DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 05/31 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - 1335z - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 48.3 - - 54.5 - - 53.3 - - 47.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 81 - - 182 - - 68 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4662 - - 7401 - - 4373 - - 1504 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10062 - - 12647 - - 9723 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12162 - - 14901 - - 11873 - - 9004 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2504 - - 3961 - - 3844 - - 2714 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 321 - - 483 - - 298 - - 93 W* B/S - - - 7 - - 9 - - 9 - - 8 B/S BL Wind - - - 8 - - 10 - - 6 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 309 - - 288 - - 231 - - 011 Direction Wind Shear - - - 7 - - 21 - - 16 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 12 - - 54 - - -39 - - -42 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 4123 - - 5444 - - 3702 - - 2404 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8039 - - 9458 - - 8172 - - 6601 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 2095 - - 2161 - - 661 - - -827 ODpotential blCL - - - 10067 - - 12740 - - 11212 - - 9831 blCL maxRH - - - 101 - - 87 - - 95 - - 97 maxRH CAPE - - - 130 - - 530 - - 790 - - 600 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 48.3 - - 54.5 - - 53.3 - - 47.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 36.0 - - 35.9 - - 40.2 - - 42.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 50.3 - - 55.9 - - 55.3 - - 50.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 34.7 - - 34.7 - - 39.0 - - 42.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 81 - - 182 - - 68 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4662 - - 7401 - - 4373 - - 1504 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 103 - - 48 - - 81 - - 88 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 5 - - 4 - - 5 - - 6 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] 98663 21 116 10 117 11 073 19 094 98663 91197 21 114 13 116 17 086 19 110 91197 85470 20 119 17 110 13 100 19 088 85470 80728 18 125 16 104 13 096 15 077 80728 76655 17 112 14 108 10 100 20 084 76655 73056 15 115 15 116 10 112 14 081 73056 69795 12 144 13 139 12 101 13 091 69795 66792 12 126 16 154 10 138 10 105 66792 63987 8 136 12 139 9 169 13 105 63987 61252 14 184 14 158 13 181 14 175 61252 58387 13 173 14 173 12 174 17 170 58387 55402 17 206 11 180 12 181 19 200 55402 52536 26 209 19 212 18 202 19 205 52536 49945 24 200 23 200 18 205 19 212 49945 47621 20 189 22 205 17 210 17 217 47621 45514 18 191 23 212 16 216 16 217 45514 43592 18 200 19 215 14 216 16 219 43592 41824 18 210 17 223 11 218 16 212 41824 40189 18 210 14 224 12 228 14 216 40189 38672 17 194 13 220 13 228 16 234 38672 37267 16 174 13 210 14 223 20 242 37267 35944 15 161 11 190 13 222 18 241 35944 34639 16 144 12 172 10 219 16 244 34639 33328 18 132 13 159 7 216 15 259 33328 32011 20 124 13 149 7 226 18 277 32011 30671 21 119 11 150 9 245 23 288 30671 29293 17 110 7 170 12 263 26 293 29293 27875 10 094 6 218 14 273 26 294 27875 26421 8 090 7 238 15 279 27 295 26421 24931 5 089 7 260 14 277 24 295 24931 23413 4 350 7 264 14 271 18 294 23413 21862 6 320 7 298 13 279 15 283 21862 20271 12 307 16 312 18 287 17 278 20271 18666 20 310 21 307 21 284 18 276 18666 17126 21 304 23 298 22 286 20 268 17126 15724 19 298 24*294 22 290 21 258 15724 14470 16 291 22*291 20 291 22 252 14470 13342 13 287 18 291 18 289 23 248 13342 12323 11*291 15 290 15*284 22 245 12323 11400 11*295 13 289 13*277 20 243 11400 10565 10 299 10 287 10 267 17 243 10565 9812 9 303 7 284 8 251 12 245 9812 9133 9 309 5 282 7 234 8*248 9133 8513 8 314 4 278 6 215 4*261 8513 7953 8 318 3 273 6 196 2 319 7953 7477 7 322 3 266 7 173 3 015 7477 7107 7 324 2 262 7 164 4 034 7107 6849 7 327 2 252 7 162 4 043 6849 6691 6 328 1 249 7 159 4 046 6691 6601 5 329 1 244 6 157 4 050 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