DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/21 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.1 - - 60.7 - - - - - 45.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 218 - - 361 - - - - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4582 - - 5086 - - - - - 1427 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10533 - - 11132 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12082 - - 12586 - - - - - 8927 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2382 - - 2295 - - - - - 1631 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 428 - - 522 - - - - - 15 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 29 - - 30 - - - - - 19 BL Wind Direction - - - 278 - - 280 - - - - - 312 Direction Wind Shear - - - 29 - - 32 - - - - - 26 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -61 - - -61 - - - - - -40 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -945 - - -17 - - - - - 560 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13028 - - 12604 - - - - - 8368 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5433 - - -4115 - - - - - -4307 ODpotential blCL - - - 17515 - - 16701 - - - - - 13234 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 77 - - - - - 66 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.1 - - 60.7 - - - - - 45.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.8 - - 28.2 - - - - - 31.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.5 - - 61.4 - - - - - 50.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.1 - - 27.8 - - - - - 31.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 218 - - 361 - - - - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4582 - - 5086 - - - - - 1427 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 8 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 96366 21 235 11 256 16 265 96366 89305 14 252 16 265 10 271 89305 83821 3 256 12 280 15 297 83821 79255 3 340 8 294 13 285 79255 75314 9 332 8 312 10 286 75314 71833 19 283 13 317 8 303 71833 68686 10 290 20 309 8 323 68686 65806 24 314 25 297 21 298 65806 63160 24 300 23 287 21 275 63160 60587 14 295 12 254 32 273 60587 57867 9 296 25 273 41 277 57867 55009 39 281 45 270 53 278 55009 52252 51 280 54 271 65 275 52252 49746 57 276 63 270 68 274 49746 47477 62 269 70 268 72 276 47477 45405 66 267 73 269 76 271 45405 43510 71 271 77 272 73 273 43510 41771 77 274 84 270 80 285 41771 40169 83 269 92 265 97 277 40169 38694 91 265 96 263 105 270 38694 37334 97 265 97 261 97 269 37334 36049 88 265 96 259 86 264 36049 34774 77 263 93 258 83 263 34774 33476 80 265 91 257 87 268 33476 32151 82 262 87 259 92 269 32151 30790 83 259 82 263 96 268 30790 29383 83 259 79 269 99 271 29383 27938 81 261 78 272 88 274 27938 26460 79 264 75 271 76 272 26460 24954 76 266 72 269 69 267 24954 23423 73 267 69 267 66 267 23423 21863 70 267 65 266 60 272 21863 20266 66 265 61 266 54 276 20266 18657 63 263 58 268 49 275 18657 17116 59 262 56 270 48 274 17116 15714 56 263 54 272 49 273 15714 14461 52 265 52 273 50 273 14461 13333 48 268 49*274 50 274 13333 12314 44*270 45*276 50 276 12314 11390 41*272 40 278 48 280 11390 10555 37 275 34 280 45 286 10555 9804 34 277 32 281 40 293 9804 9126 30 280 29 282 35*301 9126 8507 27 281 26 282 30*308 8507 7949 24 282 25 282 25 313 7949 7475 22 282 23 281 20 315 7475 7106 20 282 22 281 15 315 7106 6849 18 281 21 280 11 312 6849 6691 16 281 19 280 8 307 6691 6601 11 280 13 280 4 299 6601 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