DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 03/20 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 - - - 62.2 - - 66.2 - - - - - 54.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 165 - - 307 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3599 - - 5771 - - - - - 475 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9677 - - 11603 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 11099 - - 13271 - - - - - 7975 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 3067 - - 2507 - - - - - 4048 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 363 - - 515 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 6 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 15 - - 16 - - - - - 7 BL Wind Direction - - - 291 - - 269 - - - - - 251 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 11 - - - - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -35 - - -38 - - - - - -15 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -2844 - - -2116 - - - - - -4384 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 13944 - - 15388 - - - - - 12360 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -9152 - - -7835 - - - - - -10125 ODpotential blCL - - - 20251 - - 21106 - - - - - 18100 blCL maxRH - - - 71 - - 65 - - - - - 69 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 62.2 - - 66.2 - - - - - 54.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.2 - - 21.7 - - - - - 24.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 63.7 - - 66.9 - - - - - 63.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.1 - - 21.0 - - - - - 23.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 165 - - 307 - - - - - -1 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3599 - - 5771 - - - - - 475 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 2 - - - - - 3 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] 96281 14 252 19 294 17 279 96281 89275 9 332 11 306 11 295 89275 83849 3 337 9 308 7 316 83849 79314 3 013 12 308 11 334 79314 75388 5 009 7 313 12 327 75388 71906 11 357 7 331 9 321 71906 68750 14 354 13 329 13 299 68750 65859 12 347 11 323 16 321 65859 63200 19 303 22 309 27 330 63200 60640 18 287 30 288 34 308 60640 57975 31 298 32 294 38 300 57975 55186 45 292 39 300 38 293 55186 52492 45 283 42 292 44 288 52492 50044 44 282 46 281 52 284 50044 47837 45 286 50 275 58 281 47837 45825 48 285 52 273 60 277 45825 43977 51 284 55 275 63 275 43977 42273 58 280 63 275 71 273 42273 40702 66 274 68 272 78 271 40702 39252 70 274 67 271 74 269 39252 37907 70 277 66 272 67 268 37907 36624 71 275 67 273 65 269 36624 35335 70 274 70 273 68 269 35335 34015 71 275 72 273 71 271 34015 32669 71 276 73 273 73 271 32669 31287 67 277 71 275 73 272 31287 29863 61 277 65 275 69 272 29863 28401 58 278 60 275 63 272 28401 26903 55 277 58 274 61 271 26903 25373 52 275 55 273 60 271 25373 23811 48 272 51 269 59 273 23811 22215 45 271 46 267 57 274 22215 20580 43 272 42 266 51 274 20580 18935 40 274 38 268 44 272 18935 17361 35 275 34 268 38 268 17361 15930 30 273 29 268 36 264 15930 14649 27 272 25 266 35 258 14649 13497 24 274 23*265 34 252 13497 12455 22 278 20*265 33 249 12455 11511 21*283 18 267 30 247 11511 10656 20*289 17 268 26 245 10656 9887 19 293 16 269 21 241 9887 9192 18 294 15 270 18 236 9192 8557 17 295 15 270 16 234 8557 7984 15 293 14 271 15*235 7984 7498 13 289 14 271 13*238 7498 7119 11 286 14 271 9 246 7119 6855 10 284 12 271 6 262 6855 6694 9 284 12 271 3 287 6694 6601 8 284 9 271 2 336 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