DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 03/31 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 - - - 47.0 - - 47.1 - - - - - 40.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 276 - - 251 - - - - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4572 - - 4251 - - - - - 944 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 10629 - - 10346 - - - - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top - - - 12072 - - 11751 - - - - - 8444 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 2189 - - 2397 - - - - - 2557 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 463 - - 439 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 19 - - 19 - - - - - 9 BL Wind Direction - - - 237 - - 234 - - - - - 277 Direction Wind Shear - - - 18 - - 12 - - - - - 12 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - -46 - - -48 - - - - - -21 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - 3674 - - 3731 - - - - - 1423 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 8398 - - 8020 - - - - - 7022 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - 1654 - - 1734 - - - - - -2612 ODpotential blCL - - - 10418 - - 10017 - - - - - 11056 blCL maxRH - - - 83 - - 90 - - - - - 89 maxRH CAPE - - - 160 - - 220 - - - - - 20 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 47.0 - - 47.1 - - - - - 40.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 32.9 - - 34.6 - - - - - 32.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 47.8 - - 48.2 - - - - - 44.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 32.2 - - 33.8 - - - - - 32.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 276 - - 251 - - - - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 4572 - - 4251 - - - - - 944 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 32 - - 60 - - - - - 54 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 4 - - 5 - - - - - 4 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] 96350 12 270 10 282 16 283 96350 89117 8 257 5 263 13 305 89117 83571 9 259 15 273 14 314 83571 78984 8 277 8 253 20 323 78984 75032 11 287 15 288 23 293 75032 71542 18 279 25 278 20 295 71542 68361 17 285 22 291 25 300 68361 65392 22 302 33 293 30 284 65392 62606 32 287 42 276 35 273 62606 59896 37 279 40 269 38 272 59896 57065 40 275 38 272 38 271 57065 54120 40 272 38 274 37 272 54120 51300 39 275 41 269 40 272 51300 48758 41 276 46 265 46 270 48758 46487 47 272 51 266 51 267 46487 44441 51 267 56 265 52 264 44441 42585 51 264 56 265 51 264 42585 40885 53 267 57 267 51 266 40885 39311 58 268 62 266 54 267 39311 37853 69 265 66 264 62 265 37853 36513 78 263 71 267 77 262 36513 35257 81 259 81 266 89 260 35257 34012 78 251 86 259 89 258 34012 32742 77 245 83 255 79 256 32742 31453 73 242 71 256 65 252 31453 30133 73 243 64 258 55 243 30133 28773 74 248 60 257 51 239 28773 27377 72 255 56 253 49 246 27377 25946 65 261 53 251 45 245 25946 24484 60 266 51 248 44 241 24484 22995 55 268 50 244 43 243 22995 21475 49 271 47 246 36 244 21475 19921 40 271 40 250 29 248 19921 18359 34 268 33 253 24 249 18359 16865 32 263 25 246 21 250 16865 15507 31 259 23 243 19 250 15507 14291 31 258 23 241 17 247 14291 13197 30 258 23 239 15 243 13197 12205 28*256 22*236 13 241 12205 11305 26*251 22*235 12 241 11305 10490 24 245 21 234 11 245 10490 9753 22 239 21 234 10 255 9753 9088 20 235 20 234 10 269 9088 8479 17 232 19 234 11*279 8479 7930 15 229 18 234 12*285 7930 7463 14 228 17 235 11 283 7463 7099 14 227 16 235 10 276 7099 6845 13 227 15 235 8 264 6845 6690 12 227 13 235 5 252 6690 6600 9 226 10 235 2 195 6600 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