DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 02/07 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 36.6 - - 41.0 - - 44.3 - - 42.0 - - 36.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -6 - - 31 - - 98 - - -9 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 290 - - 2526 - - 1016 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 8640 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 7790 - - 10026 - - 8516 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3587 - - 2268 - - 1935 - - 2774 - - 2598 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 94 - - 274 - - 38 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 7 - - 9 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 2 - - 6 - - 8 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 317 - - 304 - - 218 - - 231 - - 252 Direction Wind Shear 9 - - 6 - - 5 - - 8 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg -13 - - -6 - - 11 - - -21 - - -23 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3951 - - -1134 - - 1139 - - 113 - - -987 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10552 - - 8925 - - 8888 - - 8403 - - 7589 sfcLCL ODpotential -8919 - - -5981 - - -3294 - - -5793 - - -6070 ODpotential blCL 15520 - - 13771 - - 13320 - - 14309 - - 12671 blCL maxRH 83 - - 73 - - 61 - - 56 - - 82 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 36.6 - - 41.0 - - 44.3 - - 42.0 - - 36.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 14.2 - - 25.2 - - 28.6 - - 28.5 - - 27.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 44.9 - - 43.5 - - 46.2 - - 46.3 - - 43.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 13.1 - - 24.1 - - 27.3 - - 27.3 - - 26.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -6 - - 31 - - 98 - - -9 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 290 - - 2526 - - 1016 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 32 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96459 10 325 9 319 12 360 13 007 15 328 96459 89447 9 020 18 041 12 030 18 034 8 040 89447 83964 9 046 10 051 12 023 14 002 12 061 83964 79394 10 047 9 075 6 355 8 007 13 040 79394 75434 6 026 9 060 1 330 5 021 9 026 75434 71903 6 329 3 001 5 356 3 300 6 023 71903 68691 10 292 7 263 9 355 6 285 8 321 68691 65750 18 283 14 275 12 330 10 309 7 293 65750 63033 24 278 20 285 16 296 12 291 8 292 63033 60397 23 280 22 282 21 271 14 279 13 294 60397 57636 17 274 23 284 22 276 19 297 24 294 57636 54754 15 292 23 280 30 287 29 297 32 293 54754 51985 23 293 23 283 31 277 34 284 31 298 51985 49475 25 287 22 294 26 270 33 275 33 307 49475 47214 32 293 26 296 27 271 32 279 36 302 47214 45157 38 284 29 292 24 264 35 288 41 295 45157 43277 33 273 29 292 23 300 35 281 37 285 43277 41549 24 270 29 297 27 321 26 282 20 259 41549 39978 16 287 31 301 35 332 20 309 56 332 39978 38557 20 328 29 307 37 323 50 332 95 326 38557 37248 32 347 38 328 42 325 88 329 97 318 37248 35995 42 350 40 355 61 337 89 329 98 318 35995 34737 42 348 54 006 83 332 77 329 95 318 34737 33448 38 345 63 359 85 330 70 330 87 320 33448 32134 34 344 62 358 71 335 63 332 72 322 32134 30784 29 345 54 003 52 342 60 333 60 324 30784 29389 25 346 48 008 41 348 50 336 52 326 29389 27952 22 346 37 008 43 340 40 338 40 327 27952 26474 22 344 27 000 41 343 30 338 34 326 26474 24960 22 342 22 348 31 358 25 327 23 322 24960 23416 20 340 21 343 24 358 25 314 20 312 23416 21842 18 340 22 337 22 343 25 309 26 289 21842 20233 15 337 22 329 22 330 26 307 31 278 20233 18617 15 318 21 320 21 322 25 304 29 277 18617 17073 16 298 20 311 17 311 22 296 27 279 17073 15671 17 291 18 307 15 298 22 285 26 283 15671 14419 17 292 15 306 13 287 22 279 26 288 14419 13294 16 295 13 305 11 282 21 276 26 291 13294 12279 15 299 11 303 9 277 18 275 26 294 12279 11360 14 304 9 303 8 268 15 274 26 294 11360 10530 14 312 7 306 7*258 12 271 26 294 10530 9782 14 319 7 317 6*249 11 266 26 292 9782 9108 15 325 7 331 6 241 10*257 25 290 9108 8492 16 329 8 338 6 224 10*249 23 288 8492 7937 15 330 8*339 6 208 10 239 21 284 7937 7467 13 329 6*330 6 202 9 230 18 281 7467 7100 10 326 3 303 6 201 9 221 15 276 7100 6845 6 316 1 263 6 200 7 214 12 268 6845 6690 3*299 1 224 5 199 6 206 10*261 6690 6600 1*271 1 223 4 198 3 202 4*240 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