DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/26 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 1011z - - 1333z - - 1602z - - 1902z - - 2157z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 67.5 - - 76.7 - - 83.5 - - 84.8 - - 74.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 52 - - 374 - - 407 - - 195 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 377 - - 4494 - - 12102 - - 14114 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6394 - - 10679 - - 16878 - - 17989 - - 6395 Hcrit BL Top 7877 - - 11994 - - 19602 - - 21614 - - 6413 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1728 - - 5106 - - 2986 - - 3646 - - 12905 Hgt.Variab. W* 122 - - 507 - - 727 - - 601 - - 17 W* B/S 3 - - 9 - - 10 - - 9 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 10 - - 13 - - 12 - - 12 BL Wind Direction 145 - - 196 - - 244 - - 251 - - 252 Direction Wind Shear 6 - - 16 - - 18 - - 15 - - 9 Wind Shear Max.Converg -6 - - -13 - - -13 - - -13 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -3081 - - -1862 - - 2789 - - 3685 - - -6047 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10959 - - 13857 - - 16814 - - 17930 - - 12460 sfcLCL ODpotential -8824 - - -6099 - - -433 - - 1065 - - -9821 ODpotential blCL 16701 - - 18093 - - 20035 - - 20549 - - 16234 blCL maxRH 56 - - 71 - - 51 - - 54 - - 83 maxRH CAPE 30 - - 250 - - 260 - - 260 - - 530 CAPE Temp@2m 67.5 - - 76.7 - - 83.5 - - 84.8 - - 74.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 41.8 - - 38.0 - - 31.5 - - 27.7 - - 41.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 69.6 - - 77.3 - - 83.6 - - 86.0 - - 77.8 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 40.1 - - 37.4 - - 31.2 - - 27.5 - - 39.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 52 - - 374 - - 407 - - 195 - - -19 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 377 - - 4494 - - 12102 - - 14114 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 32 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 6 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 6 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] 99730 24 104 20 122 13 127 13 116 20 082 99730 93323 20 101 21 110 19 129 16 115 15 085 93323 88177 16 094 18 101 19 111 16 109 11 107 88177 83793 11 087 15 094 16 094 16 103 12 111 83793 79947 12 098 12 096 11 083 13 093 13 103 79947 76517 10 095 10 084 8 079 8 078 11 079 76517 73398 10 089 8 070 8 067 5 074 10 055 73398 70526 8 068 7 070 7 033 3 055 7 043 70526 67856 7 042 5 065 7 353 4 360 5 021 67856 65262 7 012 3 011 8 323 7 337 5 336 65262 62551 9 348 6 326 11 309 11 323 6 313 62551 59737 14 332 10 314 13 298 14 308 11 305 59737 57056 20 320 16 312 15 292 16 296 19 296 57056 54654 24 311 21 308 18 289 20 289 26 282 54654 52510 28 306 25 303 22 285 27 280 31 267 52510 50567 30 301 30 299 27 280 32 276 36 258 50567 48783 32 297 34 295 32 278 37 273 38 249 48783 47130 32 295 37 291 38 277 39 271 34 247 47130 45583 33 293 39 285 42 275 41 271 31 257 45583 44128 33 293 40 280 44 274 43 271 33 270 44128 42755 33 292 39 276 44 274 45 273 39 277 42755 41430 33 290 37 272 44 274 46 273 47 278 41430 40090 31 290 35 270 42 275 46 274 53 276 40090 38711 29 291 32 268 39 276 45 276 56 273 38711 37298 25 292 28 266 37 275 43 277 55 270 37298 35832 22 288 25 263 35 274 42 277 53 265 35832 34295 20 280 24 262 34 270 41 275 52 256 34295 32682 19 269 24 261 33 265 40 272 48 254 32682 30989 19 258 24 261 31 261 40 269 41 261 30989 29217 18 250 24 262 28 260 39 265 36 270 29217 27366 19 251 24 264 27 262 36 263 30 272 27366 25430 21 255 24 265 25 267 32 262 22 262 25430 23403 22 256 23 265 24 271 27*264 11 242 23403 21333 20 257 21 267 22*273 22*267 7 180 21333 19335 18 262 20 269 20*273 16 267 7 172 19335 17509 15 268 19 267 17 268 12 258 7 192 17509 15878 12 276 18 259 15 263 11 249 7 211 15878 14421 12 279 18 246 14 256 11 245 8 223 14421 13121 11 275 18*234 13 247 11 244 10 232 13121 11964 10 262 16*226 12 227 11 243 11 238 11964 10938 10 242 14 222 12 223 11 242 14 243 10938 10032 11 225 12 216 12 220 11 241 18 246 10032 9232 11 212 10 198 12 216 11 241 22 248 9232 8517 10*195 9 173 12 214 11 240 24 250 8517 7885 8*175 9 162 12 211 11 240 26 251 7885 7358 7 149 9 157 11 210 11 240 24 252 7358 6954 7 134 9 153 11 208 10 239 20 253 6954 6676 6 130 9 152 11 208 10 239 16 252 6676 6508 6 129 9 150 11 207 10 238 13*252 6508 6412 5 130 8 150 10 206 9 238 7*254 6412 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