DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/20 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 - - - 15.8 - - 19.1 - - 17.6 - - 12.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 53 - - -6 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1114 - - 4889 - - 932 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6581 - - 9773 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8614 - - 12389 - - 8432 - - 6599 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4669 - - 1821 - - 3945 - - 3342 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 128 - - 279 - - 31 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 16 - - 10 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 297 - - 313 - - 278 - - 232 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 14 - - 14 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - -18 - - -21 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 780 - - 4269 - - 1770 - - -456 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7834 - - 8120 - - 6663 - - 7055 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1850 - - 1011 - - -1554 - - -3087 ODpotential blCL - - - 10464 - - 11378 - - 9986 - - 9686 blCL maxRH - - - 79 - - 74 - - 75 - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 15.8 - - 19.1 - - 17.6 - - 12.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 5.0 - - 7.0 - - 11.8 - - 5.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 18.4 - - 21.3 - - 21.5 - - 20.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 4.1 - - 5.9 - - 11.2 - - 11.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 23 - - 53 - - -6 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1114 - - 4889 - - 932 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 17 - - 0 - - 0 - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 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] 96907 32 127 18 114 20 106 24 105 96907 89727 23 115 17 123 15 104 20 101 89727 84118 14 113 19 112 9 117 14 099 84118 79425 13 115 15 096 13 152 7 103 79425 75365 12 103 9 116 12 144 2 122 75365 71761 9 112 7 132 10 144 7 188 71761 68484 5 092 4 178 4 163 4 200 68484 65450 2 263 6 260 8 196 7 235 65450 62613 6 239 10 253 5 235 8 235 62613 59834 5 261 10 261 7 272 6 221 59834 56909 12 265 12 271 19 276 12 279 56909 53874 11 263 12 276 20 278 18 276 53874 50984 18 286 15 296 18 281 14 275 50984 48382 24 291 18 291 17 300 18 298 48382 46059 23 292 22 299 29 304 25 307 46059 43968 21 295 30 296 30 300 30 303 43968 42061 18 298 29 297 31 303 30 304 42061 40303 21 312 25 301 33 306 32 307 40303 38670 28 314 26 305 34 308 35 308 38670 37153 27 309 29 314 34 313 37 309 37153 35753 26 318 35 323 40 319 40 315 35753 34453 31 330 43 326 46 319 46 321 34453 33190 36 329 50 329 50 319 51 322 33190 31927 39 333 51 330 51 324 48 321 31927 30654 42 340 47 336 51 331 46 328 30654 29356 45 344 52 348 52 335 46 333 29356 28022 48 347 59 352 53 336 47 331 28022 26654 50 349 62 351 53 335 48 327 26654 25257 50 352 61 349 53 337 49 329 25257 23836 48 355 58 348 51 339 51 333 23836 22393 45 357 54 349 48 342 52 337 22393 20922 39 353 50 352 46 342 49 340 20922 19417 30 341 46 354 44 342 44 340 19417 17903 22 324 41 352 41 342 39 339 17903 16455 20 309 33 346 36 341 34 334 16455 15140 19 302 26 338 31 337 30 330 15140 13966 19 300 21 332 25 332 25 328 13966 12911 19 303 19*327 22 322 21 327 12911 11959 20 306 20*323 21 313 17 326 11959 11097 21 309 20 321 20 312 16 324 11097 10317 22 311 19 319 20 310 16 320 10317 9613 23 311 19 316 18 308 17 315 9613 8977 22*310 17 312 17*306 16 313 8977 8395 19*308 16 309 14*302 13 312 8395 7869 15 303 14 304 12 292 9 307 7869 7422 11 295 12 299 10 277 6 289 7422 7073 8 285 11 296 9 258 5 268 7073 6831 5 267 11 294 8 248 4 250 6831 6684 3 243 10 293 7 242 3*225 6684 6598 2 213 7 292 4 227 2*208 6598 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