DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 11/09 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 - - 0955z - - 1002z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 34.9 - - 41.9 - - 45.7 - - 38.9 - - 36.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 34 - - 48 - - -2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 476 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6584 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 6601 - - 7976 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 957 - - 1454 - - 1179 - - 1210 - - 1191 Hgt.Variab. W* 4 - - 37 - - 127 - - 5 - - 4 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 5 - - 8 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 164 - - 196 - - 204 - - 206 - - 215 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 5 - - 11 - - 9 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg -3 - - -9 - - -12 - - -11 - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -894 - - -1204 - - 106 - - 2 - - -17 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7496 - - 7806 - - 7870 - - 6600 - - 6618 sfcLCL ODpotential -9319 - - -8276 - - -6997 - - -7245 - - -7018 ODpotential blCL 15920 - - 14877 - - 14973 - - 13846 - - 13619 blCL maxRH 72 - - 77 - - 76 - - 73 - - 80 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 34.9 - - 41.9 - - 45.7 - - 38.9 - - 36.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 25.5 - - 30.9 - - 34.3 - - 34.7 - - 30.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 43.2 - - 44.4 - - 48.1 - - 44.4 - - 44.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 25.1 - - 29.8 - - 33.2 - - 34.0 - - 30.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 34 - - 48 - - -2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 476 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 - - 20 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 5 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] 95900 32 291 38 282 41 293 37 292 43 288 95900 89040 18 303 23 294 28 283 29 290 23 310 89040 83673 18 301 21 297 18 301 25 300 20 310 83673 79168 14 318 18 300 17 295 22 290 16 322 79168 75246 20 309 18 318 18 298 16 277 16 323 75246 71739 21 278 22 295 21 308 16 295 18 294 71739 68552 11 257 22 274 22 297 18 289 19 296 68552 65616 19 308 17 285 20 289 21 285 17 322 65616 62876 30 288 22 294 22 285 28 265 25 301 62876 60212 32 286 25 288 24 279 24 272 29 285 60212 57442 35 283 28 278 26 282 26 286 29 283 57442 54571 41 274 37 271 40 276 38 277 35 281 54571 51833 42 274 45 267 49 269 43 269 38 278 51833 49370 50 279 53 266 53 266 43 269 41 272 49370 47167 60 272 60 265 57 266 48 270 44 269 47167 45179 67 265 66 263 64 263 58 264 51 266 45179 43375 71 264 73 262 74 260 72 259 61 262 43375 41729 76 265 79 262 81 258 84 258 74 260 41729 40215 78 264 82 262 81 258 85 255 86 258 40215 38801 77 263 79 261 77 258 79 254 86 254 38801 37470 75 264 77 263 76 259 76 254 81 251 37470 36196 74 266 77 266 76 259 75 254 79 251 36196 34920 76 268 77 267 75 259 76 254 78 251 34920 33616 78 270 76 266 75 259 75 254 76 251 33616 32291 78 270 73 265 73 259 73 254 74 250 32291 30932 74 270 70 264 70 258 70 255 72 251 30932 29531 69 270 66 262 67 257 67 256 71 252 29531 28091 64 269 63 261 64 255 65 258 68 253 28091 26613 60 268 61 259 61 256 63 259 65 254 26613 25102 57 268 59 260 57 258 59 260 59 255 25102 23561 55 268 56 263 54 262 55 261 52 255 23561 21986 52 269 53 265 51 264 51 263 47 255 21986 20372 48 269 49 266 48 265 48 265 43 255 20372 18744 43 269 45 264 45 264 44 266 40 257 18744 17184 38 268 42 264 43 263 39 267 37 259 17184 15764 34 268 39 263 40 264 36 267 33 261 15764 14496 31 267 36 263 38 265 33 268 30 262 14496 13355 29 267 33 263 34 265 30 268 27 264 13355 12327 27 266 29 261 31 263 27 267 26 264 12327 11397 25 265 26 258 27 259 24 263 25 261 11397 10557 22 261 23 255 24 253 22 257 24 257 10557 9802 19 254 21 250 21 247 21 251 22 253 9802 9121 17 245 19 244 19 240 19 244 21 247 9121 8500 16 236 17 237 16*232 17 236 19 240 8500 7941 14 228 15 229 14*225 16 230 17 231 7941 7468 11 218 12 220 9 207 13 225 15 223 7468 7101 8 196 8 209 7 192 9 218 12 222 7101 6845 6 176 5 193 7 189 6 208 8 222 6845 6690 5*162 4*187 6 186 4*189 4*213 6690 6600 3*151 3*183 5 183 2*153 1*178 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