DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/18 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 = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 47.8 - - 59.0 - - 64.1 - - 61.7 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -9 - - 125 - - 274 - - 56 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1678 - - 3855 - - 2638 - - - BL Depth Hcrit 6584 - - 8177 - - 10071 - - 8094 - - - Hcrit BL Top 6602 - - 9178 - - 11355 - - 10138 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2210 - - 1802 - - 2007 - - 2432 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 259 - - 435 - - 229 - - - W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind 9 - - 14 - - 20 - - 20 - - - BL Wind Direction 239 - - 284 - - 277 - - 271 - - - Direction Wind Shear 10 - - 17 - - 16 - - 16 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg -29 - - -21 - - -45 - - -53 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5843 - - -3881 - - -3795 - - -5045 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12445 - - 13059 - - 15151 - - 15184 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential -14449 - - -12225 - - -11762 - - -13354 - - - ODpotential blCL 21051 - - 21403 - - 23117 - - 23492 - - - blCL maxRH 35 - - 39 - - 30 - - 29 - - - maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - CAPE Temp@2m 47.8 - - 59.0 - - 64.1 - - 61.7 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m 17.1 - - 25.1 - - 20.7 - - 18.4 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 56.3 - - 60.8 - - 65.1 - - 63.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 16.0 - - 23.9 - - 19.5 - - 17.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -9 - - 125 - - 274 - - 56 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1678 - - 3855 - - 2638 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 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] 96505 8 288 9 259 14 260 14 284 96505 89461 1 181 4 272 10 262 10 311 89461 83990 1 224 4 277 10 277 11 301 83990 79424 4 220 3 228 11 250 12 274 79424 75479 4 335 8 222 11 255 6 241 75479 71983 17 294 7 269 11 262 17 292 71983 68827 11 279 10 289 9 276 17 292 68827 65925 15 334 6 311 5 324 14 321 65925 63236 22 320 22 309 15 324 25 314 63236 60662 17 307 22 291 17 293 15 310 60662 57978 8 294 15 295 23 291 24 300 57978 55171 22 323 33 312 40 301 37 298 55171 52485 49 307 52 303 51 299 44 298 52485 50067 54 297 55 297 53 297 47 294 50067 47904 52 295 53 297 52 295 49 289 47904 45944 57 299 54 296 55 292 54 292 45944 44147 61 294 58 290 62 291 66 296 44147 42486 59 290 61 286 69 291 75 297 42486 40939 57 288 64 287 67 291 78 295 40939 39490 59 287 66 293 62 292 74 295 39490 38131 61 288 72 298 67 295 69 296 38131 36831 65 293 78 298 80 294 74 297 36831 35527 71 298 82 295 87 291 84 294 35527 34195 77 299 83 293 87 290 91 292 34195 32838 84 297 84 291 87 290 92 291 32838 31444 87 297 86 291 88 289 91 290 31444 30005 87 298 87 290 89 288 88 290 30005 28527 86 298 85 290 87 287 86 288 28527 27013 85 298 81 291 82 288 82 287 27013 25466 81 297 74 294 75 291 77 289 25466 23890 74 295 66 294 67 293 68 292 23890 22281 65 289 61 291 59 290 59 290 22281 20631 58 284 58 286 56 286 55 285 20631 18968 54 283 56 285 54 285 52 283 18968 17377 49 285 51 287 50 288 46 287 17377 15932 44 289 44 291 45 291 38 291 15932 14644 39 293 39 295 40 293 32 294 14644 13487 35 296 34 297 35 292 29 293 13487 12443 31 298 31 297 32 290 28 289 12443 11498 30 298 29 296 29*288 27 284 11498 10644 28 298 28 294 26*285 26*279 10644 9875 27 296 25*293 23 281 25*276 9875 9182 25 293 23*292 22 279 24 273 9182 8549 22 288 20 291 21 277 23 272 8549 7979 19 280 14 287 20 274 21 270 7979 7495 16 269 11 278 19 272 19 269 7495 7118 15 257 10 269 18 270 17 267 7118 6855 13 249 9 266 16 270 16 266 6855 6694 10*241 8 265 15 270 14 266 6694 6601 4*204 7 265 11 269 9 265 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