DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 10/26 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1554z - - 2149z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 32.9 - - 40.2 - - 43.7 - - 40.9 - - 35.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -3 - - 90 - - 72 - - -1 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 803 - - 3086 - - 2289 - - 368 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 8829 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 8303 - - 10586 - - 9789 - - 7868 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1602 - - 1119 - - 1031 - - 3242 - - 3646 Hgt.Variab. W* 3 - - 182 - - 267 - - 25 - - 19 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 7 - - 17 - - 15 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 127 - - 156 - - 189 - - 244 - - 250 Direction Wind Shear 10 - - 11 - - 20 - - 23 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg 8 - - 8 - - -14 - - -37 - - -46 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1 - - 1703 - - 3986 - - 3189 - - 1268 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential -5493 - - -2048 - - 1483 - - -350 - - -539 ODpotential blCL 12094 - - 10351 - - 9103 - - 10139 - - 8407 blCL maxRH 89 - - 86 - - 99 - - 83 - - 88 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 80 - - 350 - - 120 CAPE Temp@2m 32.9 - - 40.2 - - 43.7 - - 40.9 - - 35.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 29.5 - - 34.7 - - 38.5 - - 38.4 - - 34.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 39.7 - - 42.2 - - 45.9 - - 44.9 - - 39.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 30.8 - - 33.4 - - 37.4 - - 37.7 - - 33.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -3 - - 90 - - 72 - - -1 - - -13 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 803 - - 3086 - - 2289 - - 368 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 58 - - 43 - - 95 - - 32 - - 53 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 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] 96899 4 312 12 255 12 270 16 281 17 312 96899 89768 4 092 7 193 9 282 9 321 3 320 89768 84257 6 120 8 145 7 249 9 350 4 067 84257 79658 3 125 5 135 4 202 3 356 4 023 79658 75680 2 065 4 156 4 183 2 216 6 327 75680 72152 5 006 4 153 4 152 5 208 10 271 72152 68944 7 281 6 217 5 219 7 202 8 224 68944 65977 11 255 8 237 6 229 8 245 6 223 65977 63203 16 237 12 253 12 237 11 244 13 225 63203 60497 17 234 17 261 9 240 13 234 19 226 60497 57656 14 244 20 247 14 248 15 246 16 233 57656 54694 17 248 23 220 18 237 28 236 28 244 54694 51867 19 234 21 216 26 220 28 225 32 235 51867 49322 21 237 21 236 24 220 25 225 27 226 49322 47031 32 235 28 235 22 235 25 231 23 230 47031 44948 39 223 34 228 30 240 27 245 26 241 44948 43044 40 214 36 220 41 247 35 243 29 252 43044 41295 35 218 36 225 46 239 39 243 34 256 41295 39676 36 225 48 231 45 235 45 247 37 256 39676 38170 37 224 54 225 47 234 50 245 42 260 38170 36773 38 229 50 222 48 234 53 241 45 256 36773 35451 43 231 50 227 51 235 56 239 45 251 35451 34141 43 228 46 225 54 234 61 239 45 249 34141 32814 40 221 42 228 58 233 68 234 44 248 32814 31477 38 214 42 234 61 234 72 229 43 244 31477 30118 37 210 43 238 65 234 74 227 42 238 30118 28727 35 212 42 238 66 233 74 227 42 231 28727 27313 34 218 41 233 64 232 72 227 45 224 27313 25882 34 221 43 228 61 229 69 226 48 217 25882 24433 34 220 45 225 60 226 65 225 47 212 24433 22960 34 218 44 223 61 224 61 226 48 210 22960 21451 32 215 43 217 60 223 55 227 50 210 21451 19899 30 215 42 215 56 222 49 229 50 213 19899 18334 31 219 42 217 51 220 48 231 48 220 18334 16835 32 225 40 219 47 219 45 230 48 231 16835 15474 31 229 38 220 45 220 40 231 48 240 15474 14257 29 231 36 219 41 219 36 232 44 247 14257 13162 27 229 33 216 35 212 33 235 40 253 13162 12173 26 222 30 210 33 205 30 239 37 257 12173 11276 24 211 27 201 29*203 29 243 35 260 11276 10465 23 202 25 198 26*201 26*246 33 264 10465 9733 21 196 23 196 23 198 24*247 30 267 9733 9071 18 192 21 193 21 195 21 247 28 269 9071 8466 17 190 18*189 18 189 18 245 25 270 8466 7919 15 185 13*179 15 181 16 243 23*268 7919 7456 11 173 9 160 12 173 13 240 20*261 7456 7094 9 144 7 143 12 170 10 237 17 252 7094 6842 6 126 6 137 11 168 7 232 14 244 6842 6688 4*110 5 132 10 168 5 224 11 240 6688 6600 2*007 4 125 8 166 1 198 5 237 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