DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 01/21 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 = 18Z 3Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z 1Z 2Z 3Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 9.9 - - 19.4 - - 24.8 - - 22.4 - - 16.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -8 - - 54 - - 59 - - -3 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6581 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 - - 6582 Hcrit BL Top 6599 - - 6600 - - 6600 - - 6599 - - 6600 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 269 - - 780 - - 1150 - - 841 - - 750 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 41 - - 42 - - 5 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 3 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 170 - - 167 - - 161 - - 179 - - 174 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 2 - - 1 - - 2 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg -10 - - -7 - - -3 - - -7 - - -8 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -255 - - -82 - - -1436 - - -675 - - -550 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 6854 - - 6682 - - 8036 - - 7274 - - 7150 sfcLCL ODpotential -10462 - - -9185 - - -8994 - - -8037 - - -9481 ODpotential blCL 17061 - - 15785 - - 15594 - - 14636 - - 16081 blCL maxRH 75 - - 79 - - 71 - - 65 - - 59 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 9.9 - - 19.4 - - 24.8 - - 22.4 - - 16.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 3.9 - - 13.8 - - 13.3 - - 14.2 - - 8.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 17.2 - - 21.7 - - 27.1 - - 26.3 - - 23.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 10.4 - - 13.2 - - 12.4 - - 13.5 - - 9.6 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -8 - - 54 - - 59 - - -3 - - -5 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 14 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 2 - - 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] 95628 16 061 21 017 26 042 13 015 13 360 95628 88748 25 058 21 018 19 029 18 022 22 024 88748 83355 21 042 20 028 24 003 29 025 28 018 83355 78852 17 033 21 022 16 347 24 027 24 014 78852 74944 19 025 12 025 16 338 21 010 17 356 74944 71450 13 018 5 013 13 340 20 352 21 353 71450 68269 20 016 12 354 15 330 21 346 27 347 68269 65328 25 017 32 349 27 334 31 349 32 344 65328 62587 33 350 42 343 36 335 40 340 38 339 62587 59924 40 329 49 335 41 333 43 332 43 339 59924 57127 42 327 53 326 45 327 48 328 47 336 57127 54200 49 327 59 324 54 326 57 328 53 333 54200 51398 62 330 70 323 65 324 66 328 60 329 51398 48881 69 327 75 320 71 321 71 326 67 327 48881 46634 72 327 75 319 73 318 72 323 70 323 46634 44603 73 326 74 320 75 316 73 320 71 319 44603 42744 75 324 73 322 75 315 73 318 69 317 42744 41031 74 322 75 324 74 317 71 316 68 317 41031 39449 75 322 79 324 75 318 70 316 68 320 39449 37989 80 321 82 320 78 316 72 319 70 323 37989 36644 84 317 84 317 81 315 78 319 73 320 36644 35379 83 316 82 315 81 312 81 315 75 315 35379 34125 81 317 79 316 78 309 81 311 72 315 34125 32851 79 320 77 317 73 310 77 310 73 319 32851 31557 79 321 77 317 72 312 74 313 76 320 31557 30228 79 320 77 316 72 313 72 316 77 320 30228 28859 77 318 75 316 72 315 71 318 75 319 28859 27452 75 319 73 317 69 316 70 317 71 317 27452 26009 71 321 70 319 65 318 69 316 68 315 26009 24534 64 320 64 320 62 319 67 315 65 315 24534 23031 57 319 56 318 58 318 63 317 63 319 23031 21494 53 316 51 318 54 317 58 319 60 322 21494 19921 48 313 47 317 49 316 52 318 53 323 19921 18341 45 312 43 317 43 318 47 318 45 321 18341 16830 42 313 38 317 37 321 41 318 39 320 16830 15456 38 316 34 319 33 324 35 319 36 319 15456 14227 34 319 31 321 29 327 31 319 33 320 14227 13123 29 322 27 324 25 330 27 320 30 322 13123 12127 25 325 23 327 22 330 24 322 27 324 12127 11226 22 328 19 328 19 330 22 324 24 327 11226 10413 19 332 15 326 17 328 19 325 21 329 10413 9683 18 335 12 324 14 326 17 325 19 331 9683 9024 17 337 11 321 11 324 13 324 16 333 9024 8423 15 337 8 318 8 320 9 317 11 336 8423 7884 11 344 4 321 3 305 5 293 4 348 7884 7429 5 013 2 143 2 187 3 219 2 128 7429 7077 4 100 5 163 4 166 4 195 5 155 7077 6833 6 127 5 168 5 161 4 184 5 166 6833 6684 5*146 4*169 5*159 3*178 4*177 6684 6599 3*170 3*169 4*159 2*174 3*180 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