DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/26 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 25.0 - - 35.3 - - 37.0 - - 37.2 - - 31.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -14 - - 47 - - 90 - - -5 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 772 - - 1171 - - 347 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6582 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 8272 - - 8671 - - 7847 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2240 - - 2228 - - 1571 - - 1551 - - 820 Hgt.Variab. W* 7 - - 151 - - 210 - - 53 - - 12 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 3 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 10 - - 7 - - 11 - - 14 - - 7 BL Wind Direction 328 - - 283 - - 245 - - 246 - - 242 Direction Wind Shear 10 - - 7 - - 5 - - 9 - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg -17 - - -12 - - -29 - - -39 - - -26 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4471 - - -2198 - - -184 - - 448 - - -858 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11071 - - 10471 - - 8856 - - 7399 - - 7459 sfcLCL ODpotential -13908 - - -12031 - - -8020 - - -4833 - - -7391 ODpotential blCL 20508 - - 20303 - - 16691 - - 12680 - - 13991 blCL maxRH 28 - - 35 - - 48 - - 60 - - 55 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 25.0 - - 35.3 - - 37.0 - - 37.2 - - 31.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 0.6 - - 12.9 - - 21.6 - - 28.0 - - 22.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 33.2 - - 37.6 - - 39.2 - - 40.1 - - 38.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot -0.3 - - 12.0 - - 20.4 - - 26.9 - - 22.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -14 - - 47 - - 90 - - -5 - - -25 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 772 - - 1171 - - 347 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 1 - - 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] 96753 21 095 19 108 11 132 12 098 26 090 96753 89574 17 078 18 124 9 142 10 071 19 074 89574 83962 13 088 6 101 5 142 9 054 7 100 83962 79278 3 030 9 097 7 197 6 006 4 007 79278 75236 7 044 4 001 4 317 11 328 8 340 75236 71655 10 009 2 040 5 320 14 306 12 351 71655 68390 30 310 24 305 13 005 14 294 12 317 68390 65402 43 285 42 288 27 317 29 314 35 285 65402 62656 35 300 39 295 47 311 46 307 38 307 62656 59999 53 309 55 310 56 312 66 300 62 310 59999 57239 66 302 67 298 70 299 65 297 67 300 57239 54381 73 300 66 299 66 298 62 303 66 297 54381 51647 81 303 70 307 68 306 71 303 69 298 51647 49178 85 304 81 308 74 306 76 302 77 302 49178 46965 89 304 93 307 80 311 86 304 81 308 46965 44954 94 301 104 301 98 306 98 303 94 303 44954 43124 96 301 107 298 112 301 116 299 112 297 43124 41459 97 303 101 300 117 295 124 291 120 292 41459 39922 100 305 106 306 102 298 109 293 109 294 39922 38493 101 305 110 308 103 305 112 302 104 299 38493 37159 99 307 111 307 117 308 127 305 113 302 37159 35887 97 308 107 307 124 307 129 305 115 303 35887 34613 93 308 101 306 120 307 118 305 111 305 34613 33312 88 308 91 305 109 306 108 304 104 307 33312 31987 77 309 77 302 100 303 103 304 97 307 31987 30631 66 310 65 300 97 301 97 304 93 306 30631 29233 58 305 56 301 88 302 90 304 95 306 29233 27799 51 297 49 301 63 302 83 304 99 307 27799 26329 48 298 42 298 49 300 76 305 89 308 26329 24830 47 305 38 295 43 303 71 305 73 305 24830 23302 43 304 39 298 39 304 67 303 65 304 23302 21741 38 303 40 302 37 300 55 300 60 307 21741 20142 34 307 38 306 35 296 41 294 49 307 20142 18535 30 313 33 310 33 296 33 289 35 302 18535 17002 27 318 29 313 31 298 29 290 26 296 17002 15610 25 324 26 313 28 297 27 293 24 288 15610 14366 21 331 23 310 25 296 25 295 22 280 14366 13249 16 336 20 305 22 296 23 295 21 278 13249 12239 11 341 16 297 20 296 21 296 21 280 12239 11326 7 334 13 286 17 294 19 296 20 285 11326 10500 5 305 11 276 15 290 16 294 20 290 10500 9758 4 277 11 273 12 283 14 290 20 295 9758 9088 3 263 10 280 11*271 14 282 19 297 9088 8476 9 321 10*290 11*257 14 270 18 298 8476 7926 15 338 10*294 12 247 16*258 16 296 7926 7458 16 335 8 291 12 243 17*250 14 289 7458 7095 14 332 6 275 11 241 16 246 13 274 7095 6842 11 330 5 269 10 241 14 244 13 260 6842 6688 7*327 4 263 9 241 12 243 11*251 6688 6599 4*303 3 259 7 239 7 243 5*231 6599 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