DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/20 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 47.7 - - 57.1 - - 63.6 - - 64.1 - - 55.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -3 - - 318 - - 390 - - 137 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3263 - - 8035 - - 8564 - - 7621 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 9669 - - 13527 - - 13305 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 10763 - - 15535 - - 16064 - - 15121 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1907 - - 3848 - - 2155 - - 2703 - - 2193 Hgt.Variab. W* 17 - - 432 - - 624 - - 452 - - 0 W* B/S 1 - - 10 - - 9 - - 6 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 8 - - 13 - - 14 - - 11 BL Wind Direction 134 - - 199 - - 213 - - 224 - - 217 Direction Wind Shear 8 - - 11 - - 12 - - 11 - - 23 Wind Shear Max.Converg -6 - - -12 - - -13 - - -18 - - -22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5524 - - -3100 - - -1672 - - -2810 - - -1501 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12126 - - 13864 - - 17208 - - 18874 - - 16623 sfcLCL ODpotential -11941 - - -8783 - - -6234 - - -7444 - - -7139 ODpotential blCL 18542 - - 19546 - - 21769 - - 23508 - - 22260 blCL maxRH 52 - - 73 - - 74 - - 66 - - 66 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 47.7 - - 57.1 - - 63.6 - - 64.1 - - 55.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 18.1 - - 19.3 - - 10.5 - - 3.5 - - 6.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 51.1 - - 57.8 - - 63.8 - - 65.7 - - 64.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 17.3 - - 18.3 - - 9.4 - - 2.3 - - 5.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -3 - - 318 - - 390 - - 137 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 3263 - - 8035 - - 8564 - - 7621 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 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] 96901 17 264 26 261 26 275 28 281 26 295 96901 89625 15 285 19 267 21 267 31 281 27 293 89625 84051 10 285 16 258 21 267 27 294 19 290 84051 79444 10 279 11 276 20 272 20 301 13 296 79444 75469 11 266 10 287 14 276 17 294 15 306 75469 71945 12 300 13 290 14 285 13 281 14 302 71945 68741 16 284 16 285 17 281 17 267 17 290 68741 65789 19 287 16 289 15 289 14 265 15 268 65789 63044 24 279 19 279 18 289 16 295 14 290 63044 60361 27 269 23 262 23 253 18 253 18 280 60361 57555 29 271 22 264 21 257 21 260 21 266 57555 54652 37 263 29 264 27 268 20 264 20 263 54652 51883 37 257 34 263 29 269 30 274 24 264 51883 49397 33 262 37 260 39 264 38 263 32 259 49397 47185 32 270 34 261 38 258 34 257 32 256 47185 45211 39 273 34 270 33 274 30 278 28 263 45211 43440 41 271 42 285 49 293 40 287 33 266 43440 41820 42 280 63 293 56 289 44 280 38 260 41820 40307 53 284 69 293 56 288 45 278 38 262 40307 38883 52 283 64 289 57 288 47 279 39 267 38883 37544 44 282 55 279 56 289 48 282 39 269 37544 36262 36 280 49 274 50 288 47 285 36 271 36262 34977 28 280 42 270 42 281 44 285 34 272 34977 33664 25 280 36 263 41 269 39 283 34 274 33664 32325 27 281 37 263 40 261 36 278 34 272 32325 30952 31 281 34 268 40 259 34 272 35 268 30952 29537 31 281 30 267 41 260 34 265 34 263 29537 28086 28 281 29 260 39 261 35 259 31 258 28086 26603 26 275 29 251 36 259 36 259 27 254 26603 25089 26 263 28 248 34 252 35 260 27 254 25089 23550 26 254 29 250 35 249 35 259 26 256 23550 21980 26 252 30 254 34 250 35 257 26 261 21980 20373 26 248 26 257 28 253 31 256 28 264 20373 18757 23 241 21 250 21 255 26 256 30 259 18757 17212 21 240 18 237 19 252 21*252 31 249 17212 15810 20 243 17 230 21*245 18*244 27*240 15810 14556 19 245 16 229 17*233 15 228 22*234 14556 13426 18 244 15 227 14 220 14 222 17 227 13426 12402 17 237 15 222 13 215 14 221 14 220 12402 11472 17 229 14*219 13 214 14 221 12 215 11472 10629 14 224 13*220 13 211 14 221 11 210 10629 9868 12 216 11 219 12 209 14 221 10 208 9868 9179 10 200 9 210 12 207 13 221 9 206 9179 8548 10 184 7 196 12 206 13 222 8 204 8548 7979 9 172 7 181 12 204 13 222 7 204 7979 7495 8 168 7 176 11 202 12 222 6 204 7495 7118 6 148 7 171 11 201 12 222 5 206 7118 6855 4 133 6 167 10 200 11 222 3 206 6855 6694 2*102 6 166 9 200 10 222 1 201 6694 6601 2*320 5 164 8 199 8 222 1 061 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