DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 02/09 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 - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 30.5 - - 32.5 - - 33.4 - - 31.9 - - 29.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -11 - - 94 - - 74 - - 0 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 2168 - - 2970 - - 7548 - - 5710 - - 4368 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 8946 - - 12065 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 9668 - - 10470 - - 15048 - - 13210 - - 11868 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 1873 - - 3318 - - 2437 - - 2384 - - 2312 Hgt.Variab. W* 74 - - 288 - - 363 - - 126 - - 88 W* B/S 1 - - 2 - - 4 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 25 - - 24 - - 15 - - 14 - - 15 BL Wind Direction 312 - - 315 - - 287 - - 309 - - 332 Direction Wind Shear 31 - - 17 - - 14 - - 8 - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg -38 - - -37 - - -24 - - -18 - - -9 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 2835 - - 2419 - - 6345 - - 4691 - - 4173 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6834 - - 8051 - - 8703 - - 8519 - - 7696 sfcLCL ODpotential -1218 - - -2038 - - 2642 - - 999 - - 1167 ODpotential blCL 10886 - - 12508 - - 12406 - - 12211 - - 10701 blCL maxRH 72 - - 64 - - 78 - - 72 - - 84 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 120 - - 0 - - 10 CAPE Temp@2m 30.5 - - 32.5 - - 33.4 - - 31.9 - - 29.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 24.0 - - 20.7 - - 18.6 - - 17.9 - - 18.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 34.0 - - 34.6 - - 35.6 - - 34.8 - - 32.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 22.8 - - 19.6 - - 17.5 - - 16.9 - - 17.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -11 - - 94 - - 74 - - 0 - - -3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 2168 - - 2970 - - 7548 - - 5710 - - 4368 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 11 - - 0 - - 38 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 2 - - 2 - - 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] 97009 26 079 26 084 24 069 29 074 21 067 97009 89939 33 083 23 099 21 089 25 082 25 071 89939 84382 25 084 22 118 17 095 24 099 21 079 84382 79701 17 075 19 100 9 120 23 086 16 093 79701 75642 9 099 12 098 9 139 10 088 12 086 75642 72042 4 129 4 116 3 085 5 148 7 042 72042 68770 3 299 0 224 4 314 6 137 3 245 68770 65762 11 299 9 243 12 278 6 223 10 233 65762 62974 13 292 11 252 16 242 9 235 12 258 62974 60266 23 267 15 257 19 246 18 244 25 259 60266 57447 34 261 27 269 22 265 26 253 31 261 57447 54531 37 258 39 260 36 256 29 260 35 261 54531 51726 30 261 40 247 35 244 33 256 37 270 51726 49176 23 283 30 253 29 261 45 265 47 269 49176 46875 50 287 47 279 48 268 54 261 48 264 46875 44771 63 267 63 265 60 262 54 261 46 266 44771 42835 61 258 61 257 60 261 54 265 51 268 42835 41053 55 263 53 265 57 265 55 268 59 264 41053 39404 61 270 58 278 61 274 60 280 53 269 39404 37876 73 270 78 279 81 281 86 284 75 285 37876 36481 83 268 107 273 104 274 112 269 106 271 36481 35199 93 263 120 263 116 265 125 254 107 258 35199 33936 104 253 120 259 113 261 112 249 102 253 33936 32653 116 250 108 257 92 259 97 261 88 268 32653 31354 120 253 91 257 71 262 91 276 89 282 31354 30027 116 254 87 260 69 274 96 289 96 290 30027 28661 109 254 92 262 75 279 108 295 99 294 28661 27258 100 255 101 263 80 278 110 291 95 293 27258 25817 91 256 103 264 86 276 106 283 87 287 25817 24339 86 255 91 267 85 276 107 277 82 281 24339 22827 84 251 70 269 75 277 105 276 83 283 22827 21285 83 249 57 265 56 280 88 282 79 294 21285 19717 79 251 51 260 39 281 59 295 55 305 19717 18158 71 260 46 263 27 280 38 306 30 312 18158 16678 57 269 38 269 21 284 20 324 19 309 16678 15334 46 276 33 271 20*290 13 340 12 309 15334 14132 33 283 30 274 20*294 12*337 8 319 14132 13051 27 294 28 281 20 294 13*324 9 336 13051 12075 30 306 27 290 20 294 14 315 13*340 12075 11192 33 315 26*300 19 292 15 310 15*339 11192 10393 35 319 27*308 16 289 15 308 18 335 10393 9673 36*320 27 315 14 284 15 308 18 334 9673 9024 35*319 27 317 12 279 15 307 17 333 9024 8430 33 316 26 317 11 276 14 306 16 332 8430 7894 29 314 25 316 10 274 13 306 14 330 7894 7439 24 310 22 315 10 274 12 305 12 329 7439 7085 19 305 20 314 10 272 11 305 10 326 7085 6837 14 297 18 313 9 272 10 304 8 321 6837 6686 10 292 16 314 8 272 9 304 7 318 6686 6599 6 283 10 313 7 272 6 303 4 313 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