DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 05/12 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 71.2 - - 75.7 - - - - - 68.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 344 - - 382 - - - - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6487 - - 12132 - - - - - 7652 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12228 - - 16866 - - - - - 6586 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13987 - - 19632 - - - - - 15152 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3099 - - 1992 - - - - - 7424 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 559 - - 713 - - - - - 24 W* B/S - - - 18 - - 10 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 6 - - 13 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 269 - - 274 - - - - - 211 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 24 - - - - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -19 - - -17 - - - - - 7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2427 - - 3565 - - - - - -118 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 16415 - - 16068 - - - - - 15271 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -6278 - - 1563 - - - - - -4729 ODpotential blCL - - - 20265 - - 18069 - - - - - 19881 blCL maxRH - - - 70 - - 61 - - - - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 50 - - - - - 50 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 71.2 - - 75.7 - - - - - 68.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.0 - - 27.8 - - - - - 24.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 71.6 - - 76.1 - - - - - 75.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 20.9 - - 26.6 - - - - - 24.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 344 - - 382 - - - - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 6487 - - 12132 - - - - - 7652 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 102 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] 98114 5 018 3 097 2 286 98114 90702 6 257 4 260 5 047 90702 84994 5 170 6 199 7 070 84994 80247 5 118 10 163 6 056 80247 76165 2 137 6 142 3 017 76165 72574 5 189 1 325 2 054 72574 69319 5 071 5 243 7 028 69319 66323 9 348 2 229 7 344 66323 63548 9 310 4 340 4 005 63548 60852 8 285 10 315 10 313 60852 58045 11 296 11 283 8 300 58045 55137 18 291 19 283 18 290 55137 52369 26 283 26 278 27 270 52369 49902 35 278 33 275 32 275 49902 47708 37 276 41 268 38 268 47708 45744 39 280 41 270 36 263 45744 43968 44 283 40 275 36 259 43968 42336 46 283 38 276 39 254 42336 40813 47 282 38 274 39 251 40813 39383 47 280 38 274 39 250 39383 38038 46 281 39 275 39 250 38038 36751 44 282 39 275 38 250 36751 35460 43 282 40 275 37 252 35460 34141 43 281 39 274 36 254 34141 32797 42 280 37 273 35 254 32797 31420 38 279 34 274 35 252 31420 29999 35 277 31 274 36 249 29999 28539 31 275 29 275 34 248 28539 27040 26 274 27 276 30 251 27040 25508 25 268 25 274 27 259 25508 23950 26 263 25 271 27 264 23950 22363 25 268 28 267 28 259 22363 20736 26 279 29*269 29 253 20736 19093 28 288 26*283 24 253 19093 17515 30 295 23 291 17 257 17515 16074 31 298 18 293 12*264 16074 14783 28*298 15 290 9*269 14783 13619 20*298 13 285 7 263 13619 12564 10 291 11 277 6 242 12564 11607 7 279 10 261 7 221 11607 10740 6 270 9 250 8 208 10740 9957 5 255 9 242 9 199 9957 9249 4 239 9 236 10 193 9249 8601 4 227 9 231 10 188 8601 8016 4 211 9 227 11 185 8016 7519 4 199 9 224 11 182 7519 7132 4 189 9 222 10 181 7132 6862 4 183 9 221 8 181 6862 6697 4 182 8 221 6 178 6697 6602 3 178 7 219 3 172 6602 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