DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/02 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 31.2 - - 35.5 - - 36.0 - - 32.0 - - 29.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -12 - - -2 - - 7 - - -5 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 400 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 7900 - - 6601 - - 6601 - - 6600 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1399 - - 2054 - - 1108 - - 857 - - 729 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 10 - - 22 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 302 - - 212 - - 185 - - 164 - - 162 Direction Wind Shear 14 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg -14 - - -12 - - -6 - - -2 - - -3 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 968 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6932 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6599 - - 6599 sfcLCL ODpotential -4176 - - -3671 - - -3195 - - -3002 - - -3204 ODpotential blCL 12076 - - 10272 - - 9796 - - 9602 - - 9804 blCL maxRH 88 - - 99 - - 97 - - 95 - - 99 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 31.2 - - 35.5 - - 36.0 - - 32.0 - - 29.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 24.1 - - 30.5 - - 32.7 - - 31.3 - - 29.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 39.6 - - 39.2 - - 38.7 - - 36.5 - - 34.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 27.2 - - 29.9 - - 32.1 - - 32.4 - - 31.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -12 - - -2 - - 7 - - -5 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 400 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 51 - - 95 - - 88 - - 81 - - 96 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 95634 38 346 22 339 23 331 27 345 34 301 95634 88804 19 356 14 359 17 325 22 331 23 335 88804 83440 16 006 14 011 13 333 17 303 21 342 83440 78910 16 349 11 352 14 347 13 309 13 324 78910 74980 13 319 7 338 9 330 13 302 15 314 74980 71485 11 304 7 303 9 322 13 306 11 307 71485 68301 11 310 15 291 12 322 13 319 13 306 68301 65361 14 278 14 292 14 317 15 305 15 294 65361 62629 16 289 15 279 20 294 13 298 12 302 62629 59976 21 294 21 266 25 293 16 291 13 277 59976 57202 27 292 21 266 25 273 21 293 15 291 57202 54320 29 280 23 278 23 281 32 284 26 290 54320 51563 27 282 28 288 36 280 36 277 38 278 51563 49076 30 282 34 285 38 274 40 274 43 274 49076 46849 35 279 38 275 34 272 50 273 44 272 46849 44828 36 280 36 272 37 270 52 267 45 276 44828 42986 38 279 34 272 44 270 43 268 52 274 42986 41309 39 273 37 271 42 273 41 277 53 279 41309 39769 35 265 41 274 39 287 57 284 67 281 39769 38340 29 272 43 286 50 297 69 285 75 277 38340 37013 34 283 47 293 60 291 74 287 71 280 37013 35752 35 275 46 292 64 287 76 287 67 282 35752 34491 34 256 43 288 63 287 73 288 64 281 34491 33201 32 227 42 285 61 291 69 290 60 282 33201 31886 25 238 39 281 62 295 64 292 55 284 31886 30536 19 246 36 273 62 295 58 293 51 285 30536 29144 20 260 34 269 59 294 53 295 46 283 29144 27717 18 279 34 272 53 296 48 294 41 280 27717 26257 23 300 33 277 48 294 44 294 38 280 26257 24765 30 302 30 280 44 289 41 293 36 281 24765 23243 30 306 29 280 40 283 36 295 35 281 23243 21687 29 304 29 279 37 281 33 295 32 279 21687 20092 29 301 28 280 35 283 32 290 29 277 20092 18488 30 299 26 283 30 281 30 287 28 277 18488 16957 31 301 25 281 25 279 27 284 26 279 16957 15568 29 307 25 279 22 275 24 281 23 282 15568 14328 27 313 24 276 22 273 21 277 19 282 14328 13215 26 320 22 278 21 274 20 273 16 278 13215 12211 26 327 20 286 20 277 18 273 15 271 12211 11303 27 332 19 298 18 280 16 272 14 265 11303 10482 28 335 19 307 17 284 13 269 12 260 10482 9743 28 336 19 313 16 289 10 264 10 256 9743 9077 27 335 18 315 14 291 9 259 8 252 9077 8466 24 333 16 314 11 289 7 253 7 245 8466 7917 18*330 12 307 7 275 8 240 7 231 7917 7451 12*325 7 283 6 244 8 225 8 213 7451 7090 7 314 6 245 6 223 8 202 9 186 7090 6840 5 284 6 224 5 199 7 174 8 168 6840 6687 5 247 5*211 4*181 5*160 7*159 6687 6599 5 226 4*196 3*174 4*156 4*156 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