DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 05/16 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 52.1 - - 52.8 - - - - - 39.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 371 - - 482 - - - - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8451 - - 9274 - - - - - 4655 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13839 - - 14640 - - - - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15951 - - 16774 - - - - - 12155 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1245 - - 926 - - - - - 1640 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 624 - - 703 - - - - - 117 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 26 - - - - - 21 BL Wind Direction - - - 249 - - 254 - - - - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 16 - - - - - 15 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -35 - - -46 - - - - - -50 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3259 - - 4719 - - - - - 751 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12693 - - 12056 - - - - - 11405 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1907 - - 3100 - - - - - -4987 ODpotential blCL - - - 14044 - - 13674 - - - - - 17142 blCL maxRH - - - 94 - - 88 - - - - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 90 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 52.1 - - 52.8 - - - - - 39.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.1 - - 22.5 - - - - - 13.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 52.7 - - 53.1 - - - - - 42.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.6 - - 22.0 - - - - - 13.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 371 - - 482 - - - - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8451 - - 9274 - - - - - 4655 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 76 - - 51 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 98114 3 341 6 283 5 342 98114 90705 1 177 8 267 11 056 90705 84965 5 171 3 334 10 009 84965 80187 6 178 5 305 10 330 80187 76090 5 171 7 286 8 321 76090 72474 2 303 7 271 8 317 72474 69184 6 335 4 231 10 286 69184 66139 11 283 5 049 8 276 66139 63284 18 284 9 297 5 289 63284 60484 24 268 15 275 3 258 60484 57558 23 251 28 274 19 275 57558 54537 29 254 34 263 18 266 54537 51659 30 259 32 261 30 284 51659 49084 32 265 32 269 38 273 49084 46795 37 267 38 271 36 263 46795 44722 42 264 44 266 34 275 44722 42827 45 262 47 260 46 271 42827 41091 51 261 49 257 49 257 41091 39489 60 258 54 254 44 250 39489 38002 70 254 59 251 42 260 38002 36630 79 248 63 249 50 265 36630 35342 86 243 67 246 57 257 35342 34073 85 241 70 243 59 247 34073 32789 79 240 70 243 57 244 32789 31490 75 239 68 245 55 244 31490 30160 72 240 65 246 54 246 30160 28790 67 244 62 248 53 247 28790 27384 60 248 59 250 52 250 27384 25945 54 250 57 251 52 253 25945 24476 51 250 55 253 53 256 24476 22979 47 254 52 254 53 260 22979 21450 44 256 49 255 53 263 21450 19882 41 255 47 255 51 263 19882 18305 39 255 43 255 50 261 18305 16797 35*255 35*256 51 263 16797 15431 29*252 29*257 48 267 15431 14216 27 251 27 257 37 273 14216 13128 25 249 27 256 27*282 13128 12146 24 249 26 256 22*293 12146 11256 24 249 26 255 21 302 11256 10450 23 248 26 254 21 308 10450 9723 23 248 26 254 22 312 9723 9065 23 248 26 253 22 315 9065 8462 22 248 25 252 22 316 8462 7918 21 247 25 251 21 317 7918 7456 21 247 24 251 20 317 7456 7094 20 247 23 250 19 317 7094 6843 18 247 22 250 17 318 6843 6689 17 247 19 249 15 318 6689 6600 12 247 13 249 8 316 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