DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 09/24 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 1008z - - 1332z - - 1602z - - 1859z - - 2200z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 43.8 - - 53.4 - - 56.7 - - 52.8 - - 43.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 40 - - 361 - - 406 - - 115 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 615 - - 6646 - - 8562 - - 6247 - - 1136 BL Depth Hcrit 6599 - - 12368 - - 13969 - - 11394 - - 6599 Hcrit BL Top 8115 - - 14146 - - 16062 - - 13747 - - 8636 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3034 - - 1183 - - 1679 - - 1559 - - 3209 Hgt.Variab. W* 123 - - 569 - - 644 - - 381 - - 31 W* B/S 2 - - 10 - - 7 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 12 - - 10 - - 17 - - 18 - - 16 BL Wind Direction 348 - - 327 - - 321 - - 347 - - 009 Direction Wind Shear 4 - - 12 - - 21 - - 10 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg -10 - - 24 - - -7 - - -8 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1156 - - 1822 - - 2278 - - 509 - - -1976 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9271 - - 12325 - - 13785 - - 13239 - - 10612 sfcLCL ODpotential -5058 - - -129 - - 734 - - -3435 - - -6493 ODpotential blCL 13173 - - 14275 - - 15328 - - 17182 - - 15129 blCL maxRH 73 - - 68 - - 68 - - 51 - - 43 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 43.8 - - 53.4 - - 56.7 - - 52.8 - - 43.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 26.4 - - 22.3 - - 19.1 - - 17.9 - - 20.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 46.3 - - 54.2 - - 57.2 - - 54.8 - - 48.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 26.4 - - 22.1 - - 18.9 - - 17.8 - - 20.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 40 - - 361 - - 406 - - 115 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 615 - - 6646 - - 8562 - - 6247 - - 1136 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 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] 98144 13 296 13 281 16 268 10 281 18 268 98144 90741 20 282 20 286 13 268 18 268 21 281 90741 85027 17 289 19 270 23 276 24 289 23 285 85027 80292 14 290 17 256 28 268 25 285 21 282 80292 76208 23 299 20 274 23 274 24 282 20 291 76208 72595 26 294 21 275 22 281 26 283 24 294 72595 69338 22 288 20 282 19 276 25 280 24 284 69338 66347 23 287 23 285 23 284 22 288 18 285 66347 63557 27 294 24 287 27 282 27 298 25 311 63557 60854 31 299 24 295 29 280 35 292 38 304 60854 58052 33 298 29 298 32 289 35 287 32 293 58052 55139 40 297 37 299 36 301 25 296 31 323 55139 52355 46 291 46 300 45 310 45 320 54 308 52355 49860 46 286 54 298 57 297 64 297 62 284 49860 47612 49 295 56 293 60 283 66 282 49 291 47612 45557 55 300 52 293 54 287 56 304 51 315 45557 43673 56 303 54 305 59 306 70 322 64 324 43673 41940 58 306 64 310 72 314 84 319 77 321 41940 40342 62 309 71 309 80 313 89 313 84 315 40342 38858 65 310 73 306 84 310 87 309 84 313 38858 37478 66 308 72 304 84 309 80 310 79 316 37478 36168 63 306 70 305 85 311 75 316 76 323 36168 34866 59 303 68 305 85 314 75 324 75 330 34866 33547 53 299 67 304 83 316 78 332 75 336 33547 32214 47 297 64 304 82 316 82 335 77 339 32214 30851 45 300 61 304 81 317 83 333 77 337 30851 29445 45 306 56 303 77 318 80 330 73 333 29445 28001 41 307 53 302 74 317 77 330 68 330 28001 26522 39 302 55 303 73 313 75 335 64 329 26522 25011 40 297 57 305 74 310 71 335 60 330 25011 23472 41 298 55 306 75 313 68 329 58 332 23472 21899 41 300 49 305 69 317 68 323 57 332 21899 20284 37 301 43 301 54 318 67 323 57 331 20284 18656 34 302 38 297 40 309 60 328 56 334 18656 17101 29 303 33 297 33*298 48 332 48 338 17101 15694 24 304 26 299 26*294 35 331 34 339 15694 14441 19 304 20*300 21 296 25*330 21 336 14441 13318 13 300 15*299 18 305 20*335 14 331 13318 12304 9 288 12 302 16 321 19 339 10 329 12304 11386 7 280 10 316 16 326 18 344 9 335 11386 10555 5 285 10 331 16 331 18 347 10 347 10555 9807 4 307 10 336 16 334 18 350 11 357 9807 9132 5 331 11 339 16 336 18 351 14*004 9132 8515 7*349 10 342 16 338 18 353 16*009 8515 7959 10*355 10 344 16 340 18 354 18 011 7959 7487 13 352 10 346 16 341 18 354 18 011 7487 7119 14 347 10 348 16 342 17 355 16 010 7119 6863 12 344 9 349 15 343 16 355 13 008 6863 6706 11 342 9 349 14 344 15 355 10 005 6706 6616 7 340 8 350 12 345 12 356 5 352 6616 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