DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 06/03 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 - - 0953z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 56.5 - - 65.4 - - 71.4 - - 70.6 - - 65.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 27 - - 351 - - 367 - - 148 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1919 - - 6885 - - 12015 - - 11493 - - 10579 BL Depth Hcrit 6584 - - 12558 - - 16750 - - 15671 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top 9419 - - 14385 - - 19515 - - 18993 - - 18079 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2682 - - 1937 - - 1381 - - 1162 - - 3159 Hgt.Variab. W* 177 - - 575 - - 703 - - 515 - - 35 W* B/S 7 - - 10 - - 8 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 10 - - 15 - - 18 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 284 - - 262 - - 263 - - 264 - - 243 Direction Wind Shear 6 - - 17 - - 18 - - 24 - - 31 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - -16 - - -22 - - -58 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2430 - - 24 - - 3109 - - 2658 - - 3021 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11849 - - 14361 - - 16407 - - 16336 - - 15058 sfcLCL ODpotential -11077 - - -3940 - - 985 - - 361 - - -271 ODpotential blCL 20496 - - 18325 - - 18530 - - 18632 - - 18350 blCL maxRH 40 - - 70 - - 82 - - 81 - - 101 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 56.5 - - 65.4 - - 71.4 - - 70.6 - - 65.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 27.8 - - 25.2 - - 21.9 - - 21.6 - - 22.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 59.0 - - 65.9 - - 71.9 - - 72.1 - - 71.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 26.7 - - 24.1 - - 20.7 - - 20.4 - - 21.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 27 - - 351 - - 367 - - 148 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1919 - - 6885 - - 12015 - - 11493 - - 10579 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 28 - - 26 - - 103 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 - - 3 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] 98732 39 110 21 116 23 102 18 090 22 108 98732 91251 22 119 17 110 15 080 22 095 21 102 91251 85526 18 118 19 103 13 090 17 066 20 103 85526 80790 22 109 18 094 12 125 11 048 17 071 80790 76718 21 091 14 102 13 106 9 070 17 073 76718 73113 14 073 15 092 12 093 12 088 14 080 73113 69851 11 088 10 075 12 082 12 076 9 086 69851 66858 10 085 7 081 7 069 6 044 11 074 66858 64079 5 080 8 101 4 108 0 216 7 033 64079 61375 4 006 3 128 1 183 2 246 2 337 61375 58542 9 276 2 230 5 276 4 317 5 308 58542 55595 10 239 10 263 10 285 9 326 9 320 55595 52780 8 235 12 273 16 276 20 295 14 312 52780 50251 12 299 13 301 12 280 21 292 22 308 50251 47993 17 293 18 297 14 306 21 300 28 311 47993 45949 17 292 22 298 24 310 31 307 32 313 45949 44086 19 306 29 296 33 300 40 311 40 315 44086 42379 25 305 31 294 37 298 49 312 52 323 42379 40802 13 281 31 299 38 295 61 317 61 324 40802 39331 14 316 27 296 36 293 73 319 62 318 39331 37953 20 324 23 285 31 286 75 314 62 311 37953 36641 19 314 23 288 28 270 73 312 63 306 36641 35330 16 301 25 294 28 259 66 309 65 305 35330 33992 13 301 25 299 25 259 50 300 64 305 33992 32631 12 307 23 292 26 256 39 283 62 305 32631 31236 12 305 21 274 27 260 39 273 60 305 31236 29800 11 298 21 265 28 269 36 265 56 300 29800 28330 11 294 20 254 29 276 27 256 50 292 28330 26831 14 286 20 243 29 277 26 260 44 288 26831 25305 18 277 19 240 28 273 30 270 39 278 25305 23757 20 285 15 249 24 260 34 274 39 262 23757 22183 22 285 15 272 20 250 38 274 40 256 22183 20570 25 277 20 285 20*263 37*273 39 249 20570 18944 25 274 25 287 24*274 32*268 35*242 18944 17386 23 283 28 289 22 276 26 264 30*241 17386 15965 21 287 26 287 18 275 22 262 25 242 15965 14690 18 285 23*285 16 273 20 260 21 243 14690 13541 16 282 19*281 15 271 17 261 18 245 13541 12499 13 282 14 276 15 268 16 261 15 246 12499 11553 11 285 13 273 14 258 15 263 13 247 11553 10696 10 289 12 269 14 252 14 264 11 247 10696 9922 9*288 10 261 14 247 13 265 10 246 9922 9221 7*287 8 250 13 244 13 265 8 245 9221 8580 6 285 8 243 13 241 12 266 7 243 8580 8002 5 284 7 236 13 238 12 267 6 238 8002 7510 4 284 7 229 13 237 12 267 5 234 7510 7127 3 282 6 224 13 235 11 267 4 227 7127 6860 2 272 6 219 12 235 11 267 3 215 6860 6696 1 265 6 218 11 234 10 267 2 183 6696 6602 1 263 5 216 9 233 8 268 2 132 6602 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