DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 05/14 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 - - - 55.3 - - 62.4 - - 62.6 - - 53.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 467 - - 474 - - 206 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5867 - - 8562 - - 8818 - - 5508 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 11851 - - 14049 - - 13797 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13367 - - 16062 - - 16318 - - 13008 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 1342 - - 1368 - - 1315 - - 2301 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 596 - - 681 - - 522 - - 41 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 6 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 13 - - 20 - - 19 - - 20 BL Wind Direction - - - 273 - - 278 - - 277 - - 282 Direction Wind Shear - - - 22 - - 22 - - 19 - - 19 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -17 - - -24 - - -22 - - -23 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1534 - - -255 - - -110 - - -1325 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14902 - - 16318 - - 16429 - - 14333 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -7548 - - -4629 - - -4639 - - -7949 ODpotential blCL - - - 20915 - - 20691 - - 20957 - - 20957 blCL maxRH - - - 56 - - 78 - - 50 - - 46 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.3 - - 62.4 - - 62.6 - - 53.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 12.8 - - 13.2 - - 13.1 - - 13.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 55.4 - - 62.6 - - 63.9 - - 58.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 11.9 - - 12.1 - - 12.0 - - 12.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 467 - - 474 - - 206 - - -17 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5867 - - 8562 - - 8818 - - 5508 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 12 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 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] 98142 5 162 4 140 1 134 7 345 98142 90696 8 137 2 109 4 042 6 029 90696 84970 7 143 4 197 6 003 6 046 84970 80239 6 141 5 120 4 283 7 016 80239 76162 10 120 2 080 1 273 3 338 76162 72563 5 080 2 126 0 148 2 257 72563 69302 4 235 2 212 3 295 1 208 69302 66289 2 167 6 213 5 280 2 202 66289 63480 1 301 7 237 6 261 3 278 63480 60757 3 235 17 231 11 263 8 291 60757 57930 2 314 7 253 17 267 32 267 57930 55025 20 283 16 293 19 279 27 266 55025 52268 17 278 22 287 30 283 33 267 52268 49790 29 301 30 283 33 277 39 264 49790 47561 40 288 38 284 40 275 42 264 47561 45528 39 284 40 282 44 273 47 269 45528 43657 39 290 42 284 46 273 53 271 43657 41935 48 297 44 289 52 276 58 274 41935 40351 56 300 51 294 60 278 64 277 40351 38889 65 303 62 297 65 283 69 275 38889 37533 77 305 69 299 66 285 71 272 37533 36240 83 303 70 297 67 282 72 269 36240 34945 82 303 72 294 69 279 73 269 34945 33621 79 306 75 291 72 279 72 272 33621 32273 78 306 75 289 73 279 74 276 32273 30893 77 306 73 287 71 279 76 278 30893 29474 74 304 71 285 69 279 74 278 29474 28020 73 301 68 282 66 280 71 277 28020 26532 72 298 65 282 64 280 68 276 26532 25013 71 295 62 284 62 279 65 275 25013 23468 69 294 59 286 59 278 62 273 23468 21894 65 295 56 287 56 276 59 272 21894 20286 58 295 52 286 53 276 56 272 20286 18671 51 294 48 286 49 277 53 274 18671 17129 46 294 41*289 41*282 49 277 17129 15731 41 297 31*291 28*286 43 280 15731 14482 36*298 21 288 20 284 36 284 14482 13359 26*296 20 285 20 282 29*286 13359 12345 17 288 20 283 19 282 24*286 12345 11424 15 279 20 281 19 280 21 284 11424 10589 14 276 19 277 19 276 21 284 10589 9835 13 268 19 272 19 273 21 284 9835 9154 12 263 19 269 18 271 21 284 9154 8529 12 259 18 267 18 269 21 283 8529 7966 11 255 18 265 18 268 21 281 7966 7487 11 252 17 263 17 267 19 278 7487 7112 10 249 17 262 17 266 17 275 7112 6852 10 248 16 261 16 265 14 270 6852 6693 9 248 15 260 14 265 10 267 6693 6601 8 247 11 261 10 265 5 264 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