DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/24 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 40.8 - - 40.4 - - 40.2 - - 39.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 3 - - 9 - - -9 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 461 - - 915 - - 466 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 7961 - - 8415 - - 7966 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2565 - - 1358 - - 1578 - - 2816 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 67 - - 94 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 29 - - 21 - - 24 - - 17 BL Wind Direction - - - 210 - - 198 - - 185 - - 198 Direction Wind Shear - - - 30 - - 21 - - 29 - - 33 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -33 - - -19 - - 5 - - 20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1362 - - 1815 - - 1366 - - 1 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1488 - - 993 - - 628 - - -1381 ODpotential blCL - - - 9449 - - 7422 - - 7338 - - 7982 blCL maxRH - - - 95 - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 40.8 - - 40.4 - - 40.2 - - 39.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 35.0 - - 39.2 - - 40.0 - - 39.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.7 - - 43.2 - - 43.4 - - 43.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.1 - - 38.8 - - 40.3 - - 40.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 3 - - 9 - - -9 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 461 - - 915 - - 466 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 81 - - 101 - - 101 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 6 - - 6 - - 7 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] 95838 35 328 29 337 36 332 28 352 95838 88855 29 329 24 333 33 326 26 330 88855 83443 32 312 28 304 30 302 29 321 83443 78937 25 306 24 295 25 306 28 309 78937 75024 35 297 34 291 30 303 33 310 75024 71540 31 259 27 276 25 268 36 265 71540 68403 23 274 24 287 24 306 28 259 68403 65489 27 289 33 277 28 275 33 263 65489 62751 49 248 51 250 40 237 34 243 62751 60090 57 229 51 239 34 236 29 246 60090 57302 50 237 47 242 55 254 53 256 57302 54405 61 250 66 243 88 242 90 247 54405 51644 79 247 84 236 97 230 97 236 51644 49162 86 245 78 233 77 229 86 231 49162 46945 87 250 61 241 68 242 79 235 46945 44943 98 250 78 253 90 246 94 237 44943 43118 110 245 117 248 119 240 110 235 43118 41438 120 242 135 240 128 233 120 232 41438 39876 124 241 140 237 127 229 125 229 39876 38423 126 242 138 237 126 228 128 228 38423 37074 127 244 127 236 127 229 131 228 37074 35794 123 245 112 235 123 230 130 227 35794 34518 111 243 97 234 109 229 124 224 34518 33219 104 237 86 232 94 226 114 221 33219 31900 87 234 74 226 78 225 90 218 31900 30548 79 230 75 218 79 220 93 217 30548 29155 74 233 72 216 82 218 92 215 29155 27722 71 235 63 218 83 219 90 215 27722 26255 70 233 57 222 81 220 84 215 26255 24758 66 233 48 225 78 219 75 216 24758 23234 61 233 51 221 73 218 68 217 23234 21683 56 231 51 220 69 218 64 218 21683 20098 53 227 47 217 65 219 63 219 20098 18505 50 223 42 215 62 221 63 222 18505 16982 47 219 40 221 58 224 61 224 16982 15599 45 216 42 229 53 227 57 226 15599 14365 43 218 46 231 48 227 54 227 14365 13255 43 223 46 228 46 223 52 225 13255 12252 43 226 43 222 46 218 51 221 12252 11342 42 225 41 216 45 214 51 218 11342 10518 39 220 38 209 41 209 50 216 10518 9776 39 213 36 204 44 202 48 214 9776 9106 40 211 34 202 43 198 47 213 9106 8493 40*210 32*201 41*194 47 209 8493 7938 40*209 30*200 36*190 45 206 7938 7467 36 210 24 198 30 186 39 203 7467 7101 29 211 20 197 24 183 31 201 7101 6846 23 211 17 196 18 179 21 199 6846 6690 19 212 14 195 14 176 14*197 6690 6600 11 213 8 193 7 170 3*059 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