DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/30 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 - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 51.4 - - 53.6 - - 48.6 - - 43.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 336 - - 386 - - 122 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5403 - - 7078 - - 4685 - - 1571 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11356 - - 12749 - - 10280 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12903 - - 14578 - - 12185 - - 9071 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2012 - - 1943 - - 2841 - - 2968 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 521 - - 596 - - 353 - - 28 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 30 - - 33 - - 30 - - 24 BL Wind Direction - - - 266 - - 264 - - 275 - - 290 Direction Wind Shear - - - 28 - - 32 - - 29 - - 31 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -62 - - -71 - - -87 - - -76 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 761 - - 1885 - - 2231 - - 269 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12143 - - 12693 - - 9954 - - 8802 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3150 - - -693 - - -398 - - -2967 ODpotential blCL - - - 16053 - - 15271 - - 12583 - - 12038 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 84 - - 93 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 51.4 - - 53.6 - - 48.6 - - 43.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 21.0 - - 20.7 - - 27.8 - - 28.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 52.3 - - 54.3 - - 50.5 - - 47.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.4 - - 20.4 - - 27.7 - - 27.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 336 - - 386 - - 122 - - -14 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5403 - - 7078 - - 4685 - - 1571 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 37 - - 73 - - 61 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 96384 10 292 16 265 10 250 17 277 96384 89169 9 294 13 279 11 261 16 314 89169 83646 7 291 10 311 10 290 13 302 83646 79066 12 322 13 325 13 309 17 282 79066 75107 14 323 15 320 13 316 17 295 75107 71609 19 323 14 312 19 315 10 323 71609 68415 20 307 18 301 39 301 17 311 68415 65444 19 302 31 294 41 291 27 296 65444 62684 31 291 41 282 36 289 32 302 62684 60002 36 282 36 276 36 282 37 297 60002 57177 33 275 31 273 40 278 39 285 57177 54218 30 274 34 272 45 273 45 274 54218 51386 40 277 45 276 51 271 47 273 51386 48849 51 272 55 276 51 272 48 276 48849 46600 55 272 59 272 58 280 54 281 46600 44580 59 276 61 276 67 277 61 280 44580 42748 65 277 67 277 67 274 66 277 42748 41074 74 274 73 274 71 278 74 277 41074 39538 84 270 79 273 84 277 84 278 39538 38122 86 267 88 270 91 274 97 278 38122 36808 84 268 92 266 87 270 108 275 36808 35556 86 270 93 266 82 266 105 269 35556 34298 85 267 88 269 80 261 101 268 34298 33010 83 261 79 268 75 254 98 274 33010 31704 87 263 75 269 73 250 77 272 31704 30368 85 267 75 272 69 250 70 262 30368 28992 81 271 71 274 67 252 69 259 28992 27580 77 270 66 270 62 254 61 259 27580 26135 72 268 63 263 57 260 55 262 26135 24659 68 265 63 258 56 268 54 268 24659 23156 66 263 63 259 55 270 51 269 23156 21622 63 264 62 264 55 270 48 268 21622 20052 60 265 59 269 54 271 48 268 20052 18473 57 267 56 271 53 272 47 266 18473 16961 54 268 53 270 53 271 46 261 16961 15586 51 268 50*268 52 268 44 257 15586 14355 48 268 46*265 50 266 43 256 14355 13248 45*268 41 263 47 266 42 258 13248 12245 41*267 37 262 43*267 41 261 12245 11336 36 267 35 262 41*269 41 266 11336 10514 34 266 33 263 38 272 41 272 10514 9772 32 266 30 263 34 274 41 277 9772 9102 29 266 29 264 32 276 41*281 9102 8489 27 265 28 265 29 277 37*285 8489 7937 26 264 27 265 26 277 31 289 7937 7467 24 264 25 265 24 277 25 293 7467 7101 23 263 24 266 23 277 20 294 7101 6846 21 263 23 266 21 276 15 293 6846 6690 19 263 20 266 19 276 12 293 6690 6600 13 262 14 266 12 276 7 291 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