DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/24 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 - - - 31.3 - - 32.6 - - - - - 30.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 411 - - 439 - - - - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8042 - - 4674 - - - - - 5609 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 13559 - - 10875 - - - - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 15542 - - 12174 - - - - - 13109 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 789 - - 5829 - - - - - 1807 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 636 - - 541 - - - - - 25 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 14 - - - - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - 17 - - 7 - - - - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - 324 - - 016 - - - - - 007 Direction Wind Shear - - - 11 - - 11 - - - - - 7 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -18 - - 43 - - - - - 14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 5234 - - 4296 - - - - - 3827 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10309 - - 7878 - - - - - 9283 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 3171 - - 2293 - - - - - 420 ODpotential blCL - - - 12371 - - 9881 - - - - - 12689 blCL maxRH - - - 100 - - 96 - - - - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 190 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 31.3 - - 32.6 - - - - - 30.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 9.3 - - 21.2 - - - - - 12.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 31.9 - - 32.8 - - - - - 34.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 8.3 - - 21.0 - - - - - 12.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 411 - - 439 - - - - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 8042 - - 4674 - - - - - 5609 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 98 - - 82 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 1 - - 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] 97120 10 301 15 289 15 282 97120 89782 3 277 14 288 11 289 89782 84195 7 281 13 301 9 296 84195 79570 7 222 10 261 7 314 79570 75569 5 132 10 222 9 279 75569 72016 6 255 11 225 8 258 72016 68770 12 251 13 235 13 234 68770 65755 13 253 11 236 13 244 65755 62939 19 256 17 249 17 253 62939 60203 21 250 17 246 18 246 60203 57329 17 246 18 269 15 250 57329 54325 5 229 18 264 19 259 54325 51449 3 264 15 267 17 274 51449 48864 14 300 21 272 25 281 48864 46551 20 298 24 281 22 287 46551 44463 22 290 28 282 26 298 44463 42564 18 296 20 275 29 290 42564 40818 19 326 19 316 30 286 40818 39200 38 317 39 311 33 290 39200 37701 55 302 45 301 37 287 37701 36318 60 290 40 301 38 284 36318 35021 55 287 40 307 39 287 35021 33743 50 292 41 306 42 289 33743 32451 52 297 37 304 43 288 32451 31149 58 297 32 312 40 285 31149 29823 66 293 28 324 36 277 29823 28463 72 289 25 334 32 272 28463 27067 77 286 22 359 30 268 27067 25637 80 285 25 013 30 267 25637 24176 82 284 25 010 31 270 24176 22690 81 283 22 353 29 274 22690 21176 76 284 21 327 27 278 21176 19627 66 287 20 313 24 282 19627 18072 52 290 10 300 16 295 18072 16595 33*298 8 287 12 310 16595 15263 20*313 8 272 11 319 15263 14080 18 316 8 268 9*311 14080 13017 18 320 7*274 6*313 13017 12055 17 324 5*289 5 338 12055 11182 17 326 4 322 6 356 11182 10389 17 328 5 358 6 008 10389 9674 17 328 7 017 7 015 9674 9026 17 329 9 023 8 019 9026 8433 17 330 10 026 8 019 8433 7897 17 330 10 029 8 020 7897 7442 16 330 11 030 8 021 7442 7086 16 331 10 031 7 023 7086 6838 15 331 10 031 5 029 6838 6686 13 331 10 032 3 034 6686 6599 10 332 8 033 1 050 6599 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