DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 04/21 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 - - - - - 1601z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 61.6 - - 66.8 - - - - - 54.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 339 - - 415 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7211 - - 10396 - - - - - 2223 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 12797 - - 15485 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 14711 - - 17896 - - - - - 9723 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2290 - - 1772 - - - - - 9182 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 575 - - 695 - - - - - 17 W* B/S - - - 6 - - 5 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 18 - - 24 - - - - - 23 BL Wind Direction - - - 194 - - 182 - - - - - 185 Direction Wind Shear - - - 20 - - 23 - - - - - 26 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -14 - - 7 - - - - - -14 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 652 - - 1604 - - - - - -4721 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 14060 - - 16293 - - - - - 14445 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -3455 - - -1901 - - - - - -8585 ODpotential blCL - - - 18166 - - 19797 - - - - - 18308 blCL maxRH - - - 67 - - 72 - - - - - 74 maxRH CAPE - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 61.6 - - 66.8 - - - - - 54.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 22.7 - - 17.6 - - - - - 14.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 62.2 - - 67.2 - - - - - 62.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 21.8 - - 16.7 - - - - - 14.3 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 339 - - 415 - - - - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 7211 - - 10396 - - - - - 2223 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 0 - - 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] 97073 19 273 20 275 25 298 97073 89783 31 295 22 294 19 280 89783 84191 27 279 27 293 14 284 84191 79560 15 266 20 280 15 315 79560 75553 13 261 17 271 15 297 75553 71999 12 272 14 266 15 270 71999 68786 11 290 7 262 11 270 68786 65827 15 285 8 279 15 295 65827 63073 16 265 16 268 15 312 63073 60386 9 264 15 264 21 306 60386 57557 13 274 21 253 22 269 57557 54624 20 261 19 261 27 260 54624 51825 26 251 31 264 29 264 51825 49289 30 240 40 244 26 253 49289 47017 37 231 42 229 29 245 47017 44980 38 228 37 222 29 225 44980 43142 37 231 43 220 28 215 43142 41457 46 224 49 213 36 221 41457 39898 54 213 53 208 53 209 39898 38457 48 204 53 207 64 194 38457 37120 47 213 51 206 66 190 37120 35851 49 219 46 207 68 192 35851 34583 42 222 44 209 69 193 34583 33287 36 219 41 212 70 197 33287 31968 35 214 38 216 69 199 31968 30618 36 212 36 219 66 197 30618 29227 38 213 38 218 64 195 29227 27802 41 215 46 215 63 195 27802 26345 47 217 53 210 61 195 26345 24858 51 218 54 204 57 197 24858 23347 51 216 53 201 52 199 23347 21808 46 212 51 202 45 201 21808 20235 43 207 48 203 38 201 20235 18652 41 205 42*202 33 200 18652 17134 37 204 34*196 32 201 17134 15749 30*202 26 186 32 202 15749 14507 27*196 25 184 34 201 14507 13388 25 191 24 182 36 199 13388 12373 23 196 24 181 35 196 12373 11451 21 204 24 180 34 194 11451 10614 18 206 23 179 33 193 10614 9857 16 202 23 178 31*191 9857 9172 14 194 23 177 29*190 9172 8544 13 187 22 177 28 188 8544 7976 12 180 22 176 27 186 7976 7493 11 177 21 176 24 183 7493 7117 11 175 20 175 20 180 7117 6854 10 173 19 175 15 176 6854 6693 10 171 18 175 10 170 6693 6601 8 171 13 173 4 154 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