DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/03 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 - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 28.8 - - 39.5 - - 43.8 - - 41.5 - - 35.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -37 - - 47 - - 86 - - -4 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1498 - - 2209 - - 2111 - - 430 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 8321 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 8998 - - 9709 - - 9611 - - 7930 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1715 - - 1378 - - 1436 - - 1809 - - 1950 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 181 - - 251 - - 42 - - 3 W* B/S 0 - - 4 - - 6 - - 1 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 5 - - 8 - - 8 - - 6 - - 1 BL Wind Direction 252 - - 336 - - 343 - - 330 - - 100 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 7 - - 6 - - 6 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg -23 - - -27 - - 6 - - -4 - - -5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -228 - - 1393 - - 1068 - - 1605 - - 636 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6829 - - 7606 - - 8641 - - 8007 - - 7295 sfcLCL ODpotential -6328 - - -2871 - - -3434 - - -3545 - - -5677 ODpotential blCL 12929 - - 11869 - - 13143 - - 13156 - - 13607 blCL maxRH 77 - - 77 - - 67 - - 67 - - 74 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.8 - - 39.5 - - 43.8 - - 41.5 - - 35.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 22.6 - - 29.6 - - 29.3 - - 29.8 - - 27.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.0 - - 41.8 - - 45.7 - - 45.5 - - 43.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 25.7 - - 28.5 - - 28.1 - - 28.6 - - 26.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -37 - - 47 - - 86 - - -4 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1498 - - 2209 - - 2111 - - 430 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 10 - - 9 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 95847 43 303 38 293 48 304 46 319 29 308 95847 88994 32 324 24 317 34 308 38 323 22 334 88994 83627 21 333 15 301 20 297 21 320 18 326 83627 79110 22 334 14 312 20 318 25 335 24 343 79110 75197 23 330 22 334 31 336 29 332 27 346 75197 71725 23 329 17 320 25 333 25 329 26 344 71725 68564 25 317 15 298 20 310 20 321 23 335 68564 65647 28 316 23 330 22 308 24 330 26 341 65647 62927 37 331 34 343 31 333 33 338 32 347 62927 60277 45 324 36 331 36 335 37 337 37 342 60277 57502 40 311 33 325 35 334 36 338 38 340 57502 54622 34 318 34 329 35 343 38 341 42 339 54622 51880 36 332 41 337 39 351 44 343 45 339 51880 49418 40 347 47 339 49 349 48 352 43 352 49418 47231 49 349 52 345 51 348 56 357 55 358 47231 45285 57 349 63 350 60 355 64 353 55 355 45285 43533 72 352 74 357 69 001 61 353 50 009 43533 41920 79 356 79 010 76 008 63 012 61 019 41920 40416 84 010 97 014 82 012 75 018 75 013 40416 39005 100 015 100 011 87 012 83 011 77 008 39005 37678 93 007 99 009 87 012 85 005 77 008 37678 36403 77 360 96 010 83 013 80 000 76 011 36403 35121 69 353 84 008 80 009 74 356 67 007 35121 33808 68 348 63 356 82 002 73 355 60 000 33808 32468 66 347 66 350 80 356 70 357 56 358 32468 31090 64 347 69 349 71 350 65 359 55 359 31090 29666 62 345 66 348 65 348 60 357 56 000 29666 28201 61 344 58 343 62 349 56 354 54 000 28201 26697 57 344 52 338 58 350 56 348 52 359 26697 25160 52 346 48 335 52 349 55 346 52 355 25160 23595 46 347 44 335 46 347 48 347 51 348 23595 22000 43 343 41 339 39 342 39 351 44 341 22000 20371 43 337 37 344 33 340 35 350 36 341 20371 18733 44 335 35 348 28 340 32 346 34 345 18733 17167 43 337 32 349 25 341 29 342 32 349 17167 15742 42 338 31 349 22 340 26 339 30 352 15742 14469 40 338 29 348 21 337 23 337 27 352 14469 13326 38 338 26 348 20 336 20 338 24 351 13326 12297 36 338 24 349 19 336 18 339 22 350 12297 11367 33 339 21 349 18 336 15 340 18 350 11367 10530 30 339 19 348 16 337 13 341 15 351 10530 9779 27 338 17 347 14*339 10*340 12 354 9779 9103 25 336 15*347 11*341 8*339 10 358 9103 8488 22 333 11*340 9 342 7 336 7 004 8488 7933 18 326 11 337 8 343 6 333 4*018 7933 7464 15 316 9 335 8 344 5 328 2*053 7464 7098 12 298 8 333 7 346 5 318 2 097 7098 6844 11 283 6 332 6 346 4 314 1 125 6844 6689 9*269 5 331 5 347 4 309 1 164 6689 6600 5*252 4 329 4 346 3 309 1 187 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