DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/21 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 48.3 - - 52.3 - - - - - 47.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 512 - - 537 - - - - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8085 - - 9356 - - - - - 5148 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13688 - - 14754 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15585 - - 16856 - - - - - 12648 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1433 - - 897 - - - - - 3055 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 683 - - 729 - - - - - 33 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 7 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 21 - - 19 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 003 - - 007 - - - - - 039 Direction Wind Shear - - - 14 - - 11 - - - - - 14 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -23 - - -9 - - - - - 36 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3673 - - 2530 - - - - - -266 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11912 - - 14327 - - - - - 12915 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1027 - - 978 - - - - - -4355 ODpotential blCL - - - 14558 - - 15878 - - - - - 17003 blCL maxRH - - - 57 - - 72 - - - - - 62 maxRH CAPE - - - 30 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 48.3 - - 52.3 - - - - - 47.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 19.0 - - 12.1 - - - - - 13.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 48.5 - - 52.3 - - - - - 51.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 18.5 - - 11.2 - - - - - 13.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 512 - - 537 - - - - - -7 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8085 - - 9356 - - - - - 5148 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 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] 98276 17 105 15 110 11 101 98276 90835 12 113 6 076 10 086 90835 85113 11 125 6 057 14 084 85113 80345 10 137 7 124 7 041 80345 76228 5 142 9 131 6 025 76228 72594 5 133 4 094 4 009 72594 69300 4 079 4 152 2 199 69300 66255 3 088 4 098 2 044 66255 63417 2 053 9 222 1 083 63417 60662 0 267 4 231 8 336 60662 57788 3 352 7 269 11 271 57788 54796 3 044 6 308 8 313 54796 51946 12 341 16 304 17 322 51946 49417 16 291 16 325 22 338 49417 47176 11 275 29 329 31 328 47176 45156 22 332 40 333 33 310 45156 43313 44 348 55 341 33 307 43313 41611 69 352 63 337 34 310 41611 40031 83 347 67 338 38 314 40031 38562 86 345 71 340 45 316 38562 37201 88 346 74 339 50 319 37201 35915 91 347 76 338 54 320 35915 34637 92 348 75 338 53 319 34637 33336 91 349 72 340 51 322 33336 32013 93 348 70 342 52 324 32013 30655 91 346 71 345 52 326 30655 29255 90 346 70 347 52 328 29255 27815 89 350 65 347 50 335 27815 26337 86 352 64 348 48 340 26337 24829 75 350 66 353 46 342 24829 23296 65 348 62 357 43 342 23296 21736 55 348 54 356 38 345 21736 20143 45 348 44 356 33 345 20143 18543 36 348 34 359 31 335 18543 17016 30*351 25*353 28 321 17016 15633 26*355 21*356 23 306 15633 14398 24 359 20 358 17 305 14398 13286 22 003 20 000 14*319 13286 12280 22 004 19 006 11*339 12280 11368 21 005 19 008 10 357 11368 10541 21 005 19 010 10 015 10541 9795 21 006 19 012 10 033 9795 9121 21 006 19 013 10 046 9121 8504 21 006 18 013 11 058 8504 7947 20 006 18 014 11 068 7947 7474 20 006 17 015 11 076 7474 7105 19 006 17 016 11 082 7105 6848 17 007 16 016 9 088 6848 6691 16 007 15 016 7 093 6691 6601 12 008 11 017 4 104 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