DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 12/05 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 = 21Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0956z - - 1327z - - 1555z - - 1855z - - 2152z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 14.2 - - 17.6 - - 25.5 - - 18.6 - - 16.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -10 - - -7 - - 1 - - -10 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 560 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 6600 - - 8060 - - 6600 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3248 - - 2874 - - 2641 - - 3905 - - 3934 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 0 - - 51 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 7 - - 7 - - 12 - - 5 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 298 - - 272 - - 263 - - 240 - - 263 Direction Wind Shear 6 - - 7 - - 11 - - 5 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg -21 - - -26 - - -43 - - -21 - - -17 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1771 - - -1525 - - -40 - - -376 - - -1562 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8372 - - 8125 - - 8101 - - 6976 - - 8162 sfcLCL ODpotential -4911 - - -6055 - - -4402 - - -3753 - - -4525 ODpotential blCL 11511 - - 12655 - - 12462 - - 10353 - - 11125 blCL maxRH 59 - - 47 - - 53 - - 78 - - 66 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 14.2 - - 17.6 - - 25.5 - - 18.6 - - 16.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 1.4 - - 5.7 - - 13.3 - - 11.5 - - 4.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 26.0 - - 26.0 - - 28.6 - - 26.6 - - 27.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 11.0 - - 7.0 - - 12.2 - - 13.7 - - 12.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -10 - - -7 - - 1 - - -10 - - -8 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 560 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 13 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 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] 95632 34 322 38 301 45 303 46 311 53 297 95632 88652 27 341 36 321 38 317 33 324 36 320 88652 83187 25 350 27 334 32 336 24 339 30 331 83187 78597 25 353 20 335 28 336 24 335 27 323 78597 74597 28 343 17 340 24 327 27 316 26 313 74597 71030 20 331 14 347 13 317 26 290 25 318 71030 67793 34 306 22 321 14 319 29 296 30 311 67793 64815 38 293 41 291 37 301 32 302 37 306 64815 62041 37 286 42 283 41 288 37 293 37 297 62041 59343 32 284 39 288 39 282 42 289 39 293 59343 56522 30 281 39 285 41 281 45 286 44 287 56522 53584 38 279 39 283 47 280 48 284 47 279 53584 50772 49 279 44 281 50 275 50 283 48 276 50772 48236 55 278 50 278 51 275 51 280 50 279 48236 45963 59 277 55 276 54 272 53 278 53 282 45963 43910 62 277 59 270 57 269 58 274 57 280 43910 42041 66 275 60 269 58 269 59 266 59 272 42041 40324 69 270 65 268 60 269 56 262 57 265 40324 38740 70 267 68 267 59 267 53 261 50 267 38740 37277 69 267 69 268 57 267 51 264 44 272 37277 35924 70 268 68 267 56 268 49 266 38 270 35924 34645 73 269 66 267 55 268 43 265 28 268 34645 33380 76 267 65 267 52 268 35 267 16 297 33380 32105 79 265 66 267 50 268 25 278 13 015 32105 30823 81 265 69 269 47 269 15 305 19 036 30823 29515 85 266 75 269 44 271 10 357 21 038 29515 28169 88 266 80 268 41 274 15 043 18 045 28169 26787 88 267 79 266 42 275 17 050 16 051 26787 25374 82 267 71 266 45 272 8 015 15 038 25374 23934 69 268 61 264 45 266 22 280 17 024 23934 22475 53 270 52 263 42 263 30 270 14 014 22475 20996 43 266 43 265 38 263 30 269 16 289 20996 19493 38 265 36 269 35 267 29 268 22 280 19493 17984 35 271 34 274 32 274 28 270 23 280 17984 16537 33 276 32 278 29 281 26 274 23 281 16537 15219 30 277 30 280 28 284 25 280 22 283 15219 14039 27 275 28 282 27 286 24 286 21 285 14039 12976 24 274 25 282 26 286 24 292 21 288 12976 12015 21 275 23 283 25 285 25 296 21 293 12015 11144 18 280 21 283 25 284 25 299 21 299 11144 10356 16 287 20 284 24 283 25 299 22 304 10356 9645 15 295 18 284 23 282 24 300 22 306 9645 9002 16 301 16 284 21 281 22 300 22 306 9002 8414 16 304 15 286 19*280 18 301 21 304 8414 7883 17 304 13 288 16*276 14 302 18 302 7883 7432 16 304 12 290 14 268 11 294 14 296 7432 7080 13 302 11 287 13 258 10 277 10 286 7080 6835 10 301 10 281 11 251 9 262 8 275 6835 6685 7*298 8*272 9 248 8*252 6*259 6685 6599 4*294 4*249 6 244 4*224 4*254 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