DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/04 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1853z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 34.3 - - 40.6 - - 39.9 - - 31.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 53 - - -4 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 77 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6600 - - 7577 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 509 - - 807 - - 1600 - - 783 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 17 - - 70 - - 8 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - 180 - - 224 - - 197 - - 179 Direction Wind Shear - - - 1 - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - -9 - - -7 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1147 - - -1045 - - -785 - - -580 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7747 - - 8622 - - 7387 - - 7181 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -10091 - - -9099 - - -8888 - - -10659 ODpotential blCL - - - 16691 - - 16676 - - 15489 - - 17260 blCL maxRH - - - 68 - - 69 - - 62 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 34.3 - - 40.6 - - 39.9 - - 31.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.2 - - 26.5 - - 31.0 - - 23.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 37.5 - - 43.7 - - 43.8 - - 39.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.2 - - 25.3 - - 29.8 - - 25.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 1 - - 53 - - -4 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 77 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 15 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 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] 95834 42 296 45 305 33 333 26 304 95834 89036 27 329 30 327 30 352 14 335 89036 83690 25 352 17 347 23 347 16 004 83690 79191 23 359 15 358 23 346 21 016 79191 75296 20 009 13 359 20 355 20 032 75296 71842 18 011 14 018 14 003 17 034 71842 68695 14 013 16 355 11 010 16 028 68695 65788 13 024 14 012 12 013 15 005 65788 63103 26 002 16 046 6 047 4 327 63103 60508 36 000 21 038 9 083 6 336 60508 57802 37 009 29 035 27 031 17 023 57802 55008 39 021 41 019 30 034 14 042 55008 52313 45 020 46 019 36 033 27 019 52313 49847 49 017 50 010 48 009 39 023 49847 47626 42 012 40 005 50 360 46 016 47626 45631 30 012 29 008 35 348 44 002 45631 43846 32 020 27 012 27 346 35 353 43846 42227 36 014 32 022 29 345 30 357 42227 40723 35 007 36 027 31 353 31 353 40723 39307 31 007 31 027 30 000 31 355 39307 37971 30 011 28 018 29 006 27 356 37971 36690 30 010 31 010 28 008 22 353 36690 35402 29 002 38 005 28 005 22 356 35402 34083 27 357 39 000 27 001 24 002 34083 32737 23 355 34 357 26 359 24 004 32737 31353 20 352 28 354 26 000 21 359 31353 29923 19 352 24 346 26 003 17 350 29923 28452 17 353 21 340 25 005 16 350 28452 26940 15 351 20 344 23 000 15 350 26940 25393 15 330 18 352 21 338 15 344 25393 23812 26 319 16 338 22 324 16 335 23812 22194 32 326 22 325 24 325 18 329 22194 20534 33 336 27 331 27 334 21 329 20534 18861 31 343 26 340 29 342 24 334 18861 17260 27 345 22 349 26 347 22 340 17260 15809 23 345 18 350 19 349 17 345 15809 14519 20 344 16 348 14 349 13 350 14519 13365 18 346 14 348 11 352 11 359 13365 12327 16 348 12 349 8 358 11 011 12327 11392 15 349 10 349 6 003 11 020 11392 10549 15 351 7 345 3 002 10 022 10549 9792 14 351 5 328 1 336 9 017 9792 9111 12 349 4 303 1 282 7 006 9111 8490 10 346 4 276 2 246 5 358 8490 7932 6 342 5*254 5 228 3 001 7932 7461 2 302 5*235 6 215 1 012 7461 7096 3 197 4 225 6 204 2 152 7096 6843 5 181 4 219 4 197 3 162 6843 6688 5*178 3 214 3*192 3*182 6688 6600 3*181 2 210 2*186 3*193 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