DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/13 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 - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 47.3 - - 51.5 - - - - - 41.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 172 - - 285 - - - - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2164 - - 3902 - - - - - 72 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8649 - - 10125 - - - - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9664 - - 11402 - - - - - 7572 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1347 - - 2320 - - - - - 1899 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 310 - - 444 - - - - - 13 W* B/S - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 30 - - 34 - - - - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - 286 - - 280 - - - - - 264 Direction Wind Shear - - - 33 - - 40 - - - - - 27 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -55 - - -51 - - - - - -72 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -236 - - -214 - - - - - -2772 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9900 - - 11617 - - - - - 10345 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5095 - - -4480 - - - - - -8582 ODpotential blCL - - - 14759 - - 15882 - - - - - 16154 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 68 - - - - - 81 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 47.3 - - 51.5 - - - - - 41.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.9 - - 23.5 - - - - - 19.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.9 - - 52.7 - - - - - 46.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 26.1 - - 22.7 - - - - - 19.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 172 - - 285 - - - - - -28 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2164 - - 3902 - - - - - 72 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 24 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 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] 96148 7 081 10 084 8 062 96148 89089 11 098 4 088 14 085 89089 83593 9 045 5 067 14 037 83593 78991 4 105 3 312 8 031 78991 75005 9 015 10 319 13 007 75005 71455 13 344 9 326 19 355 71455 68231 17 320 19 316 26 336 68231 65288 17 325 21 319 23 327 65288 62572 22 332 13 303 26 310 62572 59933 11 348 13 344 20 331 59933 57153 32 320 54 314 47 322 57153 54255 69 311 73 306 69 306 54255 51501 79 310 73 303 71 302 51501 49034 86 308 79 304 71 304 49034 46829 91 302 88 303 80 307 46829 44832 88 300 93 300 90 303 44832 43013 87 303 91 297 94 294 43013 41351 93 304 90 297 91 290 41351 39818 98 302 91 297 89 288 39818 38391 98 298 92 295 89 288 38391 37057 94 296 90 293 86 287 37057 35784 89 295 87 292 82 287 35784 34510 86 294 84 292 78 287 34510 33208 83 295 80 292 76 290 33208 31885 80 297 77 293 75 293 31885 30529 76 298 75 294 74 295 30529 29133 71 299 73 295 72 296 29133 27704 67 298 70 295 68 298 27704 26243 65 297 67 295 63 298 26243 24756 63 295 65 295 60 298 24756 23244 63 295 64 295 59 297 23244 21702 63 296 64 296 59 295 21702 20122 63 297 64 296 59 295 20122 18531 64 299 63 296 57 296 18531 17008 64 300 63 296 54 298 17008 15622 64 300 62 294 51 299 15622 14382 64 298 61 292 50 299 14382 13267 64 296 60 290 50 298 13267 12259 63 294 57*289 50 295 12259 11345 61 292 52*288 50 292 11345 10519 57 291 46 286 51 288 10519 9775 52*291 39 283 51 283 9775 9103 45*290 35 281 50 279 9103 8489 37 289 31 277 47 276 8489 7935 31 287 28 275 42*274 7935 7466 27 285 26 273 35*271 7466 7100 23 283 24 271 27 265 7100 6845 20 281 22 270 20 258 6845 6690 18 280 20 270 15 253 6690 6600 12 279 14 269 8 248 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