DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/29 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 0956z - - 1327z - - 1555z - - 1855z - - 2155z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 42.0 - - 49.5 - - 56.4 - - 57.0 - - 49.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -1 - - 170 - - 261 - - 17 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 361 - - 1343 - - 3838 - - 4499 - - 753 BL Depth Hcrit 6584 - - 8070 - - 10041 - - 6584 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 7861 - - 8843 - - 11338 - - 11999 - - 8253 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2095 - - 1596 - - 1539 - - 2032 - - 2389 Hgt.Variab. W* 14 - - 265 - - 428 - - 186 - - 13 W* B/S 1 - - 8 - - 7 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 2 - - 6 - - 11 - - 11 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 185 - - 188 - - 208 - - 202 - - 110 Direction Wind Shear 1 - - 11 - - 9 - - 9 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg -3 - - -10 - - -13 - - -13 - - 4 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4211 - - -1536 - - -723 - - -471 - - -2949 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12073 - - 10380 - - 12062 - - 12470 - - 11203 sfcLCL ODpotential -12767 - - -7434 - - -5721 - - -5127 - - -8588 ODpotential blCL 20628 - - 16277 - - 17059 - - 17126 - - 16841 blCL maxRH 65 - - 63 - - 65 - - 90 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 42.0 - - 49.5 - - 56.4 - - 57.0 - - 49.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 12.7 - - 27.0 - - 26.4 - - 25.3 - - 23.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 48.7 - - 50.9 - - 57.4 - - 59.6 - - 57.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 11.7 - - 25.8 - - 25.7 - - 24.6 - - 23.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -1 - - 170 - - 261 - - 17 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 361 - - 1343 - - 3838 - - 4499 - - 753 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 60 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 97743 6 019 3 294 6 231 13 248 13 273 97743 90518 3 249 5 025 3 159 2 202 5 296 90518 84931 6 124 3 023 2 170 3 342 4 077 84931 80274 9 117 6 147 4 138 2 197 3 124 80274 76244 5 118 6 181 3 106 6 121 4 066 76244 72658 2 078 11 198 12 241 7 296 6 009 72658 69382 4 265 6 206 11 237 9 282 7 337 69382 66353 9 270 8 276 12 233 19 232 15 265 66353 63543 16 271 14 281 10 238 14 244 18 250 63543 60809 22 264 26 263 20 265 17 264 19 235 60809 57949 21 250 29 245 30 254 24 276 18 242 57949 54984 23 258 29 251 37 252 32 261 25 255 54984 52165 32 264 35 255 39 251 36 246 31 248 52165 49646 38 264 38 253 41 250 39 242 33 244 49646 47393 42 264 40 253 45 250 42 241 39 245 47393 45352 48 264 48 258 52 250 50 241 52 240 45352 43501 55 261 60 254 65 248 61 243 65 235 43501 41820 63 257 70 251 78 247 77 242 78 233 41820 40277 71 255 80 252 86 245 86 238 85 229 40277 38841 75 254 87 253 89 243 85 236 85 226 38841 37494 75 256 88 252 88 243 86 234 83 225 37494 36205 74 257 86 251 85 244 85 234 81 227 36205 34915 72 257 83 251 82 244 83 235 79 228 34915 33599 68 257 78 252 79 245 79 237 76 228 33599 32260 65 257 72 252 74 245 75 238 72 226 32260 30889 62 256 67 251 70 245 71 238 69 225 30889 29477 60 256 62 249 65 244 67 236 65 226 29477 28029 58 256 58 248 61 243 62 235 61 227 28029 26549 56 256 55 248 58 242 59 234 55 226 26549 25038 52 255 52 248 56 242 55 234 50 226 25038 23502 47 255 49 249 54 242 50 235 47 226 23502 21935 43 256 46 250 50 244 45 235 45 226 21935 20332 40 257 42 250 45 245 41 235 44 228 20332 18719 38 258 37 250 41 246 39 235 43 230 18719 17177 35 257 33 248 37 245 37 237 41 230 17177 15774 31 256 30 246 33 244 34 239 36 227 15774 14519 27 254 27 243 29 243 29 239 31 223 14519 13389 22 253 24 241 26 242 24 237 27 218 13389 12366 18 251 22 237 23 242 20*233 24 212 12366 11438 14 245 21 235 18*238 14*222 22 205 11438 10597 12 240 20 234 14*228 12 210 18 200 10597 9839 9 235 18 233 12 216 12 204 14 197 9839 9155 7 229 15*231 11 212 12 201 9 190 9155 8529 5 223 12*225 11 205 11 198 6*172 8529 7964 3*218 7 202 10 202 11 196 5*138 7964 7485 2*196 6 171 10 198 10 194 5 120 7485 7112 2 177 6 165 10 196 10 192 5 108 7112 6851 2 184 6 162 9 194 9 191 4 090 6851 6692 1 187 5 159 8 193 8 190 3 072 6692 6601 1 186 5 155 7 191 6 188 2 049 6601 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