DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/27 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 35.5 - - 40.8 - - - - - 31.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 159 - - 262 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4577 - - 7760 - - - - - 994 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10391 - - 13118 - - - - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12077 - - 15260 - - - - - 8494 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4532 - - 3515 - - - - - 3423 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 390 - - 546 - - - - - 33 W* B/S - - - 15 - - 9 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 10 - - - - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 314 - - 267 - - - - - 351 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 11 - - - - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - 31 - - - - - -29 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4115 - - 6209 - - - - - 1895 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7962 - - 9051 - - - - - 6599 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1504 - - 3066 - - - - - -742 ODpotential blCL - - - 10573 - - 12194 - - - - - 9236 blCL maxRH - - - 93 - - 94 - - - - - 84 maxRH CAPE - - - 100 - - 240 - - - - - 140 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 35.5 - - 40.8 - - - - - 31.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 23.7 - - 24.1 - - - - - 29.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.1 - - 41.7 - - - - - 35.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 22.4 - - 22.9 - - - - - 29.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 159 - - 262 - - - - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4577 - - 7760 - - - - - 994 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 73 - - 74 - - - - - 35 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 97219 2 243 7 263 13 296 97219 89900 7 274 6 288 13 299 89900 84324 9 284 16 305 4 299 84324 79695 11 256 15 275 4 277 79695 75688 16 228 20 245 11 258 75688 72124 17 223 24 241 15 258 72124 68870 22 228 23 237 20 261 68870 65851 22 231 20 229 22 257 65851 63031 23 239 17 233 23 254 63031 60281 24 244 18 236 24 252 60281 57396 22 252 19 236 22 249 57396 54389 22 252 19 244 17 255 54389 51514 21 246 21 251 19 270 51514 48931 20 245 20 254 21 270 48931 46626 19 251 19 259 19 268 46626 44543 15 257 16 265 13 278 44543 42641 12 271 14 280 15 284 42641 40887 15 279 15 283 14 281 40887 39260 17 276 16 276 14 309 39260 37750 19 276 18 273 20 314 37750 36353 23 269 21 270 21 309 36353 35037 22 264 22 272 19 311 35037 33736 22 269 21 279 21 313 33736 32425 24 265 21 274 22 308 32425 31109 26 259 24 266 21 301 31109 29777 28 257 24 257 20 290 29777 28418 29 256 23 259 20 285 28418 27033 28 255 25 262 19 286 27033 25618 27 256 27 262 19 284 25618 24176 24 258 26 261 20 273 24176 22714 22 260 26 262 20 277 22714 21228 20 262 24 264 15 284 21228 19708 19 260 19 281 12 288 19708 18176 17 256 15 286 11 288 18176 16706 14 258 13 277 10 285 16706 15368 14 260 13*263 10 291 15368 14170 15 267 14*255 10 304 14170 13090 15 278 14 255 10 315 13090 12113 14*289 13 257 11 323 12113 11227 11*299 13 259 12 328 11227 10423 9 309 11 263 13 333 10423 9698 7 317 10 268 14 339 9698 9043 5 322 9 274 14*343 9043 8445 3 325 9 282 17*350 8445 7905 2 324 8 290 19 354 7905 7446 2 332 8 296 19 353 7446 7088 1 338 7 302 16 351 7088 6840 1 347 7 305 13 346 6840 6687 1 348 7 306 11 343 6687 6599 1 357 6 309 5 335 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