DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/16 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 = 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 15.5 - - 23.2 - - 26.7 - - 24.4 - - 23.1 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -12 - - 7 - - 40 - - -9 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 384 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 6600 - - 7884 - - 6600 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 737 - - 1700 - - 1266 - - 1219 - - 2280 Hgt.Variab. W* 6 - - 22 - - 109 - - 7 - - 7 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 4 - - 0 - - 2 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 2 - - 5 - - 4 - - 1 BL Wind Direction 177 - - 159 - - 224 - - 230 - - 002 Direction Wind Shear 2 - - 4 - - 1 - - 3 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - -6 - - -12 - - -17 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 2 - - -538 - - 446 - - 2 - - -1000 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6599 - - 7139 - - 7438 - - 6599 - - 7601 sfcLCL ODpotential -5589 - - -7458 - - -4201 - - -5337 - - -10461 ODpotential blCL 12189 - - 14058 - - 12085 - - 11937 - - 17061 blCL maxRH 81 - - 65 - - 69 - - 73 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 15.5 - - 23.2 - - 26.7 - - 24.4 - - 23.1 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 12.4 - - 15.8 - - 17.8 - - 19.2 - - 13.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 23.7 - - 26.1 - - 28.9 - - 28.9 - - 31.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 18.3 - - 14.8 - - 16.7 - - 18.3 - - 14.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -12 - - 7 - - 40 - - -9 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 384 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 24 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 2 - - 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] 97121 59 069 55 059 58 074 55 084 50 074 97121 90027 51 072 47 073 50 076 52 071 48 072 90027 84487 46 080 40 087 44 081 53 063 48 072 84487 79840 46 081 42 088 33 079 38 069 42 070 79840 75777 34 077 37 084 30 085 30 072 36 072 75777 72148 22 078 31 078 27 076 26 072 26 071 72148 68852 23 058 26 053 24 070 25 064 20 059 68852 65815 17 057 9 082 16 060 19 054 12 052 65815 62980 14 093 12 042 15 052 20 045 24 041 62980 60240 25 021 26 008 30 005 35 001 37 007 60240 57404 21 353 37 016 31 015 23 354 26 353 57404 54448 37 356 50 006 44 018 27 027 35 018 54448 51632 56 340 53 341 58 345 55 352 53 357 51632 49125 48 347 45 337 54 331 54 337 52 348 49125 46889 52 358 41 354 48 350 49 357 53 353 46889 44867 69 356 58 005 62 004 55 007 63 005 44867 43029 78 351 71 000 65 004 76 016 77 011 43029 41366 79 350 75 357 77 009 103 008 96 006 41366 39855 74 354 82 002 94 008 108 359 98 003 39855 38451 84 001 97 001 107 002 104 360 93 006 38451 37129 94 360 103 360 112 001 101 003 89 013 37129 35863 92 358 99 002 112 005 97 010 93 026 35863 34598 83 355 92 007 98 005 101 019 100 031 34598 33309 74 351 89 012 90 016 105 023 98 027 33309 31996 66 351 87 013 100 027 106 022 93 018 31996 30646 62 354 84 010 104 028 100 021 86 014 30646 29248 63 000 82 008 100 024 93 019 92 012 29248 27811 68 005 79 005 94 021 89 017 89 008 27811 26342 74 004 77 000 89 019 84 014 82 002 26342 24840 74 359 77 357 82 016 80 010 79 360 24840 23304 73 356 75 358 79 011 78 006 79 000 23304 21729 70 355 68 001 79 008 80 007 78 003 21729 20112 65 357 58 002 77 007 79 010 78 008 20112 18483 59 359 47 357 67 007 73 012 78 014 18483 16929 51 360 41 348 51 003 60 012 70 019 16929 15525 46 359 37 343 40 354 45 008 55 020 15525 14276 43 359 34 341 34 348 36 356 42 015 14276 13160 39 360 30 341 29 345 33 347 34 005 13160 12156 33 360 25 343 25 345 30 344 31 000 12156 11251 28 359 20 344 20 345 26 344 30 000 11251 10435 22 358 15 346 15 343 21 343 29 002 10435 9703 16 359 11 349 10 339 17 342 27 003 9703 9044 11 005 8 357 7 331 12 343 24 004 9044 8443 8 013 6 020 4 319 8 341 19 006 8443 7902 7 023 6 046 3*264 5 326 14 009 7902 7443 6 044 5 073 5*232 4 283 10 014 7443 7086 4 082 4 114 6 224 5 253 6 020 7086 6838 3 132 3 158 6 222 6 237 4 022 6838 6686 4*162 3*194 5 221 5*229 1*360 6686 6599 3*188 2*201 4 220 3*222 2*223 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