DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/07 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 46.4 - - 56.5 - - 57.9 - - 55.1 - - 45.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -3 - - 303 - - 420 - - 168 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 838 - - 8138 - - 7428 - - 5260 - - 1349 BL Depth Hcrit 6584 - - 13484 - - 13069 - - 10911 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 8338 - - 15638 - - 14928 - - 12760 - - 8849 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 4900 - - 2544 - - 2563 - - 2570 - - 2011 Hgt.Variab. W* 31 - - 577 - - 623 - - 410 - - 21 W* B/S 1 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 11 - - 25 - - 25 - - 27 - - 20 BL Wind Direction 295 - - 279 - - 283 - - 292 - - 294 Direction Wind Shear 16 - - 21 - - 17 - - 21 - - 29 Wind Shear Max.Converg -33 - - -37 - - -49 - - -57 - - -59 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1918 - - 3931 - - 2833 - - -66 - - -1546 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10257 - - 11707 - - 12096 - - 12826 - - 10396 sfcLCL ODpotential -5113 - - 1456 - - -733 - - -4558 - - -6733 ODpotential blCL 13451 - - 14182 - - 15661 - - 17318 - - 15582 blCL maxRH 93 - - 70 - - 61 - - 53 - - 66 maxRH CAPE 20 - - 140 - - 100 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 46.4 - - 56.5 - - 57.9 - - 55.1 - - 45.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 24.7 - - 28.0 - - 27.5 - - 21.7 - - 23.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 51.3 - - 57.4 - - 58.3 - - 56.8 - - 51.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 23.6 - - 27.3 - - 27.1 - - 21.4 - - 23.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -3 - - 303 - - 420 - - 168 - - -27 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 838 - - 8138 - - 7428 - - 5260 - - 1349 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 71 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96137 11 236 11 282 21 259 16 283 13 283 96137 88978 12 311 10 290 14 264 20 302 10 326 88978 83518 13 341 15 297 15 304 22 298 13 324 83518 79009 19 334 15 308 10 344 14 302 12 336 79009 75105 13 347 17 336 12 342 16 316 20 319 75105 71624 13 009 24 339 18 314 19 321 23 305 71624 68452 24 330 17 333 18 317 13 326 21 307 68452 65509 33 319 14 307 21 315 16 302 27 310 65509 62758 39 312 17 318 20 314 19 300 30 307 62758 60084 43 303 38 313 12 336 15 316 31 303 60084 57283 42 300 40 302 36 308 32 308 27 296 57283 54368 39 300 30 307 30 302 35 307 15 307 54368 51569 40 299 31 323 26 313 41 306 29 324 51569 49045 43 297 44 309 38 308 48 303 49 307 49045 46800 43 297 50 301 44 304 53 301 49 302 46800 44778 43 298 53 300 49 302 56 300 51 306 44778 42940 45 301 55 301 53 299 60 302 59 308 42940 41262 51 304 55 303 58 302 69 305 71 308 41262 39727 56 304 60 308 67 307 83 307 84 306 39727 38310 58 306 68 310 75 309 88 307 90 305 38310 36989 61 309 73 309 76 309 79 306 90 305 36989 35729 67 312 73 306 73 307 66 305 79 304 35729 34473 71 311 71 305 71 306 62 306 63 299 34473 33197 66 308 70 305 71 305 60 307 54 298 33197 31898 60 300 67 302 68 305 55 307 50 299 31898 30565 58 295 63 299 62 304 52 306 48 299 30565 29189 57 296 55 299 56 302 50 305 46 301 29189 27774 54 298 46 301 50 303 47 305 45 302 27774 26324 51 300 39 306 45 302 45 304 43 302 26324 24842 46 300 37 308 42 301 43 304 42 300 24842 23330 39 299 36 307 39 299 41 303 41 297 23330 21787 32 296 35 302 36 299 40 301 39 295 21787 20203 27 291 34 296 35 297 39 299 38 293 20203 18606 24 286 34 291 34 295 38 297 37 293 18606 17075 22 283 35 287 34 293 38 297 36 295 17075 15682 22 285 34*284 32*290 38 297 37 298 15682 14434 24 292 33*283 30*288 38 297 38 301 14434 13312 27 297 30 282 27 286 36*298 38 304 13312 12298 29 298 28 281 26 284 33*298 39 307 12298 11379 27 298 26 280 26 284 29 295 39 308 11379 10548 25 296 26 280 25 283 28 293 39 308 10548 9799 24 296 25 279 25 283 28 292 37 307 9799 9124 22 297 24 278 25 282 27 291 35*307 9124 8505 20*299 23 277 25 282 27 289 31*305 8505 7949 17*299 22 276 24 281 26 288 27 301 7949 7475 14 299 21 275 24 280 25 287 22 296 7475 7106 11 295 20 275 23 280 23 287 17 285 7106 6848 9 289 18 274 21 280 22 286 13 270 6848 6691 7 284 17 274 19 279 19 285 10 257 6691 6600 2 245 12 274 13 279 12 285 6 246 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