DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/15 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 37.8 - - 43.3 - - 43.2 - - 43.2 - - 37.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 51 - - 374 - - 326 - - 117 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1289 - - 2994 - - 3149 - - 3169 - - 808 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 9510 - - 9589 - - 9172 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 8789 - - 10494 - - 10649 - - 10669 - - 8308 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1140 - - 1009 - - 1420 - - 2459 - - 1896 Hgt.Variab. W* 173 - - 442 - - 430 - - 308 - - 34 W* B/S 1 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 21 - - 29 - - 31 - - 32 - - 25 BL Wind Direction 251 - - 238 - - 239 - - 235 - - 230 Direction Wind Shear 22 - - 26 - - 25 - - 31 - - 25 Wind Shear Max.Converg -62 - - -64 - - -78 - - -60 - - -48 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 889 - - 2150 - - 3148 - - 3598 - - 1708 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 7900 - - 8344 - - 7501 - - 7071 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential -3504 - - 807 - - 1447 - - 1552 - - 953 ODpotential blCL 12293 - - 9687 - - 9202 - - 9117 - - 7355 blCL maxRH 93 - - 95 - - 97 - - 99 - - 100 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 130 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m 37.8 - - 43.3 - - 43.2 - - 43.2 - - 37.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 26.1 - - 29.5 - - 33.0 - - 34.9 - - 36.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 40.2 - - 44.0 - - 44.1 - - 45.3 - - 40.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 25.8 - - 29.3 - - 32.8 - - 34.5 - - 36.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 51 - - 374 - - 326 - - 117 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 1289 - - 2994 - - 3149 - - 3169 - - 808 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 73 - - 78 - - 89 - - 97 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 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] 96852 13 287 32 286 31 281 39 273 24 269 96852 89418 14 288 18 262 32 258 41 257 34 273 89418 83737 24 262 16 261 36 257 29 247 36 256 83737 79076 26 237 29 245 31 262 23 250 28 247 79076 75071 24 237 28 235 23 251 19 254 23 249 75071 71524 24 243 20 242 24 244 23 262 14 258 71524 68286 22 251 24 246 24 243 26 255 14 263 68286 65288 20 251 27 246 23 242 26 251 17 260 65288 62504 21 259 23 244 17 250 18 263 17 276 62504 59798 24 271 17 264 16 271 21 262 21 280 59798 56964 29 261 24 268 19 267 20 269 21 265 56964 54020 29 260 31 261 25 263 19 287 15 247 54020 51209 31 267 31 253 30 266 26 287 17 276 51209 48680 31 264 27 260 35 269 35 271 34 274 48680 46427 36 270 39 278 36 267 39 264 41 257 46427 44396 45 274 49 276 42 267 45 265 41 252 44396 42542 51 280 52 270 53 264 57 263 46 262 42542 40841 60 286 57 269 66 263 69 259 58 266 40841 39279 67 286 66 269 75 261 78 254 68 260 39279 37838 66 283 70 267 78 258 81 251 77 257 37838 36503 63 281 69 266 76 256 80 248 83 255 36503 35239 62 278 68 266 72 255 78 249 86 253 35239 33982 61 276 67 265 70 254 76 251 87 253 33982 32703 60 274 65 264 68 255 75 253 85 253 32703 31404 60 273 62 265 66 256 73 255 84 255 31404 30076 59 273 60 266 64 257 72 255 83 256 30076 28710 57 274 57 266 61 257 71 256 80 256 28710 27308 54 276 55 265 60 257 71 257 78 257 27308 25874 51 277 53 265 59 256 71 258 77 260 25874 24413 47 277 51 264 58 256 70 259 68 259 24413 22930 45 276 48 263 56 255 69 258 52 249 22930 21418 43 275 45 260 54 254 67 257 54 248 21418 19871 41 276 43 256 52 254 62 256 59 254 19871 18314 38 275 41 254 50 254 57 256 60 253 18314 16823 34 273 40 252 49 255 54 257 57 248 16823 15465 31 270 40 253 49 256 53 259 56 246 15465 14252 30 267 41 254 47 257 52 258 55 245 14252 13159 32 263 43 255 46 257 50 255 54 243 13159 12171 35 261 44 253 43 256 48 251 54 242 12171 11275 37 259 43*251 39*253 46*246 52 241 11275 10464 38 258 38*247 37*249 43*243 49 240 10464 9733 37 258 33 242 35 246 39 240 45 239 9733 9071 35*259 30 239 34 242 36 237 41 237 9071 8466 30*258 29 237 32 238 33 234 38*235 8466 7920 25 255 28 235 30 234 30 232 34*233 7920 7456 22 250 27 234 28 232 28 231 29 231 7456 7095 19 244 26 234 26 232 26 230 25 228 7095 6843 16 242 24 233 25 231 23 230 20 226 6843 6689 15 241 21 233 22 230 20 230 16 226 6689 6600 9 240 13 232 13 230 12 230 9 225 6600 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