DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/01 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 - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 25.1 - - 30.5 - - 25.9 - - 25.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 62 - - 122 - - -2 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 756 - - 100 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 6583 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6600 - - 8256 - - 7600 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1304 - - 991 - - 648 - - 735 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 42 - - 192 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 8 - - 7 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - 203 - - 196 - - 194 - - 076 Direction Wind Shear - - - 2 - - 5 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -9 - - -8 - - -12 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2215 - - -818 - - 207 - - -1454 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8815 - - 9074 - - 7393 - - 8054 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -13747 - - -10870 - - -9599 - - -11511 ODpotential blCL - - - 20347 - - 19126 - - 17199 - - 18111 blCL maxRH - - - 78 - - 83 - - 84 - - 93 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 25.1 - - 30.5 - - 25.9 - - 25.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 10.2 - - 14.2 - - 17.1 - - 13.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 27.3 - - 32.2 - - 31.1 - - 30.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 10.0 - - 14.1 - - 16.9 - - 13.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 62 - - 122 - - -2 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 756 - - 100 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 12 - - 34 - - 34 - - 72 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 97170 72 064 72 064 68 060 69 065 97170 89955 59 061 57 062 48 051 53 048 89955 84396 48 063 44 059 36 042 42 034 84396 79721 38 061 33 050 31 034 35 026 79721 75631 30 047 29 034 29 029 27 015 75631 71990 25 036 22 026 24 029 20 025 71990 68668 19 037 15 022 20 023 17 023 68668 65604 16 019 16 014 21 010 17 009 65604 62769 10 002 15 359 17 355 12 013 62769 60025 5 061 9 339 13 334 14 346 60025 57172 16 020 12 353 11 328 13 341 57172 54230 25 356 21 340 17 339 22 339 54230 51452 24 339 24 335 33 330 24 336 51452 48985 25 344 37 337 37 333 32 334 48985 46797 37 350 47 339 44 328 36 322 46797 44816 51 337 48 332 41 325 38 317 44816 42995 54 333 54 331 46 330 43 317 42995 41318 67 341 63 329 55 322 53 313 41318 39770 75 338 70 326 58 320 59 312 39770 38335 78 337 77 326 67 319 64 310 38335 37003 79 337 75 326 69 314 62 309 37003 35740 77 338 69 327 65 313 61 308 35740 34480 72 342 65 327 63 315 61 306 34480 33191 65 349 61 327 61 314 60 303 33191 31877 60 354 55 333 59 311 58 301 31877 30528 57 358 53 337 55 311 57 302 30528 29138 55 002 53 336 52 316 56 305 29138 27710 52 003 49 336 50 319 53 307 27710 26245 50 003 44 336 48 320 48 308 26245 24747 49 004 43 339 46 321 47 311 24747 23218 50 005 42 341 44 319 48 314 23218 21656 49 004 39 341 41 319 49 314 21656 20055 45 002 36 342 39 319 47 313 20055 18443 39 000 33 343 37 321 43 312 18443 16902 33 355 30 344 34 325 37 312 16902 15504 29 348 27 341 31 330 33 314 15504 14260 27 342 25 335 28 334 30 315 14260 13147 25 337 24 330 26 333 27 316 13147 12145 23 333 23 327 25 330 24 318 12145 11243 21 329 21 325 23 326 22 320 11243 10431 18 327 17 323 19 321 21 324 10431 9701 16 325 13 317 13 315 21 326 9701 9043 12 320 10 298 9 303 18 324 9043 8443 8 305 8*260 6 267 14 322 8443 7901 6 271 8*223 8*231 8 320 7901 7441 6 235 8 195 9*211 4 319 7441 7084 6 211 8 192 8 197 2 309 7084 6836 5 202 8 189 7 187 1 073 6836 6686 5*199 7 186 5 178 2*088 6686 6599 4*196 6 184 3 164 1*051 6599 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