DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/11 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0955z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 37.1 - - 43.3 - - 46.3 - - 40.9 - - 38.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -5 - - 59 - - 78 - - -2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 329 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6584 - - 6584 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 6601 - - 7829 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 859 - - 1389 - - 771 - - 1167 - - 1013 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 43 - - 129 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 5 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 2 - - 1 BL Wind Direction 178 - - 173 - - 171 - - 172 - - 211 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -7 - - -6 - - -6 - - -5 - - -7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -774 - - -791 - - 415 - - 1 - - -752 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7375 - - 7392 - - 7414 - - 6600 - - 7354 sfcLCL ODpotential -8490 - - -8041 - - -5540 - - -7014 - - -9378 ODpotential blCL 15091 - - 14642 - - 13369 - - 13615 - - 15979 blCL maxRH 59 - - 69 - - 72 - - 75 - - 77 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 37.1 - - 43.3 - - 46.3 - - 40.9 - - 38.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 28.3 - - 34.2 - - 37.0 - - 36.9 - - 30.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 45.4 - - 45.5 - - 48.4 - - 46.2 - - 47.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 28.3 - - 33.1 - - 35.9 - - 36.3 - - 29.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -5 - - 59 - - 78 - - -2 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 329 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 7 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 5 - - 5 - - 6 - - 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] 96186 17 300 23 286 30 285 24 306 23 296 96186 89228 13 298 13 294 20 296 14 309 20 300 89228 83839 8 328 8 312 12 295 14 312 15 321 83839 79342 8 306 9 346 3 011 6 293 11 318 79342 75436 4 323 8 291 4 020 1 221 5 343 75436 71957 9 328 3 217 3 243 7 277 8 305 71957 68784 16 285 11 308 13 319 7 347 5 325 68784 65862 9 313 11 289 18 283 16 313 12 317 65862 63157 18 356 14 313 20 282 28 278 17 309 63157 60533 32 313 18 295 19 279 23 267 30 272 60533 57814 36 310 24 307 28 303 29 290 31 274 57814 55031 46 296 39 299 36 292 37 282 31 280 55031 52373 41 304 42 303 35 298 38 291 40 278 52373 49957 47 309 46 309 45 305 46 294 40 280 49957 47775 53 316 57 309 57 304 50 296 40 290 47775 45788 69 315 68 306 67 300 58 297 55 302 45788 43966 73 308 68 303 70 296 66 291 68 295 43966 42289 63 307 57 305 60 295 62 289 65 287 42289 40734 54 321 50 316 45 302 49 294 54 285 40734 39283 61 331 56 328 43 318 45 301 45 288 39283 37925 59 332 62 331 50 323 46 309 41 304 37925 36631 43 331 60 333 51 324 47 313 45 308 36631 35339 35 323 49 334 44 324 41 316 42 310 35339 34020 34 318 34 327 34 328 35 317 33 312 34020 32676 32 332 30 310 25 328 21 317 28 312 32676 31297 33 335 28 311 23 315 13 290 23 307 31297 29874 32 333 21 313 22 309 16 293 18 294 29874 28413 29 326 18 306 17 295 16 297 15 282 28413 26917 26 318 17 290 16 281 16 282 17 282 26917 25386 25 316 17 290 18 278 18 278 24 279 25386 23823 26 317 20 298 17 280 19 282 25 277 23823 22224 27 318 23 302 19 290 17 289 21 278 22224 20585 27 316 25 303 21 295 16 294 17 275 20585 18933 25 309 25 301 21 296 15 295 15 272 18933 17349 24 302 23 299 19 296 14 293 13 274 17349 15907 22 301 20 295 17 293 14 291 12 279 15907 14615 20 302 17 291 15 290 14 289 10 287 14615 13454 17 297 14 288 13 284 13 286 8 289 13454 12406 14 287 12 279 10 278 10 281 6 284 12406 11459 13 272 13 262 9 271 8 274 5 269 11459 10603 13 257 13 250 10 257 6 264 4 250 10603 9835 12 248 13 243 11 245 5 247 4 231 9835 9145 12 242 12 238 11 234 6 232 4 215 9145 8516 11 238 11 233 10 224 7 219 5 207 8516 7951 10 234 10 228 8*211 7 213 5 203 7951 7474 8 228 8 217 6*192 6 207 5 201 7474 7104 6 211 6 191 5 170 4 198 4 190 7104 6847 5 192 4 169 5 164 3 182 2 194 6847 6690 4*174 4*165 5 160 2*169 1*217 6690 6600 2*164 4*160 4 156 2*162 1*257 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