DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 03/25 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 = 15Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1332z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 56.5 - - 60.4 - - 59.4 - - 49.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 238 - - 360 - - 111 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3353 - - 5905 - - 6105 - - 761 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9641 - - 11780 - - 11275 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10853 - - 13405 - - 13605 - - 8261 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1598 - - 1483 - - 2017 - - 3480 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 398 - - 548 - - 376 - - 12 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 25 - - 28 - - 28 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - 255 - - 253 - - 257 - - 263 Direction Wind Shear - - - 30 - - 35 - - 33 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -79 - - -61 - - -63 - - -56 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 379 - - 2041 - - 1458 - - -924 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10474 - - 11364 - - 12148 - - 9185 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4613 - - -958 - - -1756 - - -5231 ODpotential blCL - - - 15466 - - 14363 - - 15361 - - 13492 blCL maxRH - - - 69 - - 76 - - 85 - - 63 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 56.5 - - 60.4 - - 59.4 - - 49.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.4 - - 33.3 - - 29.0 - - 32.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 57.7 - - 61.1 - - 61.3 - - 56.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.5 - - 32.9 - - 28.6 - - 32.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 238 - - 360 - - 111 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3353 - - 5905 - - 6105 - - 761 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 5 - - 38 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 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] 95909 19 263 17 288 13 287 13 281 95909 88805 18 275 18 300 12 312 16 304 88805 83358 25 279 24 308 21 327 16 318 83358 78863 25 274 30 288 25 304 26 323 78863 74998 16 295 22 289 23 313 23 324 74998 71578 16 326 20 298 31 298 27 300 71578 68478 17 303 28 296 32 292 25 298 68478 65618 19 297 26 289 24 284 28 291 65618 62952 12 288 27 272 33 271 39 272 62952 60365 30 278 38 270 44 271 50 271 60365 57667 53 272 51 270 52 273 56 269 57667 54861 64 268 64 268 62 271 63 269 54861 52167 70 268 72 266 70 269 70 270 52167 49719 75 268 77 266 77 268 77 270 49719 47502 80 266 85 265 86 267 84 266 47502 45476 85 265 91 262 92 264 88 263 45476 43622 89 267 93 260 93 262 90 263 43622 41925 91 268 91 261 93 261 91 265 41925 40367 91 267 90 262 91 260 90 264 40367 38923 89 263 89 262 89 260 89 262 38923 37575 85 262 88 263 87 260 86 261 37575 36285 82 263 86 264 86 261 84 261 36285 34992 79 265 86 265 86 260 82 260 34992 33670 75 268 87 265 87 260 82 259 33670 32326 74 269 88 264 89 260 82 259 32326 30951 78 267 89 263 90 260 83 259 30951 29534 84 264 89 262 90 261 85 259 29534 28079 86 261 87 262 89 261 86 259 28079 26589 85 261 85 262 87 261 86 260 26589 25068 82 261 83 261 84 261 86 260 25068 23520 80 262 82 260 82 260 83 260 23520 21943 79 262 81 260 80 259 80 261 21943 20332 78 262 79 260 78 260 76 263 20332 18712 75 262 76 261 74 261 71 264 18712 17166 71 262 71 261 68 262 65 264 17166 15763 66 262 65 261 60 261 58 261 15763 14509 62 262 57*260 52*259 52 256 14509 13382 57 262 48*259 45*257 49 252 13382 12361 52 263 37 256 37 256 46 252 12361 11435 47*263 31 253 31 255 43 253 11435 10596 41*263 27 251 28 255 40 255 10596 9840 34 261 26 250 27 256 36 257 9840 9156 28 257 25 250 26 257 33 259 9156 8530 24 253 24 250 24 258 29*261 8530 7965 21 249 23 250 23 259 23*262 7965 7486 20 247 22 250 22 259 18 262 7486 7112 19 246 21 250 21 260 13 263 7112 6852 18 246 19 250 19 260 10 264 6852 6693 16 245 18 251 17 261 8 264 6693 6601 11 245 12 251 11 261 4 269 6601 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