DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/08 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 - - 31.5 - - 38.5 - - 31.1 - - 30.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -32 - - -12 - - 22 - - -34 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1781 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 6600 - - 9281 - - 6600 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1469 - - 1864 - - 1532 - - 1804 - - 1062 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 9 - - 151 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 7 - - 17 - - 20 - - 16 BL Wind Direction 268 - - 245 - - 254 - - 236 - - 235 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 8 - - 15 - - 18 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg -18 - - -25 - - -45 - - -53 - - -49 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -792 - - -1328 - - 1261 - - 1 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7393 - - 7928 - - 8020 - - 6599 - - 6599 sfcLCL ODpotential -8225 - - -7427 - - -3535 - - -4035 - - -4722 ODpotential blCL 14825 - - 14027 - - 12816 - - 10635 - - 11322 blCL maxRH 84 - - 87 - - 85 - - 86 - - 93 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 25.9 - - 31.5 - - 38.5 - - 31.1 - - 30.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 17.2 - - 20.3 - - 26.6 - - 29.0 - - 28.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 33.4 - - 35.5 - - 41.1 - - 36.0 - - 34.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 18.5 - - 19.2 - - 25.9 - - 29.5 - - 29.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -32 - - -12 - - 22 - - -34 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 1781 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 36 - - 47 - - 42 - - 46 - - 71 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] 96386 25 057 18 041 21 050 26 059 17 058 96386 89300 21 048 21 044 25 045 24 053 22 050 89300 83774 19 040 15 034 22 020 21 019 23 018 83774 79145 21 032 14 038 12 004 20 357 23 016 79145 75118 18 017 19 018 16 011 20 011 28 007 75118 71542 13 347 24 347 26 343 27 360 24 352 71542 68303 18 355 23 008 21 332 23 000 19 003 68303 65312 34 342 16 018 25 342 29 353 34 354 65312 62550 34 332 30 335 42 316 39 340 38 348 62550 59905 29 339 28 324 33 304 35 338 23 323 59905 57135 15 349 15 312 19 299 26 326 18 321 57135 54240 41 322 21 333 27 337 40 317 30 330 54240 51491 57 316 46 327 49 325 53 320 46 332 51491 49046 56 311 61 323 58 319 62 314 63 322 49046 46900 56 309 66 315 61 312 61 310 67 317 46900 44990 57 314 63 314 62 319 63 325 69 320 44990 43259 62 321 66 323 82 337 84 338 76 328 43259 41666 66 326 76 336 104 339 100 340 83 332 41666 40177 66 331 94 340 102 337 103 335 87 331 40177 38771 71 340 86 339 90 336 97 334 87 327 38771 37445 85 344 77 337 80 331 82 335 84 325 37445 36173 89 345 78 336 77 327 81 329 81 323 36173 34893 83 344 73 337 75 326 82 327 80 322 34893 33583 70 341 67 337 71 328 79 325 79 321 33583 32247 53 334 61 337 69 328 76 323 77 321 32247 30872 56 326 60 331 69 325 73 323 74 320 30872 29453 58 322 65 327 68 320 70 324 71 319 29453 27994 60 321 66 324 66 316 68 323 69 319 27994 26500 59 320 65 321 60 314 63 321 68 318 26500 24974 57 319 63 318 54 314 59 320 67 316 24974 23420 54 320 61 315 52 312 55 319 65 313 23420 21835 51 320 58 314 53 312 54 317 62 311 21835 20214 46 319 54 312 55 312 53 315 60 310 20214 18587 42 316 49 310 56 314 53 315 57 312 18587 17035 38 313 45 307 55 314 52 317 53 314 17035 15628 35 312 42 304 53 312 51 319 51 316 15628 14374 33 312 40 302 51 307 51 318 49 317 14374 13249 31 313 38 302 48 301 51 313 48 317 13249 12234 30 315 36 303 43 296 51 307 47 313 12234 11316 29 318 33 305 37 292 47 302 45 308 11316 10488 28 320 31 308 31 288 42 297 41 300 10488 9744 27 320 29 310 25*282 36 291 36 291 9744 9074 26 319 27 311 21*274 31 281 33 279 9074 8463 24 316 25 309 19 264 29 270 32 268 8463 7915 22 311 20 305 18 253 28 258 32 258 7915 7451 19 305 15 297 17 244 28 247 30 249 7451 7090 16 298 12 280 16 241 26 240 27 242 7090 6840 13 292 10 261 15 240 22 235 22 236 6840 6687 10*283 8*241 13 240 18*233 17*234 6687 6599 5*268 4*219 8 240 8*236 9*237 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