DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/02 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 - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 34.3 - - 38.4 - - 42.0 - - 40.9 - - 34.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 6 - - 131 - - 107 - - 11 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 431 - - 1822 - - 3984 - - 3896 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 8301 - - 9755 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 7931 - - 9322 - - 11484 - - 11396 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1316 - - 1945 - - 2288 - - 2189 - - 3832 Hgt.Variab. W* 59 - - 270 - - 332 - - 164 - - 8 W* B/S 2 - - 139 - - 9 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 0 - - 6 - - 6 - - 14 BL Wind Direction 220 - - 312 - - 340 - - 012 - - 355 Direction Wind Shear 8 - - 9 - - 4 - - 7 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg -14 - - 3 - - 12 - - 18 - - -12 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1332 - - 2723 - - 4075 - - 4638 - - 2 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 6600 - - 7409 - - 6758 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential 587 - - -4 - - 1749 - - 1881 - - -2657 ODpotential blCL 7344 - - 9326 - - 9735 - - 9515 - - 9258 blCL maxRH 100 - - 95 - - 92 - - 97 - - 82 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 20 - - 90 - - 170 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m 34.3 - - 38.4 - - 42.0 - - 40.9 - - 34.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 34.3 - - 33.6 - - 32.4 - - 34.1 - - 32.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.1 - - 40.2 - - 43.8 - - 43.5 - - 39.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 34.2 - - 32.4 - - 31.1 - - 33.1 - - 31.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 6 - - 131 - - 107 - - 11 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 431 - - 1822 - - 3984 - - 3896 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 100 - - 80 - - 67 - - 89 - - 27 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 96092 8 266 14 269 20 269 18 294 18 273 96092 89002 15 266 17 273 20 286 20 295 16 289 89002 83492 16 299 24 294 34 302 28 298 29 313 83492 78911 28 296 28 291 34 290 32 300 36 307 78911 74994 38 298 26 292 33 285 39 299 34 296 74994 71531 38 303 34 296 38 287 40 297 38 302 71531 68380 39 300 39 294 44 292 50 296 46 301 68380 65471 44 298 42 293 49 292 56 288 49 296 65471 62762 48 292 44 292 50 293 52 287 49 292 62762 60123 48 288 46 292 52 292 51 288 53 292 60123 57347 52 289 52 291 57 288 55 290 59 288 57347 54438 61 289 59 286 64 287 59 287 61 284 54438 51633 68 287 64 281 67 282 63 284 64 283 51633 49093 69 283 65 278 66 279 66 279 66 281 49093 46810 68 279 67 274 65 279 66 282 58 282 46810 44737 66 275 67 270 63 279 61 286 51 291 44737 42840 63 271 63 270 60 278 54 285 49 296 42840 41095 62 271 54 271 53 274 45 287 47 290 41095 39484 62 266 46 264 46 267 40 284 37 294 39484 37998 59 253 43 261 38 263 32 280 30 302 37998 36629 53 245 40 259 34 265 23 282 21 307 36629 35340 51 240 38 256 28 257 16 298 15 332 35340 34067 47 239 36 251 16 249 11 300 19 033 34067 32784 42 240 31 252 16 249 9 274 22 031 32784 31491 40 239 31 258 27 246 17 259 23 009 31491 30172 38 237 38 260 47 227 40 209 3 267 30172 28817 36 234 47 251 47 223 42 209 15 199 28817 27425 35 234 49 243 42 220 30 228 12 194 27425 25998 34 236 46 240 33 221 24 252 3 291 25998 24538 33 238 38 240 26 234 23 242 10 326 24538 23049 31 238 31 253 21 247 17 267 14 323 23049 21525 29 240 25 252 9 272 13 300 13 336 21525 19961 26 247 15 242 5 301 7 294 9 014 19961 18388 24 250 13 265 4 290 5 299 10 028 18388 16883 21 256 14 268 5 281 6 350 13 023 16883 15515 17 273 13 268 5 297 7 006 16 021 15515 14292 14 266 10 279 6 314 7 007 17 027 14292 13191 12 256 10 286 7 326 8 004 17 033 13191 12196 11 252 10 291 7*332 8*005 18 038 12196 11295 10 249 10 301 7*334 8*005 18 041 11295 10479 9 249 9 305 8 336 9 007 18 042 10479 9744 10 245 8*312 8 337 9 007 17 039 9744 9079 10 242 6*321 7 338 8 007 17 031 9079 8471 11*238 3 328 6 342 7 010 19 021 8471 7924 10*233 0 168 6 343 5 015 20 012 7924 7458 7 223 2 152 5 344 4 028 19 006 7458 7095 5 212 2 148 5 346 4 040 19 000 7095 6843 4 204 3 145 4 347 3 046 17 356 6843 6688 3 196 3 146 4 349 3 051 13*352 6688 6600 2 197 3 142 3 352 2 059 5*339 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