DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/29 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 - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 28.0 - - 38.4 - - 42.1 - - 37.7 - - 35.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -2 - - 75 - - 79 - - -2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 639 - - 1316 - - 88 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 8139 - - 8816 - - 7588 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1385 - - 1194 - - 1126 - - 1204 - - 1775 Hgt.Variab. W* 2 - - 160 - - 208 - - 11 - - 5 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 6 - - 8 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 114 - - 198 - - 194 - - 143 - - 113 Direction Wind Shear 4 - - 13 - - 11 - - 8 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg 2 - - -9 - - -10 - - 4 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -198 - - 307 - - 756 - - 988 - - -490 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6800 - - 7832 - - 8061 - - 6600 - - 7091 sfcLCL ODpotential -7397 - - -6105 - - -4774 - - -5060 - - -6494 ODpotential blCL 13998 - - 14244 - - 13590 - - 12648 - - 13095 blCL maxRH 67 - - 70 - - 81 - - 90 - - 81 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.0 - - 38.4 - - 42.1 - - 37.7 - - 35.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 21.6 - - 27.3 - - 29.8 - - 31.8 - - 27.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 35.9 - - 40.5 - - 44.0 - - 42.3 - - 42.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 22.6 - - 26.1 - - 28.6 - - 30.6 - - 26.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -2 - - 75 - - 79 - - -2 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 639 - - 1316 - - 88 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 23 - - 62 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 96187 25 269 31 276 34 279 33 279 41 284 96187 89203 14 292 21 260 28 275 22 294 20 285 89203 83787 13 325 20 275 20 276 19 282 14 293 83787 79243 14 283 21 271 18 261 15 262 14 275 79243 75284 7 270 14 285 12 257 13 265 12 271 75284 71754 16 258 16 265 17 262 18 263 13 256 71754 68544 23 245 24 244 29 238 21 266 15 254 68544 65582 24 253 21 254 25 231 21 264 17 264 65582 62816 29 259 20 268 19 244 22 254 22 259 62816 60113 30 248 25 258 24 253 23 245 26 251 60113 57270 30 248 30 246 31 247 27 245 31 250 57270 54312 34 257 31 243 33 248 32 246 34 245 54312 51503 38 255 33 246 35 251 33 249 34 243 51503 49003 39 245 36 244 40 253 36 252 34 247 49003 46778 39 245 40 245 44 249 40 244 38 243 46778 44768 43 253 44 248 45 247 41 240 39 239 44768 42938 52 253 49 250 50 245 44 239 38 242 42938 41262 58 252 56 249 53 242 47 238 38 247 41262 39721 65 252 64 245 55 244 52 238 42 247 39721 38299 75 254 66 246 64 244 61 234 48 238 38299 36981 81 253 68 250 68 241 61 232 50 232 36981 35725 79 253 70 252 64 239 57 231 50 230 35725 34467 76 256 70 253 59 242 53 232 48 234 34467 33179 75 258 68 252 60 241 49 232 49 237 33179 31868 74 257 66 249 60 239 47 233 49 237 31868 30524 72 257 65 249 57 237 47 232 47 235 30524 29137 69 258 63 250 54 237 49 233 45 237 29137 27712 64 260 59 253 52 238 50 235 46 239 27712 26250 57 261 55 256 50 239 48 234 48 235 26250 24755 50 261 50 255 48 241 40 231 47 230 24755 23235 45 262 45 253 43 243 33 226 41 228 23235 21687 43 262 42 255 38 243 31 225 30 228 21687 20108 41 261 40 259 33 248 28 222 22 224 20108 18522 39 259 38 259 30 256 23 219 19 212 18522 17001 35 258 37 256 29 259 19 225 18 199 17001 15614 32 258 35 254 28 258 18 229 18 197 15614 14373 29 257 33 252 27 254 18 228 18 203 14373 13256 26 256 30 250 25 247 19 227 19 205 13256 12248 23 254 27 245 24 238 19 226 20 202 12248 11336 21 250 24 237 23 231 19 225 19 200 11336 10511 18 244 22 229 22 227 19 222 19 196 10511 9768 16 231 20 222 20 222 17 217 18 193 9768 9097 15 219 18 218 17*218 15 211 17 187 9097 8483 14 207 16*213 14*212 13 203 15 179 8483 7930 12 197 14*210 9 199 10*196 12 170 7930 7462 9 190 9 203 7 187 7*182 9 164 7462 7097 6 172 4 188 6 183 4 150 6 142 7097 6844 4 148 3 174 6 179 4 116 4 114 6844 6689 3*111 3 167 5 177 4 097 3*085 6689 6600 2*054 2 157 4 172 2 080 2*355 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