DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 04/25 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 - - - 33.8 - - 40.4 - - 42.1 - - 37.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 378 - - 486 - - 209 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5656 - - 8142 - - 7622 - - 5096 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11608 - - 13714 - - 12858 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13156 - - 15642 - - 15122 - - 12596 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 992 - - 692 - - 1353 - - 2646 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 552 - - 674 - - 498 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 18 - - 12 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 11 - - 14 - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 228 - - 248 - - 255 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - 10 - - 13 - - 13 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 6 - - 18 - - -28 - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3331 - - 3616 - - 2319 - - 928 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9825 - - 12027 - - 12804 - - 11668 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1495 - - 2657 - - 456 - - -2294 ODpotential blCL - - - 11661 - - 12985 - - 14666 - - 14890 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 100 - - 73 - - 94 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 33.8 - - 40.4 - - 42.1 - - 37.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 13.8 - - 10.5 - - 8.8 - - 9.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 34.4 - - 40.5 - - 43.4 - - 42.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 12.9 - - 10.1 - - 8.5 - - 9.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 378 - - 486 - - 209 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5656 - - 8142 - - 7622 - - 5096 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 31 - - 101 - - 0 - - 76 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 97074 13 290 15 284 11 315 14 275 97074 89749 12 277 16 303 13 299 12 315 89749 84164 6 301 10 292 13 286 14 319 84164 79527 3 262 11 248 12 269 11 318 79527 75509 8 223 10 263 11 253 8 294 75509 71937 13 231 9 258 10 251 9 272 71937 68680 16 231 17 247 19 255 13 260 68680 65666 11 224 20 235 18 246 18 256 65666 62862 11 280 15 242 12 258 17 263 62862 60130 15 267 18 251 14 267 18 277 60130 57261 17 252 18 256 22 264 22 265 57261 54269 20 258 22 258 23 262 21 253 54269 51395 24 264 21 265 23 271 21 261 51395 48815 29 272 28 274 29 274 25 269 48815 46520 31 274 32 266 34 273 29 268 46520 44449 31 270 33 265 36 269 30 260 44449 42556 33 270 35 269 36 264 31 266 42556 40810 36 274 38 272 37 270 37 268 40810 39192 37 271 41 270 44 269 40 264 39192 37698 34 270 40 269 46 265 44 265 37698 36324 39 270 42 276 47 267 54 265 36324 35032 43 268 48 278 55 273 67 267 35032 33756 42 267 53 275 74 275 80 264 33756 32469 44 267 56 273 90 269 84 262 32469 31171 45 269 61 272 86 265 76 260 31171 29849 40 271 61 270 78 265 68 262 29849 28491 35 271 57 269 76 266 69 264 28491 27096 29 266 51 268 77 267 70 263 27096 25670 25 262 44 268 75 272 68 265 25670 24216 25 265 41 268 68 277 59 272 24216 22740 28 267 41 270 52 276 51 277 22740 21239 33 268 42 274 42 267 45 273 21239 19706 35 271 41 275 43 265 43 266 19706 18170 32 276 37 273 43 268 42 264 18170 16703 25 276 28*270 38 268 41 265 16703 15369 16 270 16*266 29*265 37 265 15369 14173 10*269 15 266 21*261 31 262 14173 13098 8*270 14 264 17 259 25*258 13098 12125 8 267 11 254 16 257 19*250 12125 11241 7 259 11 251 14 255 15 244 11241 10440 6 238 10 238 14 254 13 239 10440 9716 6 214 9 233 13 253 11 236 9716 9061 6 206 9 230 13 252 9 234 9061 8460 6 199 9 227 13 251 8 233 8460 7917 6 194 9 223 12 251 7 234 7917 7454 6 188 8 221 11 250 6 236 7454 7094 6 184 8 219 11 249 5 237 7094 6843 6 181 8 218 10 249 4 235 6843 6688 6 181 7 218 9 248 2 226 6688 6600 5 179 6 216 8 248 1 201 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