DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/24 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 - - - 54.0 - - 58.7 - - - - - 50.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 180 - - 353 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2733 - - 4407 - - - - - 108 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9081 - - 10590 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10233 - - 11907 - - - - - 7608 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1322 - - 1052 - - - - - 2462 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 341 - - 494 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 27 - - - - - 13 BL Wind Direction - - - 254 - - 265 - - - - - 246 Direction Wind Shear - - - 23 - - 29 - - - - - 17 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -69 - - -51 - - - - - -41 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 21 - - 1487 - - - - - -1116 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 10212 - - 10420 - - - - - 8725 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -5391 - - -2005 - - - - - -6480 ODpotential blCL - - - 15624 - - 13912 - - - - - 14088 blCL maxRH - - - 89 - - 79 - - - - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 54.0 - - 58.7 - - - - - 50.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.2 - - 35.8 - - - - - 35.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.6 - - 59.3 - - - - - 57.9 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 31.2 - - 35.4 - - - - - 34.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 180 - - 353 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 2733 - - 4407 - - - - - 108 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 55 - - 15 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 5 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] 96057 12 306 12 282 21 312 96057 89034 20 287 21 305 16 290 89034 83611 14 252 24 300 16 300 83611 79095 1 287 14 293 15 309 79095 75196 34 307 10 303 21 305 75196 71751 41 298 18 319 22 301 71751 68632 34 291 34 298 31 296 68632 65784 31 290 29 286 41 290 65784 63156 40 294 25 290 41 280 63156 60588 48 294 39 292 41 272 60588 57880 55 299 47 292 45 274 57880 55050 68 300 58 291 55 277 55050 52346 80 291 72 288 66 278 52346 49911 83 285 79 285 74 281 49911 47716 81 287 80 284 80 282 47716 45710 81 291 83 283 83 277 45710 43871 81 288 85 279 83 270 43871 42183 77 280 78 273 82 266 42183 40630 72 278 67 269 81 265 40630 39189 74 280 62 266 81 266 39189 37843 74 281 67 265 82 267 37843 36555 69 283 75 265 84 268 36555 35263 67 286 81 267 86 267 35263 33940 67 288 84 269 87 267 33940 32592 73 287 85 271 88 268 32592 31208 79 284 82 274 88 269 31208 29779 82 283 79 276 87 270 29779 28312 81 283 76 277 86 271 28312 26807 80 283 73 276 84 273 26807 25271 78 284 72 276 82 275 25271 23708 75 284 70 276 80 277 23708 22114 73 285 68 276 77 279 22114 20485 69 285 65 277 73 282 20485 18847 64 287 63 277 69 284 18847 17280 60 289 62 277 64 283 17280 15857 56 289 61 276 61 280 15857 14586 53 288 60 274 57 274 14586 13443 50 285 56 272 53 267 13443 12410 46 280 49*270 51 262 12410 11474 41 274 41*268 48 258 11474 10627 36*269 34 267 45 257 10627 9863 33*265 30 265 41 256 9863 9173 29 261 27 264 36 256 9173 8543 26 255 25 264 31 254 8543 7974 23 250 24 263 25*252 7974 7491 21 246 23 263 19*249 7491 7115 20 245 22 263 15 246 7115 6854 19 245 20 263 12 243 6854 6693 17 244 18 263 8 240 6693 6601 11 244 13 262 3 239 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