DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 04/12 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 - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 42.5 - - 49.2 - - - - - 33.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 192 - - 380 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2251 - - 5977 - - - - - 767 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 8764 - - 11863 - - - - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9751 - - 13477 - - - - - 8267 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2168 - - 4926 - - - - - 1545 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 329 - - 562 - - - - - 35 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 14 - - 25 - - - - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 192 - - 204 - - - - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - 20 - - 16 - - - - - 23 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - -17 - - - - - -55 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3151 - - 3828 - - - - - 900 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6600 - - 9649 - - - - - 7367 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 354 - - 2560 - - - - - -5117 ODpotential blCL - - - 9397 - - 10917 - - - - - 13384 blCL maxRH - - - 88 - - 95 - - - - - 86 maxRH CAPE - - - 340 - - 430 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 42.5 - - 49.2 - - - - - 33.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.1 - - 29.5 - - - - - 24.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 43.9 - - 49.8 - - - - - 38.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.8 - - 29.2 - - - - - 23.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 192 - - 380 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2251 - - 5977 - - - - - 767 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 54 - - 79 - - - - - 42 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - - - - 3 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] 96892 27 280 38 273 37 285 96892 89499 26 272 32 278 33 278 89499 83868 28 266 24 277 30 268 83868 79273 27 261 25 269 25 259 79273 75327 32 250 26 267 12 241 75327 71795 35 244 28 264 13 263 71795 68557 36 247 32 246 40 263 68557 65559 34 245 32 242 47 244 65559 62772 33 238 30 243 38 247 62772 60060 28 236 30 243 30 255 60060 57192 27 246 28 246 38 244 57192 54185 30 255 29 247 42 221 54185 51310 27 247 36 250 35 216 51310 48728 34 224 44 244 29 251 48728 46419 44 223 46 241 39 250 46419 44343 45 218 46 224 39 233 44343 42468 38 219 41 217 32 228 42468 40746 39 224 43 227 28 230 40746 39143 47 224 44 226 30 234 39143 37648 51 221 41 224 34 229 37648 36264 49 217 38 224 37 221 36264 34962 47 214 37 226 37 215 34962 33679 44 212 38 227 32 210 33679 32389 42 211 39 226 28 215 32389 31096 39 210 38 225 36 226 31096 29787 35 205 35 225 52 218 29787 28453 29 194 32 224 53 201 28453 27088 27 190 31 224 46 192 27088 25688 27 193 33 223 46 194 25688 24255 28 194 34 217 46 198 24255 22795 28 195 35 207 45 202 22795 21302 28 197 35 196 44 208 21302 19773 30 200 33 194 41 217 19773 18232 33 204 31 197 37 217 18232 16756 36 207 28 201 34 212 16756 15411 39 208 27 206 32 208 15411 14206 39 209 28*208 32 208 14206 13121 39 207 28*208 32 215 13121 12138 36 205 27 207 34 223 12138 11246 33 206 26 206 36 229 11246 10439 29*206 25 204 37 232 10439 9711 25*204 25 204 36 237 9711 9054 20 200 25 203 34 243 9054 8453 15 194 24 202 30*250 8453 7911 12 185 24 202 26*255 7911 7451 10 179 23 201 20 255 7451 7091 9 177 22 200 15 250 7091 6841 8 176 21 200 11 243 6841 6688 8 175 19 200 8 236 6688 6600 6 175 13 200 4 226 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