 318 24 314 19 302 95965 89117 17 350 18 318 24 351 9 358 89117 83737 16 026 14 355 21 338 12 027 83737 79222 11 024 15 027 13 326 17 015 79222 75318 13 023 15 031 5 350 14 335 75318 71859 14 014 8 348 9 020 7 291 71859 68704 14 001 12 314 14 357 6 354 68704 65793 10 331 17 312 19 331 15 357 65793 63111 3 270 13 291 18 293 16 324 63111 60534 18 014 11 290 18 267 16 312 60534 57839 26 349 14 330 10 269 12 283 57839 55020 21 328 19 347 9 345 7 300 55020 52310 11 322 19 353 14 348 10 329 52310 49855 4 022 9 355 7 340 9 310 49855 47642 8 040 7 074 4 098 4 247 47642 45624 7 013 5 141 10 161 10 195 45624 43780 3 286 10 207 11 193 13 215 43780 42107 14 224 19 233 12 236 12 232 42107 40579 20 234 19 230 16 231 16 224 40579 39158 18 241 13 252 20 227 16 220 39158 37823 15 246 11 251 21 226 17 216 37823 36544 15 250 12 250 16 232 18 213 36544 35259 16 248 13 249 12 254 17 213 35259 33945 16 242 10 243 10 247 16 210 33945 32606 11 243 9 228 11 230 14 208 32606 31231 9 232 7 190 13 220 15 212 31231 29812 7 205 9 177 15 210 15 219 29812 28352 4 193 11 183 16 210 15 225 28352 26851 1 093 13 201 17 211 12 232 26851 25314 2 091 15 211 15 213 11 225 25314 23747 1 326 14 230 13 224 9 229 23747 22147 6 314 13 247 11 244 7 269 22147 20507 8 329 11 259 8 257 6 286 20507 18852 7 347 9 260 6 239 5 261 18852 17269 5 001 5 234 6 200 7 211 17269 15832 3 039 4 178 7 180 9 179 15832 14549 4 084 6 142 9 163 11 161 14549 13398 5 103 6 133 10 148 11 148 13398 12359 5 109 6 139 11 141 11 139 12359 11420 6 111 6 150 10 140 10 136 11420 10572 7 116 6 157 9 141 9 133 10572 9811 7 124 5 162 8 140 8 128 9811 9125 6 131 4 162 6 138 7 121 9125 8501 5 143 3 156 6 129 7 108 8501 7941 4 158 3*153 5 122 7 097 7941 7467 4 181 2*166 6 118 8 098 7467 7100 4 217 2 177 6 121 8 102 7100 6845 4 245 2 169 4 128 7 109 6845 6689 4*259 1 165 3*133 4*127 6689 6600 2*268 1 168 1*140 1*223 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