DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 04/01 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 0655z - - 0703z - - 1003z - - 1333z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 37.2 - - 41.7 - - 47.9 - - 45.8 - - 37.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 17 - - 166 - - 286 - - 129 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 697 - - 3678 - - 7674 - - 5855 - - 2405 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 9744 - - 13082 - - 11193 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 8197 - - 11178 - - 15174 - - 13355 - - 9905 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 3264 - - 2697 - - 2849 - - 3811 - - 2369 Hgt.Variab. W* 102 - - 368 - - 555 - - 389 - - 58 W* B/S 2 - - 9 - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 8 - - 7 - - 16 - - 24 - - 23 BL Wind Direction 260 - - 275 - - 251 - - 233 - - 227 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 9 - - 9 - - 21 - - 27 Wind Shear Max.Converg -17 - - -9 - - -26 - - -60 - - -35 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 1597 - - 4051 - - 4777 - - 3482 - - 3306 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6600 - - 7127 - - 10397 - - 9874 - - 6600 sfcLCL ODpotential -996 - - 1405 - - 2043 - - 1426 - - 1325 ODpotential blCL 9193 - - 9773 - - 13131 - - 11929 - - 8580 blCL maxRH 93 - - 95 - - 97 - - 83 - - 99 maxRH CAPE 30 - - 150 - - 130 - - 90 - - 140 CAPE Temp@2m 37.2 - - 41.7 - - 47.9 - - 45.8 - - 37.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 33.2 - - 33.2 - - 25.0 - - 25.2 - - 34.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 39.8 - - 43.1 - - 48.8 - - 47.5 - - 40.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 32.6 - - 32.1 - - 24.6 - - 25.1 - - 34.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 17 - - 166 - - 286 - - 129 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 697 - - 3678 - - 7674 - - 5855 - - 2405 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 71 - - 79 - - 89 - - 33 - - 95 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96325 10 231 12 254 9 228 13 254 15 288 96325 89168 10 291 4 178 7 230 11 263 14 300 89168 83674 7 315 7 192 8 301 3 268 8 305 83674 79099 9 311 6 260 8 322 11 310 14 294 79099 75136 13 295 10 293 9 291 21 289 20 296 75136 71606 22 280 16 282 23 263 23 280 22 285 71606 68380 27 274 20 273 28 252 25 288 21 287 68380 65402 31 280 22 278 24 253 31 286 28 296 65402 62622 38 283 31 283 28 265 35 268 32 282 62622 59908 39 278 34 276 33 272 29 273 32 276 59908 57073 35 267 32 273 37 277 33 284 29 283 57073 54117 32 267 36 272 38 274 42 274 36 283 54117 51282 36 270 38 267 35 264 39 270 43 275 51282 48735 39 267 36 264 31 259 38 274 43 273 48735 46458 38 264 36 264 34 265 43 274 41 271 46458 44396 37 262 37 263 39 270 46 274 45 271 44396 42516 39 263 35 263 42 268 47 270 48 272 42516 40789 43 259 36 266 42 266 44 272 53 275 40789 39195 44 245 42 261 43 266 47 276 57 273 39195 37720 40 235 43 249 43 263 51 274 61 273 37720 36352 36 239 36 247 39 257 51 269 63 273 36352 35058 36 247 32 256 37 253 48 263 61 274 35058 33779 37 247 31 264 38 250 46 255 56 273 33779 32487 40 245 30 269 36 246 43 250 50 267 32487 31188 50 241 29 269 33 243 40 249 46 255 31188 29870 55 235 31 265 35 246 40 249 44 244 29870 28521 55 239 30 262 39 253 40 249 42 238 28521 27139 51 248 28 262 38 258 40 248 42 242 27139 25724 36 255 26 261 32 258 40 249 38 247 25724 24279 23 259 26 259 30 254 39 252 31 244 24279 22808 22 265 26 258 32 252 36 255 25 244 22808 21309 23 266 24 258 31 252 33 256 22 250 21309 19774 22 264 21 256 28 249 32 254 19 248 19774 18228 21 262 19 250 24 248 29 245 23 243 18228 16748 18 270 17 244 20 250 29 235 28 240 16748 15403 14 276 15 244 19*249 31 231 32 236 15403 14200 10 254 14 241 19*250 32*232 34 236 14200 13116 8 239 13 237 18 251 31*233 35 235 13116 12137 7 238 13 245 17 252 29 233 36 232 12137 11251 6 244 13*258 16 252 26 233 36 231 11251 10447 4 249 12*267 16 252 24 232 35*231 10447 9722 3 255 10 272 16 252 23 233 33*231 9722 9064 3 264 9 274 16 251 23 232 30 231 9064 8463 5*271 7 276 16 251 22 232 27 229 8463 7919 8*269 6 278 15 250 22 232 23 226 7919 7456 10 265 5 282 15 249 21 233 19 222 7456 7095 9 258 4 285 14 249 21 232 16 218 7095 6843 7 252 4 287 13 248 19 232 12 216 6843 6688 5 246 4 287 12 247 17 232 10 214 6688 6600 4 244 3 290 9 247 11 232 6 212 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