DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/05 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 37.1 - - 46.3 - - 54.6 - - 48.0 - - 40.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -5 - - 120 - - 116 - - -7 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 704 - - 3262 - - 3420 - - 971 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6584 - - 9227 - - 6584 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 8204 - - 10762 - - 10920 - - 8471 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 978 - - 753 - - 5380 - - 3680 - - 1839 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 187 - - 309 - - 24 - - 33 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 3 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 10 - - 18 - - 29 - - 21 BL Wind Direction 105 - - 178 - - 211 - - 248 - - 251 Direction Wind Shear 8 - - 14 - - 21 - - 41 - - 27 Wind Shear Max.Converg 9 - - -6 - - -27 - - -35 - - -92 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -1479 - - -1042 - - -2171 - - -1230 - - 1636 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8081 - - 9246 - - 12934 - - 12150 - - 6836 sfcLCL ODpotential -9460 - - -7566 - - -5844 - - -5580 - - -1596 ODpotential blCL 16061 - - 15770 - - 16606 - - 16500 - - 10067 blCL maxRH 75 - - 67 - - 73 - - 86 - - 95 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 20 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 37.1 - - 46.3 - - 54.6 - - 48.0 - - 40.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 25.1 - - 28.8 - - 21.0 - - 18.0 - - 33.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 45.2 - - 48.1 - - 56.6 - - 53.4 - - 44.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 25.8 - - 28.4 - - 20.5 - - 17.6 - - 33.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -5 - - 120 - - 116 - - -7 - - -18 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 704 - - 3262 - - 3420 - - 971 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 1 - - 0 - - 0 - - 44 - - 81 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96716 11 100 14 107 11 068 24 098 15 079 96716 89546 11 052 5 137 2 052 7 042 14 036 89546 83999 9 353 6 341 5 177 10 300 14 338 83999 79399 11 349 7 318 8 284 9 321 9 338 79399 75429 15 324 11 290 13 301 14 312 11 306 75429 71909 18 285 19 263 19 269 14 271 17 304 71909 68699 10 282 16 285 13 286 17 280 20 292 68699 65736 26 293 22 297 25 295 21 289 20 304 65736 62985 36 269 33 268 30 278 12 303 20 328 62985 60318 37 261 34 269 25 285 37 273 7 067 60318 57508 37 270 35 280 54 260 61 263 36 268 57508 54577 46 275 44 257 59 254 64 265 55 270 54577 51783 52 265 49 248 59 255 56 263 50 272 51783 49270 52 264 56 248 55 246 49 262 50 267 49270 47028 59 255 53 246 45 243 55 264 53 261 47028 45007 61 253 56 251 47 253 66 263 55 260 45007 43159 72 255 68 255 68 257 74 257 63 262 43159 41453 80 248 80 249 90 249 81 249 76 258 41453 39875 75 244 77 239 99 236 87 242 82 252 39875 38411 71 247 74 234 90 229 87 237 80 248 38411 37052 66 247 68 232 83 229 83 235 76 250 37052 35762 60 244 72 235 81 231 79 234 76 252 35762 34479 56 243 68 235 82 231 78 234 78 252 34479 33175 54 245 64 234 84 231 80 235 79 250 33175 31854 54 248 63 233 85 232 81 237 76 248 31854 30504 53 251 63 232 86 235 82 238 72 246 30504 29116 53 253 61 232 84 238 80 238 72 244 29116 27691 52 254 59 232 79 240 77 240 72 241 27691 26232 49 255 57 232 74 238 75 244 67 235 26232 24748 46 255 55 232 74 234 74 249 64 230 24748 23238 45 255 53 232 74 231 74 250 60 232 23238 21694 44 254 51 231 70 228 74 249 56 237 21694 20112 44 249 50 228 63 224 71 248 55 241 20112 18517 44 243 50 226 57 219 68 245 53 243 18517 16990 45 237 49 224 53 217 67 243 51 244 16990 15602 45 233 47 221 48 219 61 239 50 245 15602 14361 43 229 43 219 43 222 53 232 49 246 14361 13246 40 228 40 220 39 225 47 229 48 247 13246 12239 35 230 38 223 36 226 46 233 48 249 12239 11328 31 230 34 224 32*226 46*241 48 253 11328 10504 28 224 31 221 28*222 45*248 48 257 10504 9763 25 213 29 216 24 217 40 251 46 260 9763 9093 24 203 27 208 20 210 35 251 43 262 9093 8481 23 196 24*202 18 207 31 249 38*262 8481 7931 20 187 17*193 16 205 26 246 32*259 7931 7463 15 179 12 180 15 204 22 243 26 255 7463 7099 10 158 9 170 14 203 17 241 21 249 7099 6845 8 129 7 165 13 203 13 239 16 242 6845 6690 5*105 6 161 11 202 9 237 12 237 6690 6600 3*029 4 154 8 202 4 236 7 229 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