DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 12/17 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - 0701z - - 1003z - - - - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 38.9 - - 30.4 - - - - - 23.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 5 - - 100 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5871 - - 2980 - - - - - 2911 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 6583 - - 8977 - - - - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top - - - 13371 - - 10480 - - - - - 10411 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 923 - - 865 - - - - - 1388 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 183 - - 292 - - - - - 67 W* B/S - - - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 51 - - 45 - - - - - 26 BL Wind Direction - - - 287 - - 302 - - - - - 313 Direction Wind Shear - - - 60 - - 40 - - - - - 32 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -78 - - -79 - - - - - -28 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 6179 - - 1892 - - - - - 2947 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 7193 - - 8589 - - - - - 7464 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 2467 - - -4488 - - - - - -1578 ODpotential blCL - - - 10904 - - 14968 - - - - - 11989 blCL maxRH - - - 84 - - 64 - - - - - 71 maxRH CAPE - - - 120 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 38.9 - - 30.4 - - - - - 23.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 30.1 - - 15.9 - - - - - 14.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 41.7 - - 32.6 - - - - - 27.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 28.9 - - 14.8 - - - - - 13.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 5 - - 100 - - - - - -11 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 5871 - - 2980 - - - - - 2911 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 37 - - 0 - - - - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 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] 96281 27 056 14 063 8 359 96281 89267 14 044 13 041 16 038 89267 83745 12 017 10 027 17 000 83745 79137 14 356 10 000 13 343 79137 75146 13 330 13 335 11 328 75146 71609 17 315 13 309 9 073 71609 68377 16 306 9 294 17 039 68377 65389 13 299 5 281 15 308 65389 62644 17 286 36 262 14 320 62644 59987 42 277 48 267 28 343 59987 57163 59 282 41 294 45 314 57163 54199 61 288 59 297 55 298 54199 51383 66 288 82 294 57 295 51383 48859 75 287 75 294 60 295 48859 46619 85 284 74 297 67 302 46619 44613 89 282 80 297 89 307 44613 42793 89 283 86 295 103 305 42793 41118 90 284 90 294 98 304 41118 39562 92 285 94 294 98 316 39562 38113 95 286 97 294 124 326 38113 36767 98 287 98 294 152 327 36767 35488 98 287 98 296 159 327 35488 34206 95 287 101 299 153 326 34206 32893 93 287 109 303 153 323 32893 31559 94 287 118 305 148 320 31559 30194 97 286 125 306 141 315 30194 28788 100 284 127 305 136 311 28788 27347 102 282 124 304 134 309 27347 25869 100 282 119 303 134 311 25869 24361 96 283 112 303 128 312 24361 22830 88 284 103 302 118 310 22830 21272 81 281 91 301 112 306 21272 19683 76 276 80 298 107 306 19683 18098 75 273 72 293 100 310 18098 16596 75 276 67 290 88 314 16596 15244 76 280 65 291 73 314 15244 14043 76*283 63 294 62 313 14043 12969 73*284 62 298 53 312 12969 12004 67 285 60 300 46 314 12004 11132 61 286 58*302 39*316 11132 10345 59 287 56*302 37*316 10345 9636 55 288 53 302 35 316 9636 8996 50 289 51 302 32 315 8996 8409 45 290 48 302 28 313 8409 7880 39 290 44 302 24 311 7880 7430 34 290 40 302 20 308 7430 7079 29 288 35 302 16 304 7079 6835 24 286 31 302 12 300 6835 6685 20 285 26 302 9 297 6685 6599 13 283 16 300 5 293 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