DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0955z - - 1003z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 28.7 - - 34.9 - - 40.7 - - 38.0 - - 32.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -2 - - 52 - - 68 - - -2 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 161 - - 2179 - - 1558 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 8078 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 7661 - - 9679 - - 9058 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1452 - - 1138 - - 1966 - - 2167 - - 3099 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 89 - - 233 - - 31 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 5 - - 7 - - 2 - - 2 BL Wind Direction 139 - - 211 - - 243 - - 220 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear 6 - - 6 - - 8 - - 6 - - 1 Wind Shear Max.Converg 2 - - -11 - - -10 - - -2 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 2 - - 1062 - - 2422 - - 2459 - - 2 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 6600 - - 7257 - - 6600 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential -3273 - - -2838 - - -1160 - - 244 - - -2956 ODpotential blCL 9874 - - 10499 - - 10839 - - 8814 - - 9557 blCL maxRH 94 - - 88 - - 85 - - 91 - - 82 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.7 - - 34.9 - - 40.7 - - 38.0 - - 32.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 27.6 - - 30.6 - - 32.0 - - 34.7 - - 29.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 35.5 - - 37.3 - - 42.9 - - 41.6 - - 38.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 30.9 - - 29.7 - - 30.8 - - 33.8 - - 31.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -2 - - 52 - - 68 - - -2 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 161 - - 2179 - - 1558 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 76 - - 53 - - 42 - - 65 - - 26 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 5 - - 4 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] 95859 29 295 38 292 38 297 37 315 26 322 95859 89109 20 311 25 303 23 317 23 335 24 334 89109 83798 15 325 16 311 18 324 17 353 19 328 83798 79312 14 322 9 337 14 327 12 339 16 335 79312 75392 12 308 9 353 8 325 10 310 14 343 75392 71886 10 303 11 342 7 322 12 306 13 356 71886 68680 11 319 11 330 7 293 14 295 15 344 68680 65727 15 305 14 317 9 285 14 292 14 318 65727 62996 15 297 21 302 15 292 20 286 18 307 62996 60349 19 305 21 295 17 288 15 281 17 294 60349 57578 24 307 25 294 24 294 24 306 22 300 57578 54696 26 293 30 280 30 279 30 299 19 288 54696 51935 30 298 31 282 28 282 31 299 21 304 51935 49441 33 299 31 286 30 286 31 287 28 292 49441 47208 29 297 28 281 31 284 30 275 28 291 47208 45184 27 298 26 280 31 282 24 283 26 296 45184 43334 34 291 27 282 30 287 26 288 24 303 43334 41628 37 282 29 285 32 282 26 293 21 309 41628 40042 30 276 28 277 28 271 27 292 24 318 40042 38562 24 276 26 265 25 265 27 282 27 309 38562 37185 23 269 24 257 25 259 24 272 26 300 37185 35879 22 260 23 257 25 257 24 267 22 297 35879 34583 21 250 27 252 26 250 23 257 19 303 34583 33270 21 246 31 240 31 239 25 254 20 305 33270 31943 22 248 31 231 34 224 30 244 22 299 31943 30585 26 254 32 231 33 216 34 227 21 295 30585 29190 28 258 34 230 32 220 32 219 20 293 29190 27759 28 262 32 231 29 225 27 224 18 296 27759 26294 22 258 28 234 27 221 23 233 17 306 26294 24798 10 238 24 224 26 221 20 240 17 318 24798 23274 11 240 20 203 25 231 20 244 19 325 23274 21718 13 242 18 194 25 231 19 247 21 321 21718 20123 14 236 18 202 23 224 18 243 20 309 20123 18518 13 231 17 212 20 226 16 249 18 303 18518 16982 12 224 16 220 16 229 14 260 15 300 16982 15587 12 227 15 222 13 232 12 267 11 294 15587 14343 12 233 15 221 12 239 10 273 9 283 14343 13226 11 234 15 224 11 249 9 287 7 279 13226 12219 10 231 15 228 10 261 8 306 5 299 12219 11309 10 224 16 234 9 276 8 321 6 326 11309 10486 10 219 15 237 10 286 8 330 8 337 10486 9747 11 217 15 238 10*285 8 336 8 342 9747 9080 11 218 14 238 10*276 6*336 7 346 9080 8471 11 220 13 237 8 259 4*323 5 348 8471 7922 10 217 11*233 7 235 2 271 3 342 7922 7456 7 198 8*225 6 229 3 209 1 294 7456 7094 5 165 5 212 6 225 3 189 2 228 7094 6842 4 143 4 199 6 222 3 182 2 207 6842 6688 3*116 3 194 5 221 3 177 2*194 6688 6600 2*067 3 190 4 219 2 175 1*201 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