DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/19 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 49.4 - - 56.3 - - - - - 50.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 321 - - 417 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2117 - - 4342 - - - - - 2850 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8809 - - 10595 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9617 - - 11842 - - - - - 10350 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1803 - - 1759 - - - - - 2661 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 376 - - 519 - - - - - 15 W* B/S - - - 13 - - 15 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 6 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 172 - - 190 - - - - - 163 Direction Wind Shear - - - 6 - - 9 - - - - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - -7 - - - - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -3306 - - -3634 - - - - - -4550 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12923 - - 15477 - - - - - 14900 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10720 - - -8556 - - - - - -9913 ODpotential blCL - - - 20337 - - 20398 - - - - - 20263 blCL maxRH - - - 61 - - 73 - - - - - 82 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 49.4 - - 56.3 - - - - - 50.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 16.0 - - 11.3 - - - - - 8.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 50.1 - - 56.5 - - - - - 57.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 14.8 - - 10.5 - - - - - 7.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 321 - - 417 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2117 - - 4342 - - - - - 2850 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 27 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 96715 22 292 24 284 28 296 96715 89486 17 284 23 276 25 284 89486 83935 20 261 24 274 20 294 83935 79331 15 254 18 290 16 300 79331 75351 10 254 14 299 15 295 75351 71826 13 272 15 287 16 281 71826 68634 16 286 16 274 15 292 68634 65687 19 287 15 270 18 284 65687 62936 18 290 15 278 21 267 62936 60269 21 280 16 282 23 260 60269 57488 16 283 19 274 17 261 57488 54588 20 283 25 270 23 277 54588 51809 25 271 28 265 29 276 51809 49310 28 266 28 268 36 274 49310 47076 26 266 33 266 37 264 47076 45068 26 276 33 260 33 265 45068 43250 30 279 27 269 32 265 43250 41592 32 284 33 278 32 256 41592 40074 33 291 32 280 31 248 40074 38670 36 302 29 294 32 236 38670 37358 40 303 29 292 32 224 37358 36098 39 297 30 287 31 221 36098 34832 38 292 30 285 31 221 34832 33535 37 289 31 284 32 228 33535 32213 33 298 30 281 30 238 32213 30854 25 295 27 278 28 242 30854 29451 19 280 26 273 26 240 29451 28009 16 280 25 270 25 236 28009 26531 8 275 23 267 24 236 26531 25022 3 149 17 263 25 236 25022 23488 3 131 11 257 26 233 23488 21926 3 285 7 250 26 222 21926 20327 8 295 6 240 25 220 20327 18714 9 307 7 242 22 228 18714 17166 9 312 9 246 19 232 17166 15759 9 302 10 247 16 231 15759 14501 9 283 12 249 13 229 14501 13369 9 263 12 254 12 226 13369 12347 9 248 12*254 11 216 12347 11420 9 236 9*241 11 205 11420 10583 10 224 6 211 10*196 10583 9828 9*212 6 197 9*189 9828 9147 8*202 7 188 9 179 9147 8523 6 184 7 180 8 168 8523 7961 5 169 7 177 8 158 7961 7483 5 162 7 171 7 149 7483 7110 5 155 7 168 6 138 7110 6851 5 151 7 166 5 127 6851 6692 5 148 6 163 3 115 6692 6601 4 147 6 163 2 105 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