DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 01/27 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1001z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 20.0 - - 26.5 - - 31.2 - - 26.2 - - 21.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 23 - - 49 - - 4 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 563 - - 419 - - 137 BL Depth Hcrit 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 6600 - - 8063 - - 7919 - - 7637 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 757 - - 1148 - - 1464 - - 969 - - 871 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 31 - - 130 - - 52 - - 35 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 4 - - 1 - - 1 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 3 - - 6 - - 7 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 198 - - 172 - - 192 - - 171 - - 174 Direction Wind Shear 1 - - 1 - - 5 - - 8 - - 10 Wind Shear Max.Converg -9 - - -6 - - -9 - - -7 - - -2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -4196 - - -3462 - - -1747 - - -771 - - -528 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10797 - - 10063 - - 9811 - - 8691 - - 8165 sfcLCL ODpotential -13894 - - -11442 - - -10225 - - -11869 - - -11312 ODpotential blCL 20494 - - 18042 - - 18288 - - 19788 - - 18949 blCL maxRH 74 - - 57 - - 57 - - 76 - - 78 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 20.0 - - 26.5 - - 31.2 - - 26.2 - - 21.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m -3.0 - - 6.3 - - 11.9 - - 11.9 - - 10.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 28.7 - - 29.1 - - 33.5 - - 31.8 - - 30.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot -3.1 - - 5.9 - - 11.3 - - 11.2 - - 10.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 23 - - 49 - - 4 - - 4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 563 - - 419 - - 137 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 6 - - 11 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 1 - - 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] 94391 107 312 105 309 110 314 117 314 110 303 94391 87655 88 316 87 311 99 315 101 321 97 312 87655 82336 77 313 81 315 93 314 91 322 92 321 82336 77875 68 313 77 315 88 310 91 318 91 322 77875 74037 72 317 74 309 77 306 85 315 83 323 74037 70647 77 317 67 305 70 305 77 313 76 327 70647 67562 79 314 63 310 65 308 71 308 72 320 67562 64725 73 312 66 315 62 311 70 303 66 313 64725 62099 68 312 67 314 62 315 64 305 59 314 62099 59537 66 312 65 313 62 314 58 315 59 318 59537 56847 64 314 62 317 61 315 58 321 67 306 56847 54052 60 319 66 321 66 320 65 317 65 298 54052 51365 60 325 74 323 74 320 69 309 62 299 51365 48929 65 327 78 323 77 315 68 307 62 301 48929 46749 68 325 76 323 72 312 62 308 50 295 46749 44793 68 325 72 323 65 315 57 310 40 299 44793 43026 69 328 72 327 68 320 59 315 46 303 43026 41419 72 330 78 330 72 323 68 315 55 299 41419 39934 79 332 86 328 77 324 73 309 53 297 39934 38535 84 334 92 327 74 323 69 307 53 299 38535 37219 87 338 89 330 69 322 60 316 53 304 37219 35953 87 341 84 334 66 320 52 323 55 303 35953 34681 85 343 80 335 61 322 49 313 58 302 34681 33377 82 346 75 334 57 324 50 304 57 302 33377 32047 79 348 68 333 54 325 49 299 53 302 32047 30682 75 347 64 332 50 326 46 298 48 300 30682 29275 72 343 60 332 46 327 41 302 44 299 29275 27831 72 343 57 331 45 326 33 307 41 301 27831 26352 69 340 54 331 44 322 28 315 37 300 26352 24841 68 334 51 331 43 319 27 317 32 305 24841 23302 67 334 50 331 42 318 29 312 30 310 23302 21727 59 334 50 332 40 317 30 310 31 299 21727 20114 46 332 48 336 39 318 31 311 30 295 20114 18491 35 328 41 339 37 320 31 311 23 297 18491 16940 30 322 32 339 33 324 29 313 19 300 16940 15535 29 314 25 332 28 325 24 316 17 298 15535 14283 29 310 21 319 23 322 18 319 15 290 14283 13163 26 308 18 309 20 318 14 318 14 280 13163 12154 24 308 17 305 17 315 11 313 13 269 12154 11245 21 308 15 307 14 313 8 306 12 260 11245 10427 19 310 14 312 11 311 5 293 11 252 10427 9692 17 313 12 317 7 304 3 249 11 239 9692 9032 15 315 10 322 5 282 5 210 11 226 9032 8431 12 314 8 324 5*238 7*195 11 213 8431 7893 10 308 5 316 6*217 9*187 10*194 7893 7437 7 291 3 286 7 199 8 179 8*178 7437 7083 5 260 3 214 7 185 7 167 6 170 7083 6836 4 228 3 179 6 178 6 158 4 170 6836 6686 3*200 4*170 5 173 5 146 1 170 6686 6599 3*197 3*167 4 169 3 124 2 325 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