DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/19 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 - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 39.1 - - 41.4 - - 36.1 - - 32.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 46 - - 65 - - -2 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 910 - - 2845 - - 1070 - - 114 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 8532 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 8410 - - 10345 - - 8570 - - 7614 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3518 - - 3206 - - 2608 - - 2543 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 152 - - 249 - - 0 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 6 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 8 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 187 - - 209 - - 190 - - 186 Direction Wind Shear - - - 9 - - 11 - - 12 - - 11 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -8 - - -8 - - -11 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 1811 - - 3393 - - 1970 - - 1014 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6600 - - 6953 - - 6600 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -995 - - 1000 - - -196 - - -989 ODpotential blCL - - - 9405 - - 9345 - - 8766 - - 8603 blCL maxRH - - - 93 - - 88 - - 88 - - 87 maxRH CAPE - - - 40 - - 160 - - 70 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 39.1 - - 41.4 - - 36.1 - - 32.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 33.2 - - 33.9 - - 33.9 - - 30.7 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 41.4 - - 43.5 - - 41.0 - - 38.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.4 - - 32.9 - - 33.7 - - 32.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 46 - - 65 - - -2 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 910 - - 2845 - - 1070 - - 114 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 71 - - 50 - - 51 - - 46 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 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] 96699 16 094 23 071 27 026 22 057 96699 89684 19 100 28 071 23 070 22 065 89684 84202 19 101 18 087 18 080 19 079 84202 79608 19 087 8 087 9 063 16 068 79608 75612 15 072 4 063 7 052 12 044 75612 72053 10 034 6 056 7 046 11 027 72053 68821 7 350 7 054 6 032 8 012 68821 65846 7 007 5 012 5 341 6 006 65846 63081 8 335 5 333 6 307 6 007 63081 60392 10 314 8 342 12 322 10 346 60392 57591 13 316 11 320 13 307 16 308 57591 54697 14 345 11 330 11 316 4 270 54697 51916 24 336 22 325 10 347 15 064 51916 49404 29 326 35 330 46 332 39 337 49404 47175 30 334 34 326 48 316 53 309 47175 45157 35 336 32 351 26 344 22 320 45157 43298 35 352 46 002 37 031 26 056 43298 41562 46 004 56 003 43 034 33 048 41562 39929 53 004 61 001 50 021 39 018 39929 38407 52 002 61 001 61 004 55 002 38407 37006 45 001 59 005 65 359 58 357 37006 35692 38 347 57 007 65 356 57 007 35692 34399 35 327 56 007 65 000 55 016 34399 33090 25 297 56 004 56 003 49 021 33090 31762 17 266 55 002 51 018 47 032 31762 30404 26 243 40 355 61 027 52 038 30404 29004 33 238 26 325 68 026 55 035 29004 27565 35 234 22 283 64 022 58 038 27565 26090 35 232 37 252 51 017 55 039 26090 24582 33 230 43 243 22 353 45 030 24582 23055 30 231 38 240 22 267 30 018 23055 21508 27 238 34 237 31 245 12 346 21508 19937 24 243 28 238 30 242 11 259 19937 18368 21 246 24 239 24 247 13 239 18368 16868 18 247 22 241 20 255 13 233 16868 15503 16 248 22 245 19 255 12 231 15503 14281 15 241 21 250 19 252 14 236 14281 13181 15 228 19 251 17 246 15 241 13181 12186 15 220 17 249 16 240 15 243 12186 11284 14 217 15 243 15 231 14 240 11284 10470 14 214 14*239 14 224 14 233 10470 9735 14 212 13*235 13 219 14 222 9735 9073 13 211 11 230 13*214 14 213 9073 8466 11*210 8 216 11*208 14 208 8466 7919 9*207 7 191 9 198 13*202 7919 7455 7 196 7 182 8 188 10*195 7455 7093 4 170 6 179 7 180 7 188 7093 6842 3 154 6 177 5 165 4 181 6842 6688 3 148 6 176 3 141 2 135 6688 6600 2 142 5 174 2 099 1 049 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