DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/06 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 28.1 - - 30.5 - - - - - 26.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 42 - - 26 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1927 - - 3484 - - - - - 1485 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 6583 - - - - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9427 - - 10984 - - - - - 8985 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1791 - - 2063 - - - - - 1377 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 190 - - 204 - - - - - 14 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 20 - - 19 - - - - - 10 BL Wind Direction - - - 360 - - 010 - - - - - 352 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 16 - - - - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -12 - - -4 - - - - - -11 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2026 - - 2741 - - - - - 1692 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7402 - - 8243 - - - - - 7293 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -1871 - - -1256 - - - - - -2943 ODpotential blCL - - - 11298 - - 12240 - - - - - 11928 blCL maxRH - - - 72 - - 64 - - - - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 28.1 - - 30.5 - - - - - 26.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.2 - - 17.9 - - - - - 18.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 30.4 - - 33.0 - - - - - 33.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.1 - - 16.7 - - - - - 16.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 42 - - 26 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1927 - - 3484 - - - - - 1485 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 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] 95951 12 271 15 335 11 046 95951 88870 35 307 30 314 15 330 88870 83480 25 301 35 306 28 323 83480 78980 18 306 26 292 31 309 78980 75057 27 307 17 277 30 312 75057 71582 28 296 23 293 31 305 71582 68426 19 271 25 283 25 290 68426 65492 14 270 22 258 20 289 65492 62737 15 284 16 259 20 297 62737 60059 24 293 24 294 16 289 60059 57256 24 286 20 275 11 317 57256 54329 17 272 12 271 21 328 54329 51534 18 296 27 318 20 322 51534 49026 19 316 30 322 20 355 49026 46782 13 344 17 326 35 007 46782 44748 16 353 13 000 44 358 44748 42894 28 346 30 357 42 000 42894 41200 37 345 39 360 42 018 41200 39638 41 349 44 009 63 030 39638 38188 46 353 56 010 93 029 38188 36842 54 004 67 011 110 023 36842 35566 75 014 81 017 119 022 35566 34289 106 018 100 021 120 023 34289 32984 133 018 120 021 116 026 32984 31659 140 017 132 020 110 027 31659 30301 123 018 134 020 106 023 30301 28900 97 020 137 022 104 020 28900 27464 85 019 129 024 96 022 27464 26000 79 012 99 024 84 021 26000 24510 72 008 77 020 79 020 24510 22993 56 011 60 016 78 026 22993 21446 43 020 52 016 67 025 21446 19873 42 019 47 016 53 017 19873 18299 36 014 43 015 41 008 18299 16798 32 008 38 016 29 006 16798 15432 29 008 34 018 23 012 15432 14211 27 011 30 021 20 013 14211 13113 26 013 26 021 20 008 13113 12122 25 015 24 019 20 003 12122 11226 25 015 24*015 20 001 11226 10417 26 014 23*012 20 360 10417 9690 26*010 23 011 20 358 9690 9035 26*006 22 010 19*356 9035 8437 24 002 21 009 17*354 8437 7899 21 359 19 009 14 353 7899 7442 19 357 18 009 12 353 7442 7086 17 356 16 010 8 354 7086 6838 15 356 13 011 6 350 6838 6687 13 355 12 011 3 318 6687 6599 8 356 7 014 3 218 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