DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/14 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 27.5 - - 30.2 - - 33.8 - - 31.8 - - 26.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - -10 - - -7 - - -7 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 6600 - - 6601 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 273 - - 281 - - 378 - - 408 - - 313 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 4 - - 13 - - 8 - - 2 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 204 - - 215 - - 185 - - 185 - - 189 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -11 - - -12 - - -9 - - -11 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4031 - - -3259 - - -3339 - - -3094 - - -2145 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10633 - - 9859 - - 9941 - - 9695 - - 8747 sfcLCL ODpotential -15818 - - -14460 - - -14346 - - -14720 - - -13560 ODpotential blCL 22419 - - 21060 - - 20947 - - 21321 - - 20161 blCL maxRH 77 - - 49 - - 37 - - 41 - - 45 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 27.5 - - 30.2 - - 33.8 - - 31.8 - - 26.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 5.7 - - 11.4 - - 14.4 - - 13.6 - - 12.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 39.3 - - 38.6 - - 38.6 - - 40.0 - - 35.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 10.8 - - 10.7 - - 13.4 - - 12.4 - - 16.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - -10 - - -7 - - -7 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 8 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96422 32 081 11 054 27 042 30 048 29 065 96422 89564 20 087 16 085 18 052 20 059 27 067 89564 84179 13 078 22 093 9 096 15 073 24 060 84179 79635 14 071 21 076 11 125 11 083 17 055 79635 75674 16 065 21 075 13 097 13 079 15 051 75674 72147 19 056 14 060 14 074 13 060 13 055 72147 68935 20 051 13 051 14 076 9 033 14 049 68935 65976 19 030 14 038 13 043 8 017 10 023 65976 63231 11 021 6 049 5 001 8 310 10 341 63231 60597 9 065 5 087 4 018 11 310 14 334 60597 57881 15 018 14 360 16 351 16 324 18 328 57881 55076 30 002 20 015 10 342 27 349 34 343 55076 52411 38 350 33 356 34 351 41 342 39 326 52411 50012 36 357 38 347 35 346 35 343 34 323 50012 47847 42 002 37 352 33 347 29 340 28 322 47847 45862 46 002 38 355 31 337 28 327 30 320 45862 44027 48 005 38 001 28 335 29 313 32 314 44027 42330 47 006 40 004 29 331 33 303 35 296 42330 40751 41 005 39 358 27 324 38 304 38 297 40751 39278 34 357 34 347 31 314 49 310 49 305 39278 37913 32 337 35 324 42 316 59 312 61 312 37913 36620 39 333 41 315 49 320 64 309 72 311 36620 35328 43 333 46 319 55 322 64 308 75 309 35328 34005 42 329 52 328 57 323 63 308 74 310 34005 32660 41 326 55 334 55 324 65 309 71 311 32660 31283 44 332 53 334 50 323 61 310 66 312 31283 29866 49 339 50 331 48 323 53 308 62 311 29866 28411 50 343 49 332 48 328 50 310 58 309 28411 26917 48 346 47 338 45 336 49 320 56 309 26917 25384 47 349 42 348 39 341 46 327 53 313 25384 23819 44 350 35 353 33 342 41 329 46 317 23819 22216 40 348 31 347 29 337 36 329 40 316 22216 20569 38 346 30 338 30 331 34 330 38 314 20569 18907 36 349 28 337 30 331 33 332 36 316 18907 17314 32 354 26 342 29 334 31 335 33 320 17314 15867 29 358 24 347 26 339 27 336 30 323 15867 14573 27 360 22 349 23 342 24 335 27 323 14573 13413 26 360 20 348 21 343 21 335 24 322 13413 12368 24 359 18 346 19 340 20 336 22 321 12368 11424 23 358 16 343 18 337 18 336 20 320 11424 10573 21 357 15 339 16 333 16 335 19 321 10573 9809 19 354 14 336 14 332 13 333 18 323 9809 9122 17 352 13 334 12 329 11 329 16 323 9122 8496 14 347 11 331 8 318 8 321 14 319 8496 7935 10 342 8 323 6 287 6 296 10 307 7935 7460 6 334 5 292 7 247 5 256 7 271 7460 7093 2 292 6 249 7 217 5 214 6 218 7093 6841 3 221 6 229 7 199 5 191 7 198 6841 6687 4*196 6*217 6*188 5*187 6*192 6687 6600 4*204 4*215 4*183 3*183 4*188 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