DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 05/25 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 - - - 66.7 - - 69.9 - - 72.2 - - 64.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 366 - - 98 - - 78 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7131 - - 12673 - - 14144 - - 10224 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12772 - - 16188 - - 17070 - - 6585 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14631 - - 20173 - - 21644 - - 17724 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4657 - - 1901 - - 1307 - - 2594 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 589 - - 465 - - 450 - - 25 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 18 - - 19 - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - 196 - - 201 - - 195 - - 195 Direction Wind Shear - - - 20 - - 17 - - 16 - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -20 - - 9 - - 21 - - 44 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2555 - - 6247 - - 6142 - - 3415 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12077 - - 13927 - - 15503 - - 14310 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -78 - - 3991 - - 3640 - - -254 ODpotential blCL - - - 14709 - - 16182 - - 18004 - - 17978 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 101 - - 97 - - 91 maxRH CAPE - - - 410 - - 370 - - 230 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 66.7 - - 69.9 - - 72.2 - - 64.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.3 - - 31.4 - - 26.7 - - 24.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 67.0 - - 71.8 - - 74.2 - - 71.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 35.6 - - 30.6 - - 25.7 - - 23.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 366 - - 98 - - 78 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7131 - - 12673 - - 14144 - - 10224 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 28 - - 103 - - 89 - - 65 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - 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] 98713 10 145 11 088 14 083 13 086 98713 91227 11 124 10 090 11 061 13 094 91227 85462 13 120 8 100 9 065 16 060 85462 80680 12 111 7 155 5 062 13 060 80680 76559 6 108 9 156 3 100 9 072 76559 72906 2 116 9 117 4 137 3 084 72906 69580 2 111 4 163 2 156 3 097 69580 66503 4 189 7 191 8 199 1 215 66503 63637 7 197 8 170 8 206 5 212 63637 60856 12 221 6 243 8 209 4 222 60856 57969 11 218 8 247 8 217 8 225 57969 55001 15 237 13 239 11 261 13 231 55001 52185 18 228 17 236 14 257 14 240 52185 49652 16 231 22 233 17 235 17 228 49652 47393 15 231 24 230 22 228 19 227 47393 45364 16 235 22 228 24 231 20 223 45364 43529 20 252 20 235 23 231 21 221 43529 41859 28 253 23 245 27 228 23 230 41859 40322 32 242 33 241 31 227 27 225 40322 38889 32 234 36 236 31 229 28 216 38889 37549 30 232 33 232 30 229 27 215 37549 36269 27 230 30 235 27 230 26 216 36269 34990 23 227 27 233 24 227 25 217 34990 33685 19 223 24 224 19 226 25 215 33685 32360 17 221 23 220 21 228 27 215 32360 31003 17 222 21 213 25 225 26 217 31003 29605 16 223 19 206 28 222 27 216 29605 28167 16 228 16 203 29 221 28 213 28167 26691 18 235 17 209 30 219 29 210 26691 25182 20 237 18 223 30 217 29 209 25182 23646 23 232 22 233 28 219 27 214 23646 22079 25 224 25 222 26*211 22 215 22079 20476 25 221 24*211 24*202 15 206 20476 18865 25 219 24*210 23 200 12*203 18865 17322 24 217 23 208 21 198 18*206 17322 15916 24*217 22 207 21 197 20 205 15916 14653 23*216 21 204 20 196 22 202 14653 13513 22 213 20 203 19 195 23 199 13513 12479 20 210 19 201 18 194 25 196 12479 11539 18 204 17 198 18 193 26 193 11539 10686 15 195 16 196 17 192 26 191 10686 9916 14 187 15 194 16 191 27 190 9916 9218 13 178 15 192 16 190 27 189 9218 8579 12 170 14 191 15 189 26 187 8579 8001 11 167 13 189 14 189 25 187 8001 7510 11 163 13 188 13 187 23 186 7510 7126 10 160 12 187 13 187 19 186 7126 6859 10 159 11 187 12 186 15 185 6859 6696 9 158 10 187 11 186 10 183 6696 6602 8 156 8 186 8 184 4 174 6602 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