DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/27 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 - - 1856z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 34.7 - - 43.2 - - 51.5 - - 52.3 - - 42.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 3 - - 305 - - 372 - - 117 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 170 - - 1410 - - 3094 - - 2986 - - 898 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 8275 - - 9584 - - 9030 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 7670 - - 8910 - - 10594 - - 10486 - - 8398 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1313 - - 1000 - - 1165 - - 1353 - - 1385 Hgt.Variab. W* 42 - - 321 - - 445 - - 300 - - 7 W* B/S 2 - - 10 - - 9 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 6 - - 9 - - 9 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 112 - - 157 - - 200 - - 199 - - 205 Direction Wind Shear 7 - - 4 - - 10 - - 4 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg -7 - - 6 - - -11 - - -9 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3221 - - -3422 - - -4804 - - -6223 - - -6185 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10892 - - 12333 - - 15399 - - 16710 - - 14584 sfcLCL ODpotential -12031 - - -9615 - - -11252 - - -12390 - - -15197 ODpotential blCL 19701 - - 18525 - - 21846 - - 22876 - - 23595 blCL maxRH 73 - - 75 - - 75 - - 56 - - 55 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 34.7 - - 43.2 - - 51.5 - - 52.3 - - 42.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 10.8 - - 12.7 - - 7.3 - - 2.3 - - 2.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.5 - - 44.0 - - 52.1 - - 54.1 - - 50.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 9.9 - - 11.9 - - 6.6 - - 1.5 - - 2.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 3 - - 305 - - 372 - - 117 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 170 - - 1410 - - 3094 - - 2986 - - 898 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96111 19 288 19 285 17 285 19 292 23 291 96111 88956 20 281 20 272 31 297 22 307 10 316 88956 83424 30 289 25 278 32 282 27 306 25 315 83424 78856 42 296 32 296 28 280 35 291 37 304 78856 74962 42 292 37 293 30 287 34 285 36 298 74962 71523 36 291 40 292 37 293 36 295 35 302 71523 68394 37 286 41 289 43 289 39 296 38 304 68394 65502 41 288 39 287 47 286 41 296 39 299 65502 62812 46 291 43 286 50 287 47 295 43 296 62812 60201 52 283 51 280 53 285 49 292 48 292 60201 57467 57 283 55 278 56 281 58 285 56 285 57467 54622 70 282 66 277 70 276 68 280 68 279 54622 51904 80 279 75 276 78 276 75 280 73 281 51904 49447 85 280 80 276 81 276 82 281 78 282 49447 47238 88 279 84 277 85 274 92 277 82 280 47238 45240 87 277 86 276 89 274 94 274 86 276 45240 43423 87 277 86 276 89 273 88 274 80 274 43423 41762 86 276 86 275 84 272 82 273 70 276 41762 40235 88 275 84 275 76 271 73 271 64 276 40235 38817 88 273 85 275 75 274 68 272 63 275 38817 37489 86 272 84 273 79 275 64 277 62 276 37489 36219 83 271 82 272 78 274 59 281 55 275 36219 34948 79 272 78 272 75 273 54 283 47 276 34948 33647 74 276 74 273 72 275 52 284 46 275 33647 32321 68 282 71 276 68 278 52 281 47 279 32321 30957 66 284 67 277 62 278 52 286 51 286 30957 29548 62 283 64 275 60 279 53 298 52 290 29548 28098 59 283 59 274 59 279 52 301 50 290 28098 26610 58 283 54 279 55 279 49 289 44 287 26610 25088 56 283 52 283 47 278 50 284 43 277 25088 23537 54 284 50 284 42 281 47 287 45 278 23537 21954 48 284 44 284 39 283 39 284 42 281 21954 20337 40 282 37 280 35 282 34 279 36 278 20337 18713 33 281 30 272 30 274 30 273 29 271 18713 17161 28 280 25 268 28 263 27 267 25 268 17161 15749 25 281 21 268 25 257 25 261 23 266 15749 14485 23 282 18 269 22 252 22 257 21 262 14485 13349 20 285 15 268 19 246 19 251 18 255 13349 12323 14 291 12 258 18 239 17 245 16 247 12323 11394 8 288 10 237 16*232 15 238 14 239 11394 10556 4 246 10 222 14*224 12*226 13 231 10556 9802 5 190 9 208 10 207 9*208 12 222 9802 9122 7 172 8*198 9 203 9 204 10 214 9122 8502 8 152 7*184 9 198 9 200 9*210 8502 7945 8*141 6 162 9 194 9 198 8*210 7945 7472 7*126 6 154 9 190 9 195 7 207 7472 7104 6 109 6 149 8 186 9 194 6 203 7104 6847 5 103 6 145 8 184 8 192 4 200 6847 6691 2 104 5 143 7 182 7 191 3 195 6691 6600 0 285 5 142 6 181 6 191 1 186 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