DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/17 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 - - - 31.2 - - 34.6 - - 35.6 - - 29.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 394 - - 422 - - 173 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7961 - - 9473 - - 8357 - - 4032 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13469 - - 14730 - - 13303 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15461 - - 16973 - - 15857 - - 11532 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1173 - - 1444 - - 2190 - - 3125 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 623 - - 674 - - 481 - - 15 W* B/S - - - 11 - - 10 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 11 - - 12 - - 14 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 312 - - 322 - - 337 - - 355 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 13 - - 15 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - -6 - - -20 - - 19 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4457 - - 6101 - - 4345 - - 3415 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11005 - - 10872 - - 11513 - - 8117 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 3225 - - 3675 - - 1947 - - -656 ODpotential blCL - - - 12236 - - 13298 - - 13910 - - 12188 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 84 - - 77 - - 61 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 90 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 31.2 - - 34.6 - - 35.6 - - 29.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 6.3 - - 10.2 - - 8.4 - - 17.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.7 - - 34.9 - - 37.1 - - 34.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 5.8 - - 9.9 - - 8.0 - - 17.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 394 - - 422 - - 173 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7961 - - 9473 - - 8357 - - 4032 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 101 - - 36 - - 6 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96798 41 258 37 272 41 281 39 280 96798 89491 36 263 39 277 29 283 29 269 89491 83868 20 265 30 259 35 281 24 283 83868 79218 20 290 17 272 30 269 31 285 79218 75238 24 287 17 301 11 256 22 282 75238 71706 26 284 24 293 12 294 13 274 71706 68478 27 276 22 276 16 288 15 272 68478 65496 20 270 13 261 10 283 11 273 65496 62712 17 287 14 281 16 298 6 264 62712 59986 23 294 28 288 25 291 16 301 59986 57152 23 285 23 282 26 302 28 318 57152 54231 13 261 13 265 31 311 33 319 54231 51435 22 313 24 306 35 307 30 307 51435 48904 39 314 36 311 34 304 26 307 48904 46620 42 313 36 307 31 305 27 322 46620 44539 38 312 32 303 32 317 39 327 44539 42638 34 313 30 310 39 324 46 323 42638 40896 33 316 34 322 48 323 43 325 40896 39285 36 320 42 326 54 324 45 338 39285 37794 40 322 49 326 59 328 63 333 37794 36424 45 322 57 326 68 327 74 326 36424 35137 46 323 62 325 72 324 78 327 35137 33865 49 327 64 325 71 328 80 331 33865 32576 56 331 63 327 72 334 83 335 32576 31271 63 331 65 329 75 339 84 337 31271 29939 68 330 67 330 80 343 86 339 29939 28571 69 330 65 330 81 344 87 340 28571 27170 69 330 63 332 79 345 84 340 27170 25738 65 330 60 333 73 348 79 342 25738 24276 59 331 55 333 66 350 77 346 24276 22786 51 331 49 333 58 350 76 353 22786 21267 44 332 43 333 51 350 69 356 21267 19718 38 332 36 333 44 347 54 354 19718 18165 31 330 26*328 37 336 41 352 18165 16684 24*324 19*322 27*332 30 349 16684 15342 17*318 19 322 21*332 24 344 15342 14144 13 314 16 323 18 332 24 340 14144 13065 11 311 13 324 16 334 23 342 13065 12090 10 310 11 324 15 338 21*348 12090 11207 10 309 10 323 13 341 20*353 11207 10407 10 309 10 322 12 342 18 356 10407 9686 10 309 9 321 12 342 17 357 9686 9035 10 310 9 321 11 341 16 358 9035 8439 10 311 9 321 11 340 15 358 8439 7901 9 311 9 321 11 339 14 356 7901 7444 9 313 8 321 10 337 11 352 7444 7087 8 313 8 322 10 337 9 345 7087 6839 8 314 8 322 9 336 7 333 6839 6687 7 314 7 323 8 336 5 322 6687 6599 6 315 6 324 7 336 2 292 6599 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