DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 08/21 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 - - 1332z - - 1600z - - 1900z - - 2219z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 65.6 - - 74.1 - - 79.2 - - 78.8 - - 63.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 81 - - 428 - - 454 - - 176 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 876 - - 4531 - - 7574 - - 7312 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6394 - - 10749 - - 13215 - - 12496 - - 6394 Hcrit BL Top 8376 - - 12031 - - 15074 - - 14812 - - 6412 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2072 - - 2476 - - 2030 - - 1993 - - 4969 Hgt.Variab. W* 176 - - 529 - - 640 - - 461 - - 0 W* B/S 5 - - 55 - - 31 - - 20 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 6 - - 2 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 085 - - 169 - - 234 - - 197 - - 170 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 17 - - 18 - - 16 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 4 - - 9 - - 15 - - 12 - - -6 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5268 - - -3206 - - -1084 - - -2755 - - -6415 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 13645 - - 15237 - - 16159 - - 17568 - - 12828 sfcLCL ODpotential -10594 - - -6849 - - -3978 - - -6375 - - -13155 ODpotential blCL 18970 - - 18880 - - 19052 - - 21187 - - 19567 blCL maxRH 64 - - 71 - - 58 - - 49 - - 52 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 65.6 - - 74.1 - - 79.2 - - 78.8 - - 63.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 28.4 - - 29.5 - - 30.3 - - 23.8 - - 29.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 67.8 - - 74.6 - - 79.8 - - 80.1 - - 72.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 28.4 - - 29.5 - - 30.3 - - 23.7 - - 30.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 81 - - 428 - - 454 - - 176 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 876 - - 4531 - - 7574 - - 7312 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 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] 99676 15 107 16 104 10 115 10 081 12 079 99676 93332 14 108 13 095 12 117 12 124 8 096 93332 88234 12 094 10 102 10 099 10 100 8 108 88234 83886 11 087 10 108 7 082 9 074 9 106 83886 80064 9 086 11 118 4 087 6 053 11 099 80064 76639 5 068 10 117 3 101 3 032 10 089 76639 73499 2 060 6 119 2 138 1 350 6 076 73499 70589 1 339 1 108 2 182 3 303 2 018 70589 67876 3 287 5 303 0 213 5 292 4 298 67876 65243 4 271 8 282 5 304 6 288 7 291 65243 62499 8 294 9 262 9 292 8 289 9 288 62499 59662 14 300 11 285 11 281 11 299 10 284 59662 56967 18 294 17 301 14 284 15 301 11 285 56967 54556 18 285 20 299 16 297 16 296 11 287 54556 52407 17 284 19 292 16 307 15 297 10 285 52407 50464 16 296 15 285 12 308 12 304 8 287 50464 48689 16 313 11 291 7 313 8 307 6 315 48689 47053 18 326 10 324 8 353 6 324 8 350 47053 45536 19 335 15 349 14 010 8 003 11 004 45536 44121 20 342 19 002 21 020 12 026 12 019 44121 42791 21 345 23 011 25 025 16 037 12 035 42791 41506 20 343 24 014 26 027 17 041 11 047 41506 40199 19 340 25 013 25 027 18 039 10 054 40199 38840 19 335 24 013 23 027 18 037 9 065 38840 37432 19 332 22 012 19 025 16 035 9 077 37432 35960 19 331 19 012 15 020 13 034 8 083 35960 34409 20 331 18 012 12 016 9 033 6 078 34409 32780 20 333 16 013 9 018 5 032 1 064 32780 31070 20 336 16 014 7 031 2 051 3 221 31070 29279 19 339 15 013 6 045 1 159 7 213 29279 27407 18 342 14 011 7 043 1 210 7 218 27407 25450 17 340 13 004 6 030 2 304 5 201 25450 23403 16 331 12 351 7 007 4 330 4 188 23403 21310 17 316 12 333 8 348 6 329 2 198 21310 19290 18 302 13 316 9 331 6 329 0 283 19290 17450 16 292 14 306 11 324 9 329 3 005 17450 15812 13 287 14 303 13*319 12*320 7 354 15812 14356 12 286 14 305 13*315 10*315 7 343 14356 13061 9 289 12*309 9 303 6 293 5 332 13061 11911 7 296 9*312 5 247 5 201 2 250 11911 10894 5 311 6 312 5 215 6 191 5 191 10894 9998 4 343 2 287 5 205 6 182 7 180 9998 9206 4 029 3 159 5 195 7 177 9 176 9206 8497 6*058 5 151 6 187 7 172 10 173 8497 7871 8*073 6 148 6 182 7 168 10 171 7871 7349 8 083 7 145 6 177 7 165 11 168 7349 6949 5 091 8 143 6 176 8 163 11 166 6949 6673 4 094 8 142 6 174 7 163 11 164 6673 6506 4 098 7 141 6 173 7 162 9*166 6506 6411 3 100 7 140 6 172 7 161 5*170 6411 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