DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/24 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0703z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 58.6 - - 65.6 - - 70.0 - - 69.9 - - 61.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 7 - - 268 - - 347 - - 161 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 815 - - 9811 - - 13102 - - 11462 - - 4661 BL Depth Hcrit 6584 - - 14773 - - 17604 - - 15714 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top 8315 - - 17311 - - 20602 - - 18962 - - 12161 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 7044 - - 1822 - - 698 - - 1773 - - 5585 Hgt.Variab. W* 83 - - 595 - - 709 - - 528 - - 38 W* B/S 3 - - 6 - - 7 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 18 - - 19 - - 16 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 230 - - 264 - - 270 - - 271 - - 276 Direction Wind Shear 8 - - 21 - - 13 - - 10 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg -5 - - -13 - - -26 - - -25 - - -40 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3127 - - 5886 - - 6897 - - 4475 - - -793 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11443 - - 11426 - - 13706 - - 14487 - - 12954 sfcLCL ODpotential -6150 - - 3044 - - 3941 - - 1892 - - -4702 ODpotential blCL 14465 - - 14267 - - 16661 - - 17070 - - 16863 blCL maxRH 100 - - 100 - - 99 - - 65 - - 48 maxRH CAPE 90 - - 640 - - 380 - - 190 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 58.6 - - 65.6 - - 70.0 - - 69.9 - - 61.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 31.5 - - 38.2 - - 32.5 - - 29.0 - - 28.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 61.6 - - 66.6 - - 70.7 - - 71.5 - - 67.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 30.4 - - 37.4 - - 31.6 - - 28.1 - - 27.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 7 - - 268 - - 347 - - 161 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 815 - - 9811 - - 13102 - - 11462 - - 4661 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 102 - - 101 - - 97 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 98539 16 124 15 123 12 118 17 131 8 125 98539 91099 18 094 13 140 9 149 4 085 15 096 91099 85367 11 091 12 138 5 190 5 119 8 101 85367 80608 7 115 10 138 7 205 5 110 4 138 80608 76507 6 149 6 155 11 174 0 269 7 090 76507 72855 9 191 7 177 13 150 5 232 9 080 72855 69519 11 181 11 198 9 140 8 203 4 042 69519 66447 13 186 14 205 2 189 9 203 3 217 66447 63597 5 193 7 201 5 290 7 190 7 195 63597 60835 13 246 11 240 14 259 3 253 5 251 60835 57966 11 267 5 248 13 238 8 266 6 271 57966 55008 18 277 10 284 8 252 17 268 12 286 55008 52202 18 264 19 272 13 283 18 269 20 278 52202 49687 22 273 23 269 21 280 22 279 22 277 49687 47451 28 277 24 274 24 266 25 277 21 271 47451 45440 37 276 34 278 28 270 28 273 20 271 45440 43610 47 273 46 275 39 273 36 269 24 277 43610 41939 52 272 51 273 44 269 44 261 33 272 41939 40405 54 273 53 275 46 275 44 258 40 266 40405 38980 49 276 50 274 48 278 42 269 39 268 38980 37650 44 280 48 274 46 278 44 277 35 275 37650 36381 42 280 46 276 42 278 42 276 32 281 36381 35108 40 279 45 275 39 279 39 276 26 286 35108 33807 38 278 42 271 37 279 37 278 24 296 33807 32482 37 279 40 272 35 279 34 282 18 294 32482 31122 36 280 38 275 34 279 29 286 13 285 31122 29719 37 280 35 274 32 278 25 289 11 288 29719 28275 38 279 35 274 30 277 24 290 10 296 28275 26793 39 276 34 277 28 275 24 287 9 300 26793 25275 40 273 31 274 26 274 24 279 11 289 25275 23728 38 271 32 275 24 277 24 273 18 277 23728 22150 35 268 31 273 23*281 25 272 22 271 22150 20535 31 268 31 269 23*281 24*275 23 269 20535 18909 30 270 29*270 22 279 18*280 24 270 18909 17351 28 273 27*274 20 277 16 282 25 272 17351 15932 25 276 26 274 20 274 15 280 23 274 15932 14660 22 278 25 272 19 269 16 278 20 276 14660 13514 21 278 22 267 19 268 16 276 17 279 13514 12476 20 278 19 262 19 267 17 272 15*283 12476 11534 20 278 16 257 19 267 17 269 14*286 11534 10679 19 278 14 253 19 265 17 266 15 286 10679 9909 17 276 12 250 19 264 18 263 15 284 9909 9211 14 274 12 249 19 263 17 262 16 280 9211 8573 11*269 11 249 18 263 17 260 16 276 8573 7996 8*257 11 248 18 262 17 259 17 272 7996 7506 6 239 11 248 17 262 17 258 16 268 7506 7124 5 218 10 247 17 261 16 257 14 262 7124 6858 4 202 10 248 16 261 15 256 12 256 6858 6695 3 184 9 246 14 261 14 256 9 248 6695 6601 2 176 7 246 11 261 10 256 5 243 6601 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