DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/16 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 49.5 - - 57.0 - - 58.1 - - 54.2 - - 44.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 0 - - 356 - - 432 - - 199 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 941 - - 9732 - - 11179 - - 7268 - - 2610 BL Depth Hcrit 6584 - - 14859 - - 16149 - - 12555 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 8441 - - 17232 - - 18679 - - 14768 - - 10110 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 5552 - - 2390 - - 2635 - - 3139 - - 3273 Hgt.Variab. W* 55 - - 646 - - 721 - - 483 - - 20 W* B/S 1 - - 6 - - 5 - - 4 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 9 - - 21 - - 27 - - 24 - - 20 BL Wind Direction 320 - - 265 - - 268 - - 286 - - 309 Direction Wind Shear 10 - - 17 - - 17 - - 22 - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg -20 - - -30 - - -56 - - -39 - - -40 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4072 - - 4553 - - 5195 - - 2034 - - 834 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 12514 - - 12680 - - 13484 - - 12735 - - 9277 sfcLCL ODpotential -7466 - - 1445 - - 1834 - - -2046 - - -2985 ODpotential blCL 15907 - - 15787 - - 16845 - - 16814 - - 13095 blCL maxRH 60 - - 64 - - 70 - - 60 - - 76 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 190 - - 210 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 49.5 - - 57.0 - - 58.1 - - 54.2 - - 44.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 17.9 - - 24.0 - - 21.5 - - 21.0 - - 26.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 52.5 - - 57.6 - - 58.5 - - 55.5 - - 49.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 16.9 - - 23.3 - - 21.0 - - 20.8 - - 26.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 0 - - 356 - - 432 - - 199 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 941 - - 9732 - - 11179 - - 7268 - - 2610 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 5 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 97330 9 095 6 109 7 130 10 115 4 357 97330 89984 4 109 10 124 8 121 9 134 11 052 89984 84301 4 098 7 094 11 091 5 092 8 064 84301 79587 8 041 8 056 7 102 5 018 8 033 79587 75536 7 003 5 015 3 101 3 349 3 318 75536 71951 4 320 3 331 3 354 3 302 6 265 71951 68694 8 291 9 344 2 342 6 306 4 316 68694 65675 17 281 11 322 8 296 10 306 5 350 65675 62852 21 277 20 289 7 282 15 281 12 290 62852 60109 23 284 29 271 17 280 13 268 13 269 60109 57247 29 280 31 261 36 272 25 278 18 283 57247 54275 32 266 34 261 38 266 34 272 29 279 54275 51443 35 265 36 265 39 264 36 271 34 275 51443 48900 36 271 36 267 40 265 37 275 34 269 48900 46627 35 277 35 266 40 264 38 273 34 281 46627 44574 36 275 34 265 39 264 39 273 38 275 44574 42699 39 267 37 267 40 266 40 270 30 271 42699 40971 42 263 42 267 39 264 40 271 34 281 40971 39376 44 263 45 269 40 264 43 269 41 275 39376 37904 44 263 46 268 40 267 45 261 42 264 37904 36555 42 265 45 265 41 273 43 260 46 255 36555 35295 39 266 43 262 47 272 44 261 51 254 35295 34048 32 262 44 262 51 266 48 258 53 255 34048 32780 28 271 44 265 49 264 50 259 50 255 32780 31492 30 278 44 267 47 266 47 261 45 257 31492 30172 32 275 41 267 44 268 41 265 42 257 30172 28813 34 270 37 269 40 269 38 267 40 256 28813 27418 35 268 37 273 38 267 37 267 40 256 27418 25989 33 269 36 275 36 265 37 266 40 258 25989 24530 27 271 34 277 36 268 38 266 39 260 24530 23045 23 276 32 276 35 271 38 267 37 261 23045 21528 23 278 31 275 34 273 38 270 36 262 21528 19975 24 278 31 275 32*274 38 271 35 263 19975 18410 23 276 30*272 30*270 38 270 34 264 18410 16911 21 275 28*269 29 266 36 269 34 266 16911 15548 20 277 26 266 29 264 35*270 33 269 15548 14328 20 280 24 263 28 264 33*273 32 273 14328 13229 19 282 23 262 28 265 29 277 30 278 13229 12234 19 286 22 262 27 266 25 283 27 284 12234 11332 19 289 21 263 27 267 23 289 23 294 11332 10514 18 294 20 264 26 269 23 290 21*304 10514 9775 17 300 19 265 26 271 23 291 21*310 9775 9107 16 305 19 266 25 272 23 291 22 312 9107 8494 15*311 18 267 25 273 23 292 23 312 8494 7941 13*316 17 268 24 273 22 292 23 310 7941 7471 11 321 17 268 24 274 22 291 21 309 7471 7103 10 324 16 269 23 274 21 291 18 306 7103 6847 8 321 15 269 21 273 20 291 14 300 6847 6690 5 315 14 269 19 274 18 291 11 297 6690 6600 3 299 10 270 13 274 12 290 5 291 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