DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 05/06 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 50.3 - - 58.2 - - 60.6 - - 53.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 419 - - 137 - - 43 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4285 - - 8826 - - 9442 - - 5608 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10552 - - 13504 - - 12689 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11785 - - 16326 - - 16942 - - 13108 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2145 - - 2671 - - 2421 - - 2899 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 518 - - 456 - - 321 - - 31 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 5 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 9 - - 17 - - 20 - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - 309 - - 338 - - 338 - - 318 Direction Wind Shear - - - 27 - - 26 - - 18 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 24 - - 92 - - -8 - - -19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -6 - - 3612 - - 4238 - - 2145 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11791 - - 12714 - - 12705 - - 10963 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2054 - - 1876 - - 1967 - - -1513 ODpotential blCL - - - 13839 - - 14450 - - 14975 - - 14621 blCL maxRH - - - 86 - - 100 - - 97 - - 75 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - 70 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 50.3 - - 58.2 - - 60.6 - - 53.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.7 - - 25.4 - - 27.8 - - 28.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 50.6 - - 59.9 - - 63.1 - - 60.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.0 - - 24.7 - - 27.2 - - 27.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 419 - - 137 - - 43 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4285 - - 8826 - - 9442 - - 5608 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 46 - - 101 - - 86 - - 1 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97976 16 238 17 269 10 256 6 257 97976 90494 9 232 9 238 12 236 10 241 90494 84755 10 172 11 238 8 260 3 276 84755 79994 8 131 12 224 7 266 6 336 79994 75898 6 205 4 226 4 217 4 302 75898 72278 6 149 8 250 8 274 5 356 72278 68988 3 063 6 239 7 272 5 322 68988 65951 4 349 1 260 9 285 6 299 65951 63131 11 319 6 337 12 274 7 327 63131 60403 13 311 17 312 13 303 9 298 60403 57565 10 326 14 281 15 314 9 311 57565 54625 12 336 11 260 18 316 20 321 54625 51843 24 353 19 338 20 308 25 320 51843 49363 35 344 31 340 26 331 24 337 49363 47141 35 348 32 343 33 343 34 334 47141 45127 42 359 36 343 38 337 40 328 45127 43295 49 001 38 343 44 330 47 325 43295 41629 57 001 46 345 50 326 54 328 41629 40104 64 359 55 344 55 325 59 335 40104 38691 66 358 60 341 57 325 62 338 38691 37370 65 359 61 341 56 327 61 339 37370 36105 63 001 60 342 55 330 59 339 36105 34834 61 003 59 345 55 334 58 336 34834 33533 61 004 57 346 56 338 56 333 33533 32208 61 004 57 347 56 340 55 332 32208 30849 61 005 59 350 54 342 55 330 30849 29448 60 005 60 353 51 344 52 328 29448 28010 58 004 59 357 48 345 49 328 28010 26538 57 004 56 357 46 345 46 328 26538 25035 58 005 55 356 47 344 46 328 25035 23505 60 005 55 356 48 346 46 327 23505 21943 58 004 54 359 48 348 45 328 21943 20341 54 002 48 001 43 351 42 329 20341 18729 49 001 37 354 32 350 37 332 18729 17185 45 358 33*350 28*350 29 335 17185 15783 42 357 31*348 26*348 21 337 15783 14529 37 354 25 341 23 340 18 336 14529 13400 31 347 23 339 21 337 18*332 13400 12379 27*341 21 338 21 336 18*328 12379 11452 23*338 19 337 20 336 20 324 11452 10612 19 335 16 336 20 336 21 323 10612 9854 14 326 14 334 19 336 21 320 9854 9169 10 307 12 332 19 336 21 318 9169 8540 7 274 10 330 18 336 21 316 8540 7974 7 242 8 329 17 337 20 314 7974 7492 7 233 7 329 16 337 19 311 7492 7116 7 225 7 328 15 337 16 307 7116 6854 7 220 6 328 14 338 12 302 6854 6693 7 219 6 328 12 338 9 296 6693 6601 6 217 5 329 8 338 5 280 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