DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 03/28 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 39.3 - - 52.9 - - 60.5 - - 57.6 - - 47.8 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -2 - - 251 - - 336 - - 98 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1720 - - 6365 - - 5071 - - 138 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 8451 - - 12115 - - 10419 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 6601 - - 9220 - - 13865 - - 12571 - - 7638 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1008 - - 1808 - - 2665 - - 2883 - - 4207 Hgt.Variab. W* 4 - - 323 - - 549 - - 339 - - 10 W* B/S 0 - - 6 - - 6 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 10 - - 18 - - 22 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 200 - - 238 - - 273 - - 271 - - 277 Direction Wind Shear 5 - - 13 - - 16 - - 18 - - 17 Wind Shear Max.Converg -8 - - -17 - - -24 - - -46 - - -45 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -5343 - - -4977 - - -2926 - - -3047 - - -5432 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 11944 - - 14198 - - 16792 - - 15619 - - 13071 sfcLCL ODpotential -12898 - - -10882 - - -7845 - - -7836 - - -11063 ODpotential blCL 19499 - - 20102 - - 21710 - - 20407 - - 18701 blCL maxRH 78 - - 77 - - 85 - - 75 - - 78 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 39.3 - - 52.9 - - 60.5 - - 57.6 - - 47.8 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 10.9 - - 13.9 - - 9.5 - - 12.0 - - 14.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 45.5 - - 54.0 - - 61.2 - - 59.5 - - 54.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 9.8 - - 13.0 - - 8.5 - - 11.4 - - 13.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -2 - - 251 - - 336 - - 98 - - -22 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 1720 - - 6365 - - 5071 - - 138 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 13 - - 6 - - 41 - - 0 - - 13 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 2 - - 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] 96272 20 284 11 302 21 302 18 306 14 279 96272 89033 7 314 8 336 11 296 18 305 16 325 89033 83481 12 321 18 325 13 304 15 315 18 339 83481 78900 18 341 20 316 20 319 15 318 20 317 78900 74981 24 316 24 309 18 329 18 330 22 324 74981 71528 24 304 29 294 28 302 19 314 25 314 71528 68401 28 310 27 289 33 297 18 316 19 316 68401 65508 31 306 26 294 29 294 27 300 26 314 65508 62799 33 295 29 288 30 288 31 287 37 291 62799 60170 36 287 33 286 32 275 37 280 37 275 60170 57412 43 285 42 279 39 272 41 279 36 281 57412 54523 55 279 53 267 52 271 47 280 44 285 54523 51748 63 270 65 265 63 266 54 274 52 278 51748 49247 67 271 68 263 68 260 61 267 59 271 49247 47009 69 272 68 263 66 260 62 265 61 267 47009 44990 69 270 64 264 62 262 61 268 59 267 44990 43159 66 268 58 264 62 266 62 269 56 270 43159 41494 59 263 51 263 56 264 60 271 59 275 41494 39970 49 262 43 268 48 271 61 279 64 277 39970 38562 39 268 39 279 51 285 64 282 66 274 38562 37244 37 265 37 282 50 285 60 281 64 271 37244 35982 39 262 35 278 46 279 55 276 62 271 35982 34715 43 262 35 274 44 278 50 271 60 273 34715 33418 46 260 36 272 42 280 46 270 56 274 33418 32098 45 261 37 269 41 280 46 274 53 274 32098 30744 43 265 39 269 39 276 47 277 50 273 30744 29349 46 266 39 272 38 269 47 275 47 273 29349 27918 50 267 36 273 38 264 45 269 45 273 27918 26454 50 269 37 268 38 265 43 266 44 271 26454 24958 47 269 40 264 39 267 41 266 44 270 24958 23433 44 268 44 263 39 268 40 267 43 270 23433 21876 43 266 45 264 41 268 39 267 43 271 21876 20279 41 264 45 264 41 267 38 268 42 272 20279 18670 39 262 43 265 41 266 37 270 42 273 18670 17130 36 263 39 265 38 267 36 273 41 274 17130 15730 32 264 35 267 34 269 34 275 41 275 15730 14478 29 267 31 271 29*273 32 276 39 276 14478 13351 27 268 28 274 25*278 30*277 37 276 13351 12333 25 269 25 275 21 280 27*275 36 277 12333 11410 23 270 23 275 18 278 25 273 34 278 11410 10574 21 271 20 272 18 275 23 271 32 279 10574 9821 18 270 18*268 17 273 22 271 31 280 9821 9140 15 267 16*262 16 270 21 270 30 280 9140 8518 12 258 13 253 16 269 21 270 27 279 8518 7956 11 242 10 235 16 267 20 271 25*278 7956 7480 10 225 9 222 15 266 19 271 22*278 7480 7108 8 212 9 219 15 265 18 271 17 278 7108 6850 7 209 8 215 14 264 17 271 14 277 6850 6691 4*198 7 213 13 264 15 271 10 275 6691 6601 2*183 6 211 10 264 10 271 5 272 6601 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