DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 01/19 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 - - - 26.0 - - 29.7 - - 24.6 - - 22.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 15 - - -8 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1593 - - 1925 - - 674 - - 799 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 11 - - 28 - - 6 - - 0 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 3 - - 5 - - 4 - - 2 BL Wind Direction - - - 245 - - 233 - - 221 - - 234 Direction Wind Shear - - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -12 - - -14 - - -16 - - -10 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2791 - - -1812 - - -1681 - - -3153 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 9391 - - 8412 - - 8281 - - 9754 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9730 - - -8808 - - -9491 - - -12995 ODpotential blCL - - - 16330 - - 15408 - - 16091 - - 19595 blCL maxRH - - - 37 - - 54 - - 56 - - 46 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 26.0 - - 29.7 - - 24.6 - - 22.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 8.7 - - 16.5 - - 12.2 - - 4.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 29.2 - - 32.2 - - 30.3 - - 31.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 7.8 - - 15.4 - - 10.9 - - 3.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - -2 - - 15 - - -8 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 1 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] 96326 30 041 32 042 28 048 22 038 96326 89277 26 039 29 044 26 045 24 044 89277 83795 32 036 33 030 31 038 30 045 83795 79194 34 029 27 026 34 028 36 036 79194 75223 29 019 26 019 34 024 34 033 75223 71698 26 016 28 012 30 025 32 040 71698 68479 29 014 30 006 33 014 37 016 68479 65510 31 358 32 351 36 359 40 000 65510 62754 34 357 36 349 40 353 42 356 62754 60080 41 359 41 356 42 354 43 357 60080 57278 49 354 53 352 47 349 45 354 57278 54351 56 350 57 350 52 348 51 351 54351 51552 60 349 60 349 60 348 59 345 51552 49046 62 348 64 348 65 346 63 340 49046 46814 60 346 66 345 65 343 60 338 46814 44792 59 344 65 343 62 342 59 339 44792 42947 59 341 63 343 60 342 58 338 42947 41261 60 342 62 344 59 343 54 336 41261 39717 63 347 62 347 58 346 50 334 39717 38292 67 352 63 350 58 354 47 332 38292 36969 70 355 63 352 60 359 45 331 36969 35708 72 358 61 355 62 002 44 334 35708 34444 72 360 59 357 63 004 48 338 34444 33151 72 001 58 358 61 006 51 342 33151 31833 69 001 57 359 59 007 51 344 31833 30484 66 001 54 000 55 007 50 344 30484 29098 62 004 51 002 50 011 52 345 29098 27678 54 007 47 005 46 017 51 345 27678 26224 47 006 42 008 43 018 48 343 26224 24737 41 001 37 005 42 013 45 341 24737 23219 38 355 34 001 39 004 43 343 23219 21667 35 351 32 357 35 356 40 347 21667 20077 30 350 30 349 32 352 37 349 20077 18476 24 351 28 337 29 348 36 348 18476 16942 20 352 25 329 26 340 34 347 16942 15547 17 354 21 326 25 331 31 346 15547 14301 14 356 19 325 25 325 28 345 14301 13183 13 356 17 326 23 323 26 342 13183 12175 11 356 15 328 22 324 24 339 12175 11266 10 355 13 329 20 327 23 337 11266 10448 10 352 12 328 19 329 21 336 10448 9712 9 347 11 325 17 331 20 336 9712 9050 8 341 10 323 14 332 18 334 9050 8446 7 333 8 319 11 333 15 332 8446 7903 6 321 7 305 7 324 10 328 7903 7443 5 302 6 275 5 292 6 320 7443 7086 5 278 6 248 5 254 3 305 7086 6837 4 259 6 231 6 232 2 260 6837 6686 3*241 5*225 5*218 2*228 6686 6599 2*230 4*219 3*212 2*237 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