DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 03/23 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 37.4 - - 48.1 - - 55.8 - - 54.0 - - 47.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -4 - - 171 - - 221 - - 61 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1052 - - 5097 - - 3992 - - 701 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 7861 - - 10929 - - 9219 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 8552 - - 12597 - - 11492 - - 8201 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1183 - - 2305 - - 1757 - - 2203 - - 2845 Hgt.Variab. W* 10 - - 245 - - 444 - - 267 - - 20 W* B/S 0 - - 6 - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 8 - - 13 - - 15 - - 14 BL Wind Direction 171 - - 241 - - 271 - - 261 - - 252 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 11 - - 14 - - 9 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg -6 - - -11 - - -13 - - -40 - - -47 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4686 - - -2514 - - -733 - - -1057 - - -3448 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11288 - - 11067 - - 13330 - - 12550 - - 11649 sfcLCL ODpotential -13372 - - -9229 - - -5775 - - -6185 - - -10626 ODpotential blCL 19973 - - 17781 - - 18372 - - 17677 - - 18827 blCL maxRH 79 - - 88 - - 96 - - 94 - - 92 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 37.4 - - 48.1 - - 55.8 - - 54.0 - - 47.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 11.8 - - 22.8 - - 20.2 - - 22.1 - - 20.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 42.3 - - 49.6 - - 57.0 - - 56.2 - - 53.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 10.8 - - 21.6 - - 19.6 - - 21.7 - - 19.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -4 - - 171 - - 221 - - 61 - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1052 - - 5097 - - 3992 - - 701 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 15 - - 52 - - 84 - - 76 - - 69 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96301 21 302 14 287 22 281 22 299 27 291 96301 89199 23 298 24 285 25 288 28 294 28 306 89199 83771 13 292 20 278 25 287 21 291 24 294 83771 79240 23 325 22 304 28 292 22 304 23 282 79240 75286 32 309 26 296 32 292 35 303 30 308 75286 71789 36 299 28 291 36 287 44 295 45 303 71789 68642 39 287 34 302 37 282 43 285 48 298 68642 65743 38 288 42 303 40 291 41 292 49 297 65743 63037 47 299 48 300 44 296 49 297 52 294 63037 60412 61 296 53 301 51 298 59 298 53 296 60412 57672 67 293 62 300 61 298 65 299 58 299 57672 54822 66 296 70 299 65 297 69 307 74 308 54822 52106 75 300 73 302 75 307 88 309 86 304 52106 49671 78 298 84 307 97 307 105 306 91 305 49671 47488 80 297 97 305 108 303 110 302 108 306 47488 45505 81 297 99 297 101 298 101 296 111 301 45505 43686 88 301 87 295 89 297 86 297 101 299 43686 42011 106 306 86 306 97 313 92 311 86 310 42011 40470 123 309 94 311 122 316 112 318 96 319 40470 39041 122 307 90 309 126 314 110 316 96 315 39041 37700 110 301 84 304 121 315 99 309 96 308 37700 36415 114 297 82 298 113 315 97 304 95 304 36415 35126 120 299 82 296 98 310 99 301 91 301 35126 33805 114 303 86 292 91 302 103 300 89 298 33805 32457 95 304 86 289 90 295 103 299 91 296 32457 31072 76 297 77 284 92 293 102 298 98 295 31072 29640 62 290 69 290 88 294 102 299 99 297 29640 28167 58 285 59 302 69 293 100 300 93 298 28167 26658 57 283 53 292 49 282 89 298 85 301 26658 25117 56 281 55 280 43 278 74 291 76 302 25117 23550 54 280 61 276 43 286 59 285 69 295 23550 21958 48 283 57 279 46 288 49 284 61 289 21958 20335 40 284 45 280 43 288 44 285 48 282 20335 18707 36 281 36 279 36 287 40 283 40 277 18707 17152 34 278 32 277 31 284 36 280 37 278 17152 15742 32 278 30 277 28 282 31 280 35 280 15742 14484 29 278 28 278 26 283 26 280 33 279 14484 13354 25 277 25 281 23*285 22 280 33 277 13354 12334 21 276 22 282 20*286 19*277 32 275 12334 11409 18 275 19 284 15 283 17*272 31 272 11409 10573 16 273 17 285 13 276 16 265 30 269 10573 9818 14 269 15 282 13 272 15 261 27 266 9818 9138 13 261 14*277 12 266 15 258 24 262 9138 8516 11 250 13*269 12 263 15 258 21*257 8516 7955 10 236 10 254 11 261 15 258 19*255 7955 7479 8 218 7 226 11 259 14 258 17 253 7479 7108 6 192 7 219 10 257 14 259 14 251 7108 6849 5 179 6 214 10 257 13 259 11 250 6849 6691 4*164 6 210 9 256 11 259 8 250 6691 6600 2*174 5 208 7 256 8 259 4 254 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