DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 02/06 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 - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 33.2 - - 34.5 - - 36.6 - - 35.1 - - 34.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -7 - - -2 - - 0 - - -2 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 141 - - 277 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 6601 - - 7641 - - 7777 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1321 - - 1448 - - 827 - - 1166 - - 2228 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 7 - - 16 - - 11 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 0 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 1 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 6 BL Wind Direction 204 - - 152 - - 181 - - 175 - - 249 Direction Wind Shear 4 - - 4 - - 6 - - 7 - - 6 Wind Shear Max.Converg -10 - - -5 - - -8 - - -6 - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2949 - - -1620 - - -516 - - -9 - - -1291 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 9551 - - 8221 - - 8158 - - 7786 - - 7892 sfcLCL ODpotential -12267 - - -11065 - - -8413 - - -7180 - - -6388 ODpotential blCL 18868 - - 17666 - - 16054 - - 14957 - - 12989 blCL maxRH 56 - - 50 - - 84 - - 92 - - 89 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 33.2 - - 34.5 - - 36.6 - - 35.1 - - 34.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 15.3 - - 21.9 - - 24.2 - - 24.4 - - 23.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 42.9 - - 40.5 - - 42.4 - - 42.9 - - 42.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 17.5 - - 20.9 - - 23.1 - - 23.5 - - 26.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -7 - - -2 - - 0 - - -2 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 141 - - 277 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 37 - - 67 - - 55 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 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] 96226 22 272 14 310 22 322 17 337 17 293 96226 89297 4 360 10 358 15 016 13 358 8 000 89297 83847 9 062 6 358 10 044 7 019 11 008 83847 79255 7 058 5 062 5 009 10 015 9 036 79255 75282 7 030 8 069 7 335 11 005 11 027 75282 71772 12 023 7 036 8 317 16 334 9 007 71772 68602 15 354 6 002 7 286 22 308 9 348 68602 65690 13 339 5 320 10 260 25 285 15 320 65690 62988 10 307 10 314 9 277 18 263 18 276 62988 60361 10 285 16 280 9 300 7 244 19 257 60361 57609 10 290 11 244 5 260 3 248 16 249 57609 54734 9 297 8 193 12 208 15 226 22 238 54734 51973 12 296 9 230 16 199 20 197 23 226 51973 49482 16 241 14 218 24 202 20 216 20 231 49482 47246 20 212 22 207 27 216 22 230 21 237 47246 45213 25 200 25 224 24 234 21 239 21 243 45213 43348 23 184 31 222 26 245 21 234 24 246 43348 41627 18 194 32 205 27 234 24 223 26 244 41627 40031 26 207 31 190 29 203 25 212 25 230 40031 38550 33 196 33 183 30 189 25 203 22 223 38550 37183 32 193 33 187 33 185 25 193 19 199 37183 35894 29 198 31 188 33 175 27 180 18 180 35894 34616 27 197 32 187 34 175 27 173 19 158 34616 33319 28 190 32 184 35 179 29 176 19 143 33319 32006 25 185 31 181 32 180 29 180 20 153 32006 30661 25 184 29 179 31 178 26 173 16 161 30661 29276 27 186 29 179 30 176 24 168 13 161 29276 27852 27 186 29 180 31 176 22 169 13 169 27852 26391 25 188 28 181 29 175 22 169 11 178 26391 24896 21 192 24 184 25 173 19 169 8 169 24896 23372 15 189 18 183 20 173 16 174 7 154 23372 21813 11 173 15 171 17 177 13 182 9 157 21813 20211 8 167 14 171 14 190 9 194 11 177 20211 18597 6 174 11 190 9 208 10 208 12 205 18597 17053 5 182 8 207 8 214 13 219 10 232 17053 15653 5 191 7 206 9 216 13 226 9 235 15653 14404 5 197 8 201 11 218 12 234 8 236 14404 13281 7 198 9 202 11 218 9 243 7 248 13281 12267 8 197 10 204 11 218 7 249 6 270 12267 11349 9 194 10 203 11 217 6 248 6 293 11349 10519 10 189 10 201 11 217 7 239 7 300 10519 9772 10 186 10 199 11 216 8 225 8 292 9772 9099 9 182 10 199 11 215 8 211 9 274 9099 8485 8 175 9 198 10 213 8 194 10 257 8485 7932 6 167 8 189 8*205 8*184 10 244 7932 7463 5 158 6 171 5*195 7*178 9 239 7463 7098 4 153 5 155 4 184 5 174 8 241 7098 6844 3 163 4 151 2 172 3 172 6 248 6844 6689 2*198 3*151 1 144 2 175 4*259 6689 6600 2*287 1*133 1 102 0 177 3*266 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