DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 02/19 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 - - - 13.9 - - 17.8 - - - - - 8.5 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 19 - - 80 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1679 - - 4583 - - - - - 456 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6581 - - 9942 - - - - - 6581 Hcrit BL Top - - - 9179 - - 12083 - - - - - 7956 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2562 - - 2674 - - - - - 3834 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 138 - - 311 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 5 - - 12 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 5 - - - - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - 199 - - 200 - - - - - 132 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -11 - - -10 - - - - - 7 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 2233 - - 4541 - - - - - -1132 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 6946 - - 7542 - - - - - 9089 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -219 - - 982 - - - - - -3211 ODpotential blCL - - - 9398 - - 11101 - - - - - 11167 blCL maxRH - - - 82 - - 80 - - - - - 76 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 13.9 - - 17.8 - - - - - 8.5 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 7.0 - - 8.2 - - - - - -7.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 16.3 - - 19.9 - - - - - 18.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 6.3 - - 7.1 - - - - - 0.5 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 19 - - 80 - - - - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 1679 - - 4583 - - - - - 456 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 26 - - 21 - - - - - 6 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 1 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] 97008 26 113 29 113 13 109 97008 89801 23 119 20 111 14 110 89801 84150 22 110 16 114 15 091 84150 79424 20 092 14 108 15 078 79424 75344 15 094 11 111 10 073 75344 71734 15 099 9 115 3 068 71734 68460 8 068 5 124 2 206 68460 65437 1 298 2 097 8 189 65437 62609 6 216 6 248 5 187 62609 59832 11 258 9 224 7 244 59832 56901 21 242 13 255 8 251 56901 53839 18 233 17 242 10 266 53839 50915 13 251 18 247 14 274 50915 48287 14 265 18 246 16 266 48287 45934 18 268 15 251 15 258 45934 43801 23 268 16 272 11 263 43801 41853 28 260 22 272 13 290 41853 40061 29 248 27 261 18 288 40061 38402 25 243 30 257 20 285 38402 36861 22 251 30 257 22 278 36861 35434 23 257 28 262 24 267 35434 34096 25 248 30 264 20 252 34096 32792 23 235 32 253 17 255 32792 31496 19 240 27 245 20 264 31496 30207 19 254 26 246 26 248 30207 28911 19 260 23 242 28 238 28911 27593 17 257 20 237 29 234 27593 26248 17 267 21 243 28 236 26248 24875 21 274 24 259 25 249 24875 23480 24 274 26 270 28 268 23480 22063 24 275 27 276 31 277 22063 20619 20 281 25 280 27 283 20619 19142 16 295 18 284 22 283 19142 17664 13 306 12 299 17 267 17664 16256 9 299 8 302 15 252 16256 14980 8 272 8 272 13 243 14980 13838 7 258 8 257 14 242 13838 12810 6 254 7*252 15 242 12810 11879 4 255 5*245 14 237 11879 11034 3 262 4 228 12 225 11034 10267 3 245 4 213 10 208 10267 9575 4*224 4 198 9 195 9575 8948 5*211 5 192 8 184 8948 8373 6 203 5 187 7*172 8373 7855 6 198 6 186 6*153 7855 7413 6 194 6 187 6 138 7413 7069 5 193 6 187 6 126 7069 6829 3 192 6 187 4 115 6829 6683 2 187 6 187 3 107 6683 6598 2 189 5 186 2 115 6598 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