DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 02/25 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 29.2 - - 36.2 - - 37.7 - - 35.6 - - 29.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -6 - - 10 - - 17 - - -15 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2164 - - 2857 - - 2175 - - 772 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 9664 - - 10357 - - 9675 - - 8272 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2649 - - 1724 - - 1808 - - 1663 - - 1647 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 135 - - 182 - - 87 - - 48 W* B/S 0 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 24 - - 25 - - 25 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 238 - - 300 - - 295 - - 292 - - 289 Direction Wind Shear 8 - - 28 - - 25 - - 32 - - 22 Wind Shear Max.Converg -22 - - -38 - - -46 - - -62 - - -34 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1 - - 2477 - - 2721 - - 1713 - - 413 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6599 - - 7187 - - 7636 - - 7962 - - 7859 sfcLCL ODpotential -2587 - - -897 - - -579 - - -6884 - - -8526 ODpotential blCL 9187 - - 10561 - - 10936 - - 16559 - - 16798 blCL maxRH 83 - - 91 - - 77 - - 45 - - 41 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 29.2 - - 36.2 - - 37.7 - - 35.6 - - 29.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 26.5 - - 27.8 - - 27.3 - - 23.9 - - 18.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.4 - - 39.1 - - 40.4 - - 39.9 - - 35.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 30.3 - - 26.6 - - 26.2 - - 22.7 - - 17.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -6 - - 10 - - 17 - - -15 - - -23 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 2164 - - 2857 - - 2175 - - 772 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 31 - - 65 - - 8 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 2 - - 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] 96698 11 079 14 100 13 097 16 105 15 084 96698 89529 11 052 18 098 7 073 12 085 21 071 89529 83924 12 050 11 092 11 089 8 047 18 058 83924 79246 12 023 13 089 6 035 11 043 9 038 79246 75193 14 343 13 030 3 094 10 353 10 356 75193 71616 18 311 11 331 11 320 16 334 10 291 71616 68394 16 306 10 340 12 314 13 332 11 292 68394 65426 23 299 11 313 3 327 13 309 15 296 65426 62674 29 324 17 315 13 304 10 304 8 299 62674 60004 48 307 40 299 33 309 6 316 22 294 60004 57184 58 290 56 299 55 309 35 307 50 292 57184 54244 70 287 71 295 71 300 70 305 66 299 54244 51455 76 288 78 290 78 292 85 300 80 297 51455 48967 84 296 79 292 80 292 90 294 88 296 48967 46747 103 299 90 299 92 296 95 292 95 296 46747 44745 123 295 110 297 112 295 109 292 104 294 44745 42930 129 286 119 290 116 289 115 292 108 294 42930 41261 126 285 118 287 113 288 111 293 113 295 41261 39708 138 291 120 292 119 293 116 293 119 293 39708 38259 166 295 134 294 136 294 124 291 120 290 38259 36909 173 295 146 294 148 293 133 292 119 290 36909 35624 164 294 146 292 146 293 136 293 119 293 35624 34339 151 293 139 292 138 294 133 294 119 296 34339 33029 133 290 130 293 128 296 125 294 118 298 33029 31698 125 286 125 294 119 297 116 294 114 297 31698 30339 121 284 121 293 112 296 109 293 109 294 30339 28944 117 284 117 292 108 293 102 292 104 292 28944 27516 114 285 114 290 106 291 98 291 99 291 27516 26056 111 286 112 291 106 291 96 291 92 292 26056 24568 107 287 108 292 103 292 94 292 85 295 24568 23055 101 289 103 294 98 294 92 294 82 297 23055 21512 93 290 97 296 91 296 87 295 79 298 21512 19933 85 290 87 294 84 296 81 296 75 299 19933 18346 79 289 75 290 76 293 73 296 67 300 18346 16830 73 286 68 285 71 289 67 296 57 302 16830 15455 65 283 63 282 65 287 62 296 48 303 15455 14228 61 282 59 283 59 285 58 297 45 305 14228 13128 59 283 56 288 54 286 55 298 43 306 13128 12136 59 287 52 296 51 289 51 298 43 307 12136 11240 55 291 48 303 47 291 48 298 42 307 11240 10430 48 295 45 306 41*294 45 298 41 306 10430 9702 41 299 40*306 34*296 41*297 39 304 9702 9045 33 301 36*305 33 296 37*296 35 303 9045 8446 29 300 31 304 28 296 32 295 30*302 8446 7906 23 297 26 301 24 295 28 294 24*300 7906 7447 18 288 21 298 21 294 24 292 19 296 7447 7089 15 276 17 294 18 292 19 288 14 287 7089 6839 12 265 14 291 16 291 15 281 11 268 6839 6687 9*257 12 289 14 289 11 275 9 253 6687 6599 3*205 8 288 9 289 6 268 5 237 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