DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/23 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 30.8 - - 34.2 - - 33.2 - - 32.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 3 - - -3 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6601 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 882 - - 2127 - - 2040 - - 1806 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 20 - - 19 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 4 - - 11 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 196 - - 227 - - 238 - - 240 Direction Wind Shear - - - 5 - - 14 - - 11 - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -27 - - -22 - - -18 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1375 - - -1669 - - -1582 - - -2171 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7975 - - 8269 - - 8183 - - 8771 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9264 - - -8705 - - -8273 - - -8854 ODpotential blCL - - - 15864 - - 15305 - - 14874 - - 15454 blCL maxRH - - - 65 - - 79 - - 86 - - 85 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 30.8 - - 34.2 - - 33.2 - - 32.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.5 - - 21.5 - - 20.9 - - 17.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 33.8 - - 37.3 - - 38.9 - - 40.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.4 - - 20.4 - - 19.7 - - 17.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 4 - - 3 - - -3 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 16 - - 42 - - 39 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 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] 96883 21 099 18 091 24 074 20 085 96883 89678 16 079 16 105 11 058 19 047 89678 84058 12 078 9 085 8 007 16 021 84058 79369 6 051 7 030 9 004 11 346 79369 75330 1 041 10 304 18 349 10 325 75330 71755 4 014 11 283 20 336 14 332 71755 68505 9 316 12 302 19 315 20 317 68505 65515 12 321 13 314 16 324 24 310 65515 62749 24 300 22 306 24 327 25 301 62749 60081 27 274 23 291 26 305 19 313 60081 57289 35 308 30 307 40 302 35 316 57289 54377 51 294 48 295 49 295 50 296 54377 51606 64 282 61 284 58 286 62 292 51606 49129 67 283 65 286 68 289 75 295 49129 46939 78 286 82 290 85 288 86 292 46939 44991 91 284 99 287 91 285 95 289 44991 43234 92 283 96 283 102 287 101 286 43234 41619 94 288 92 284 110 289 101 286 41619 40110 98 289 91 286 110 290 101 290 40110 38694 96 288 90 289 110 291 102 294 38694 37365 94 286 92 290 108 292 103 295 37365 36093 94 283 95 291 104 292 103 295 36093 34815 94 282 95 291 99 292 101 294 34815 33506 92 283 93 288 93 291 98 292 33506 32170 90 283 90 284 89 289 98 291 32170 30799 90 284 91 282 85 285 100 289 30799 29383 89 284 93 282 86 280 98 286 29383 27928 88 285 95 282 89 277 92 284 27928 26437 85 284 93 282 90 278 86 283 26437 24914 83 282 87 282 84 282 81 283 24914 23364 80 279 79 280 79 285 77 284 23364 21784 74 276 75 275 79 283 73 283 21784 20167 66 275 72 271 77 278 70 280 20167 18541 59 273 66 269 72 271 70 276 18541 16991 55 269 59 269 67 267 72 273 16991 15592 52 264 54 268 63 265 69 271 15592 14350 48 261 50 267 58 264 61 270 14350 13238 43 260 48 265 53 264 52 268 13238 12233 36 258 46 264 48 265 46 265 12233 11322 30 255 41 262 43 267 42 263 11322 10498 26 250 36 260 38 268 38 262 10498 9757 23 246 31 256 33 266 34 261 9757 9087 21 241 26 250 29 262 29 261 9087 8476 19 237 23 243 25 256 25 260 8476 7925 18 232 21 236 22 250 20 257 7925 7459 14 229 18 233 19 245 16 253 7459 7095 10 225 14 229 17 241 13 248 7095 6843 6 214 9 223 13 241 11 247 6843 6688 4*191 7*218 9*240 4*241 6688 6599 2*163 5*209 3*215 4*082 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