DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/20 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 - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1335z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 20.3 - - 25.6 - - 22.0 - - 16.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 25 - - 62 - - -5 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6599 - - 6600 - - 6599 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 551 - - 907 - - 767 - - 639 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 32 - - 43 - - 6 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 4 BL Wind Direction - - - 160 - - 134 - - 183 - - 224 Direction Wind Shear - - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -7 - - -2 - - -7 - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -438 - - -761 - - 1 - - -38 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7038 - - 7361 - - 6598 - - 6638 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9956 - - -8478 - - -6557 - - -8868 ODpotential blCL - - - 16555 - - 15078 - - 13156 - - 15468 blCL maxRH - - - 75 - - 75 - - 78 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 20.3 - - 25.6 - - 22.0 - - 16.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 13.2 - - 16.9 - - 17.6 - - 11.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 22.9 - - 27.7 - - 25.3 - - 24.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 12.5 - - 16.2 - - 17.3 - - 14.2 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 25 - - 62 - - -5 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 11 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 3 - - 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] 96039 21 000 27 033 36 033 29 041 96039 89042 17 035 27 041 27 036 26 033 89042 83605 29 031 26 035 23 034 27 027 83605 79059 30 037 25 038 18 030 22 033 79059 75098 29 042 22 040 17 006 20 025 75098 71564 32 025 24 028 20 347 34 005 71564 68374 25 015 20 025 28 339 36 355 68374 65449 18 025 21 011 30 339 33 346 65449 62720 34 350 28 327 25 336 31 339 62720 60043 31 334 34 333 31 339 36 338 60043 57218 38 342 44 335 44 340 46 337 57218 54272 52 337 54 335 56 339 55 336 54272 51461 61 331 63 334 66 336 63 335 51461 48941 67 330 67 332 70 331 68 335 48941 46694 70 331 68 331 70 332 71 336 46694 44658 71 330 67 330 72 332 73 334 44658 42800 67 328 67 327 74 329 74 331 42800 41095 64 326 68 324 72 327 73 328 41095 39527 66 327 68 323 72 327 74 326 39527 38078 72 326 70 326 73 328 77 324 38078 36738 77 323 75 329 75 327 80 323 36738 35473 80 322 82 328 76 327 81 323 35473 34218 82 322 87 326 76 324 82 324 34218 32942 83 322 90 325 72 323 81 326 32942 31646 84 321 91 324 67 326 81 327 31646 30318 85 321 90 324 65 330 78 328 30318 28947 85 322 88 324 64 331 71 329 28947 27540 85 323 86 324 63 330 64 329 27540 26097 82 323 85 325 62 330 59 329 26097 24621 78 322 83 324 61 331 55 332 24621 23115 73 320 81 323 61 331 51 336 23115 21574 68 317 79 320 61 333 47 341 21574 19991 65 315 76 318 60 336 43 347 19991 18394 62 314 72 317 55 339 41 352 18394 16865 60 313 66 318 48 341 40 354 16865 15478 56 312 59 321 43 342 37 354 15478 14240 52 312 51 324 40 343 32 350 14240 13130 47 314 45 327 37 344 30 345 13130 12129 42 316 40 331 34 346 28 344 12129 11226 39 320 36 335 30 348 25 345 11226 10412 35 322 33 337 27 349 20 343 10412 9682 31 322 29 338 22 352 15 337 9682 9025 25 321 23 340 17 354 12 328 9025 8427 16 315 16 342 12 356 9 316 8427 7888 7 296 9 350 7 000 6 299 7888 7432 3 222 3 031 1 029 4 263 7432 7079 6 167 4 128 4 169 5 231 7079 6834 6 160 5 134 6 181 6 225 6834 6684 5*159 5*136 6*183 5*223 6684 6599 3*164 4*138 4*183 3*226 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