DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/26 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 25.9 - - 34.1 - - 40.6 - - 37.6 - - 32.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -6 - - 85 - - 87 - - 0 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1791 - - 404 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 7903 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 6601 - - 9291 - - 7904 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 629 - - 2269 - - 2390 - - 3342 - - 2096 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 47 - - 229 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 4 - - 7 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 195 - - 214 - - 262 - - 239 - - 238 Direction Wind Shear 9 - - 3 - - 15 - - 5 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg -12 - - -9 - - 7 - - -6 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -345 - - -2033 - - 66 - - 236 - - -173 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6945 - - 8634 - - 9226 - - 7668 - - 6774 sfcLCL ODpotential -7746 - - -7598 - - -2194 - - -2856 - - -4708 ODpotential blCL 14346 - - 14199 - - 11485 - - 10760 - - 11309 blCL maxRH 98 - - 89 - - 94 - - 95 - - 85 maxRH CAPE 20 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 25.9 - - 34.1 - - 40.6 - - 37.6 - - 32.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 19.1 - - 19.8 - - 23.5 - - 27.4 - - 26.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 30.7 - - 36.2 - - 42.7 - - 42.9 - - 40.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 19.1 - - 19.5 - - 23.2 - - 27.1 - - 27.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -6 - - 85 - - 87 - - 0 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1791 - - 404 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 92 - - 58 - - 76 - - 78 - - 40 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 96435 25 075 18 094 21 072 21 083 18 070 96435 89362 23 078 19 080 18 077 17 084 21 063 89362 83838 15 101 17 064 16 080 10 092 16 049 83838 79228 9 111 8 020 14 051 4 069 14 041 79228 75238 4 116 1 200 8 355 6 034 14 038 75238 71695 4 010 2 053 13 337 14 353 16 032 71695 68464 9 354 5 326 16 323 13 345 16 004 68464 65474 11 355 2 043 11 284 18 340 19 027 65474 62689 20 330 19 343 17 312 21 324 26 340 62689 60013 21 325 26 323 25 328 21 320 25 320 60013 57228 23 320 23 303 29 317 28 320 21 315 57228 54326 37 322 22 311 32 312 32 327 29 324 54326 51559 51 317 40 325 44 317 49 320 48 321 51559 49087 57 313 56 315 52 312 53 312 54 312 49087 46894 59 315 55 314 54 318 55 320 49 315 46894 44946 72 320 66 323 75 320 73 318 63 323 44946 43209 89 315 87 318 86 310 78 307 73 318 43209 41624 89 314 91 317 76 318 80 306 75 314 41624 40142 92 323 96 331 84 329 80 307 74 313 40142 38745 105 329 114 338 89 326 76 309 72 312 38745 37428 110 329 116 335 86 320 75 311 69 309 37428 36165 106 331 114 331 87 316 76 312 66 309 36165 34896 110 327 108 332 86 313 76 311 66 310 34896 33594 108 323 101 332 83 311 76 307 67 309 33594 32265 107 320 97 328 81 311 75 307 67 307 32265 30898 107 316 93 321 79 311 72 311 67 304 30898 29487 106 313 91 316 78 312 69 315 65 302 29487 28036 103 312 94 313 79 315 67 318 64 303 28036 26548 98 312 94 310 79 318 65 318 64 306 26548 25027 95 312 93 309 79 319 64 315 64 309 25027 23474 93 313 90 309 79 318 64 312 64 312 23474 21886 85 315 82 309 80 317 66 313 62 314 21886 20260 70 315 71 310 78 318 66 314 56 316 20260 18626 58 310 61 308 69 317 61 311 51 315 18626 17069 54 307 57 305 56 316 53 305 47 312 17069 15659 50 307 55 305 48 314 47 303 43 310 15659 14401 44 306 50 310 43 312 40 308 38 311 14401 13275 39 307 44 315 39 310 33 313 34 311 13275 12260 35 309 37 320 33 310 27 314 30 309 12260 11342 33 310 32 323 27 310 24 314 27 308 11342 10514 31 310 29 323 21 308 20 311 23 307 10514 9769 28 308 27 321 17*305 16 308 20 308 9769 9096 24 304 22 318 14*298 12 305 17 307 9096 8483 19 297 15 313 11 284 9 302 14 304 8483 7930 16 283 10 300 8 259 7*294 11 298 7930 7461 14 262 6 266 7 233 5*275 9 290 7461 7096 13 242 5 231 6 224 4 245 6 275 7096 6843 9 213 5 210 6 216 4 221 4 254 6843 6689 7*195 4*207 5 212 3 203 3*237 6689 6600 3*145 4*204 4 208 2 186 2*202 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