DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 04/22 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1333z - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 38.1 - - 46.7 - - 52.9 - - 52.8 - - 44.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 48 - - 378 - - 468 - - 191 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1284 - - 4091 - - 6164 - - 5641 - - 1537 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 10368 - - 12092 - - 11273 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 8784 - - 11591 - - 13664 - - 13141 - - 9037 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1838 - - 1609 - - 1687 - - 1922 - - 2762 Hgt.Variab. W* 175 - - 494 - - 607 - - 438 - - 29 W* B/S 11 - - 9 - - 6 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 10 - - 17 - - 18 - - 16 BL Wind Direction 173 - - 242 - - 278 - - 293 - - 322 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 13 - - 14 - - 9 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg -2 - - -13 - - -41 - - -34 - - -22 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -490 - - -163 - - -359 - - -1110 - - -1908 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9274 - - 11754 - - 14024 - - 14252 - - 10945 sfcLCL ODpotential -6757 - - -5139 - - -5274 - - -7012 - - -7495 ODpotential blCL 15541 - - 16730 - - 18938 - - 20153 - - 16532 blCL maxRH 81 - - 45 - - 52 - - 77 - - 83 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 38.1 - - 46.7 - - 52.9 - - 52.8 - - 44.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 20.8 - - 18.2 - - 14.1 - - 13.1 - - 20.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 40.4 - - 47.2 - - 53.0 - - 54.2 - - 49.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 19.6 - - 17.0 - - 13.3 - - 12.4 - - 19.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 48 - - 378 - - 468 - - 191 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1284 - - 4091 - - 6164 - - 5641 - - 1537 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 24 - - 0 - - 0 - - 9 - - 31 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 97431 26 266 21 266 23 284 22 271 23 284 97431 90148 25 283 15 293 16 279 18 300 17 311 90148 84546 16 287 9 304 17 310 19 327 16 321 84546 79910 16 339 9 016 14 331 25 343 13 345 79910 75896 23 338 22 344 16 339 27 335 18 344 75896 72314 21 315 21 331 21 327 22 320 18 314 72314 69060 25 316 29 315 18 340 10 302 16 310 69060 66058 30 303 33 306 31 323 15 327 19 312 66058 63259 33 304 33 306 35 309 28 310 27 308 63259 60533 35 305 32 306 34 303 32 310 29 310 60533 57665 34 304 30 305 34 299 36 298 36 302 57665 54681 34 293 32 304 34 296 37 291 39 293 54681 51842 34 294 38 302 39 296 43 299 38 303 51842 49295 42 303 45 297 48 294 51 298 46 305 49295 47019 50 304 48 295 51 293 54 294 55 297 47019 44976 56 302 49 298 53 294 59 289 59 291 44976 43136 62 297 60 301 61 296 62 290 65 291 43136 41460 69 292 73 298 72 298 71 294 72 286 41460 39918 73 289 83 298 82 296 84 293 74 287 39918 38484 74 292 89 297 88 294 87 292 79 286 38484 37144 80 294 91 297 89 294 84 292 82 284 37144 35863 76 288 90 297 88 293 82 290 81 285 35863 34583 72 284 86 297 86 291 82 288 76 286 34583 33278 70 291 81 297 83 292 81 284 71 283 33278 31954 72 296 75 295 80 294 73 283 65 280 31954 30597 73 295 72 292 80 297 69 283 62 279 30597 29197 73 290 67 289 79 298 66 289 55 281 29197 27761 74 289 63 286 72 295 62 290 49 284 27761 26291 72 287 61 286 68 288 61 287 46 287 26291 24789 69 286 62 288 67 285 63 284 46 287 24789 23261 62 286 60 288 63 286 64 286 46 286 23261 21705 55 287 56 288 56 287 59 289 46 287 21705 20116 52 287 52 287 51 287 52 292 44 288 20116 18520 49 286 48 288 47 288 44 290 41 288 18520 16996 42 288 42 290 42 289 38 290 38 287 16996 15612 34 290 35 290 36 292 33 291 32 288 15612 14374 26 291 30 290 30*293 28 294 27 291 14374 13262 20 288 25 289 23*291 22*298 22 295 13262 12257 15 283 20*286 19 287 19*299 18 303 12257 11346 11 276 15*277 17 282 18 297 15 312 11346 10522 9 270 11 257 17 279 18 296 14 320 10522 9780 6 273 10 243 17 276 18 294 16 325 9780 9109 4*277 10 235 17 273 18 293 17*326 9109 8495 3*261 10 232 17 271 19 291 19*326 8495 7941 2 202 10 229 16 270 18 290 19 324 7941 7470 4 158 10 228 16 269 18 289 18 323 7470 7103 4 158 9 227 16 268 17 287 16 320 7103 6847 4 158 9 225 14 268 16 287 13 315 6847 6690 4 158 8 225 13 268 15 286 9 309 6690 6600 3 158 7 224 10 268 10 286 5 298 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