DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SUN 03/29 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 - - - 51.9 - - 56.0 - - 54.3 - - 45.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 278 - - 400 - - 138 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4147 - - 6188 - - 5147 - - 1262 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10301 - - 12048 - - 10708 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11647 - - 13688 - - 12647 - - 8762 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1939 - - 1779 - - 2160 - - 3803 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 448 - - 576 - - 381 - - 14 W* B/S - - - 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 24 - - 26 - - 24 - - 15 BL Wind Direction - - - 261 - - 264 - - 263 - - 259 Direction Wind Shear - - - 19 - - 21 - - 21 - - 25 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -50 - - -42 - - -49 - - -38 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 610 - - 1499 - - 839 - - -833 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 11037 - - 12189 - - 11808 - - 9595 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -2906 - - -1180 - - -2626 - - -5228 ODpotential blCL - - - 14553 - - 14868 - - 15273 - - 13990 blCL maxRH - - - 73 - - 64 - - 67 - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 51.9 - - 56.0 - - 54.3 - - 45.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 26.4 - - 25.3 - - 25.5 - - 26.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 52.9 - - 56.5 - - 56.0 - - 52.5 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 25.7 - - 24.9 - - 25.2 - - 26.7 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 278 - - 400 - - 138 - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4147 - - 6188 - - 5147 - - 1262 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - - 4 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] 96303 14 294 9 288 11 236 15 285 96303 89104 7 304 16 293 5 306 8 298 89104 83569 2 281 14 287 15 312 16 321 83569 79001 13 312 12 322 15 319 17 324 79001 75075 20 311 19 318 13 336 12 333 75075 71583 17 313 26 307 23 315 25 322 71583 68415 14 307 23 308 26 302 28 310 68415 65495 11 319 12 309 18 296 18 308 65495 62760 29 294 24 294 15 296 22 302 62760 60078 34 278 33 278 29 291 27 284 60078 57253 31 267 34 271 34 287 29 281 57253 54308 35 268 44 268 46 281 41 286 54308 51502 46 266 51 265 56 274 50 279 51502 48996 50 262 54 262 57 267 51 271 48996 46774 53 266 57 261 58 264 53 269 46774 44780 61 270 60 264 61 263 58 269 44780 42978 68 272 64 267 64 263 65 267 42978 41339 71 270 65 271 64 264 70 262 41339 39832 73 268 63 273 66 266 73 262 39832 38430 71 270 63 273 68 266 74 261 38430 37118 69 273 63 274 66 267 70 260 37118 35862 67 272 63 274 63 267 66 262 35862 34603 65 271 62 274 63 267 64 263 34603 33314 62 270 60 273 63 267 63 264 33314 32002 59 266 59 270 63 267 60 267 32002 30657 58 263 56 266 62 265 57 272 30657 29269 56 261 54 263 61 264 54 275 29269 27843 53 262 53 262 59 263 52 275 27843 26381 48 262 53 262 57 263 51 271 26381 24887 44 260 51 263 54 265 52 267 24887 23366 40 258 49 263 52 266 52 265 23366 21813 37 257 47 263 51 266 50 266 21813 20222 34 258 45 262 49 266 47 268 20222 18620 33 260 43 262 47 266 46 271 18620 17087 32 262 40 262 45 267 45 272 17087 15692 31 264 38 265 42 269 44 270 15692 14446 30 266 36*267 39 269 43 266 14446 13325 30 267 33*267 36*267 42 262 13325 12312 30*267 29 265 32*264 40 260 12312 11393 30*266 27 263 28 262 37 258 11393 10561 28 264 26 262 26 261 33 258 10561 9811 26 262 25 262 25 261 29 257 9811 9134 25 261 25 262 24 262 26*256 9134 8513 24 260 24 262 23 263 23*255 8513 7954 23 259 24 263 22 264 20 256 7954 7478 22 259 23 263 21 265 16 259 7478 7107 21 259 21 264 20 265 13 262 7107 6849 19 259 20 264 19 266 10 265 6849 6691 17 259 18 264 17 266 7 268 6691 6601 11 259 12 265 11 267 2 061 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