DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 11/03 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 - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 32.4 - - 34.0 - - 38.9 - - 34.9 - - 33.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -3 - - 60 - - 90 - - -3 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 247 - - 708 - - 330 - - 41 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 7747 - - 8208 - - 7830 - - 7541 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1536 - - 615 - - 766 - - 772 - - 1254 Hgt.Variab. W* 6 - - 107 - - 176 - - 17 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 5 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 6 - - 7 - - 5 - - 3 BL Wind Direction 102 - - 130 - - 124 - - 123 - - 124 Direction Wind Shear 9 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - 2 - - 5 - - 2 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 2 - - 1148 - - 1474 - - 1231 - - 773 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 6599 - - 6734 - - 6600 - - 6768 sfcLCL ODpotential -9002 - - -6293 - - -6910 - - -6843 - - -7635 ODpotential blCL 15603 - - 14040 - - 15118 - - 14673 - - 15176 blCL maxRH 79 - - 92 - - 79 - - 95 - - 83 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 32.4 - - 34.0 - - 38.9 - - 34.9 - - 33.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 29.2 - - 31.5 - - 32.4 - - 32.2 - - 27.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 36.4 - - 36.2 - - 40.8 - - 38.6 - - 40.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 28.2 - - 30.6 - - 31.2 - - 31.2 - - 26.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -3 - - 60 - - 90 - - -3 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 247 - - 708 - - 330 - - 41 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 17 - - 69 - - 16 - - 78 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 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] 96083 20 292 28 298 22 305 28 294 28 307 96083 89245 10 318 19 288 17 321 12 316 15 296 89245 83922 6 347 10 270 12 326 10 359 5 302 83922 79433 9 318 1 070 13 274 15 282 11 314 79433 75508 10 266 7 053 8 207 13 252 12 270 75508 72014 7 288 13 311 10 275 13 274 9 289 72014 68823 18 264 16 257 20 256 20 246 16 274 68823 65862 12 256 10 190 17 231 16 230 13 270 65862 63100 11 282 10 246 13 252 11 257 13 262 63100 60423 25 265 22 258 15 254 17 263 15 258 60423 57624 26 255 22 257 13 244 15 268 14 270 57624 54702 18 253 19 257 17 254 20 256 18 259 54702 51901 16 275 29 246 23 255 20 253 17 268 51901 49381 36 262 30 243 34 253 27 265 23 257 49381 47136 36 259 27 236 34 244 28 262 21 253 47136 45115 32 282 16 236 24 240 31 259 27 252 45115 43274 44 281 23 286 27 268 30 254 32 242 43274 41582 38 273 47 275 43 268 37 255 34 237 41582 40022 29 287 53 260 49 261 47 255 35 231 40022 38584 36 297 40 250 40 260 45 254 30 222 38584 37249 42 290 31 259 30 260 41 259 24 226 37249 35980 39 283 33 278 30 266 38 260 24 236 35980 34710 35 285 34 283 32 270 31 251 21 230 34710 33412 29 291 34 283 33 272 27 245 18 206 33412 32089 24 297 34 283 32 273 27 248 20 187 32089 30731 24 302 33 291 31 273 29 251 21 191 30731 29330 25 306 33 294 29 275 30 254 20 205 29330 27891 21 303 30 287 24 284 31 257 23 218 27891 26417 12 312 18 294 21 295 26 262 20 227 26417 24911 12 356 7 317 17 292 18 268 14 230 24911 23378 15 342 9 012 10 255 13 271 7 191 23378 21813 16 337 12 000 4 249 5 259 10 176 21813 20213 16 360 12 338 7 296 2 296 8 162 20213 18601 18 030 11 321 13 301 5 322 6 171 18601 17055 18 039 8 324 12 303 7 308 5 159 17055 15647 13 039 5 006 5 318 6 316 9 133 15647 14388 10 028 7 066 3 088 3 029 14 142 14388 13258 10 017 10 089 9 116 7 104 13 162 13258 12239 10 013 11 099 11 121 11 128 10 173 12239 11320 9 016 11 100 12 126 13 137 8 168 11320 10493 7 039 10 102 11 132 12 146 8 168 10493 9750 6 068 9 111 10 135 10 154 9 168 9750 9081 6 089 8 123 10 133 10 155 9 166 9081 8471 6 099 8 132 9*128 9 151 8 161 8471 7922 7 102 7*132 7*125 8*144 7*152 7922 7457 8 099 7*131 7 124 6*132 5*141 7457 7094 8 097 6 130 7 125 5 122 4 122 7094 6842 6 098 5 130 6 124 5 120 3 110 6842 6688 4*111 5 130 6 124 4 115 1 071 6688 6600 1*194 4 131 5 124 2 117 1 294 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