DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 05/08 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1600z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 51.7 - - 60.3 - - 67.4 - - 65.9 - - 56.6 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 33 - - 381 - - 409 - - 154 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 2630 - - 6450 - - 9518 - - 8534 - - 4663 BL Depth Hcrit 6584 - - 12243 - - 14762 - - 13375 - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top 10130 - - 13950 - - 17018 - - 16034 - - 12163 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 2673 - - 1395 - - 1388 - - 3287 - - 2986 Hgt.Variab. W* 203 - - 577 - - 673 - - 470 - - 42 W* B/S 9 - - 10 - - 9 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 10 - - 14 - - 18 - - 18 BL Wind Direction 294 - - 268 - - 296 - - 310 - - 321 Direction Wind Shear 7 - - 14 - - 11 - - 12 - - 13 Wind Shear Max.Converg -4 - - -13 - - 16 - - -25 - - -20 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -33 - - 1564 - - 1904 - - 485 - - -1473 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 10163 - - 12386 - - 15115 - - 15550 - - 13637 sfcLCL ODpotential -5703 - - -1440 - - -378 - - -2701 - - -6301 ODpotential blCL 15833 - - 15390 - - 17396 - - 18735 - - 18464 blCL maxRH 59 - - 66 - - 73 - - 84 - - 81 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 51.7 - - 60.3 - - 67.4 - - 65.9 - - 56.6 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 30.2 - - 28.7 - - 23.6 - - 20.3 - - 20.0 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 54.1 - - 60.6 - - 67.6 - - 67.5 - - 62.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 29.0 - - 27.8 - - 22.4 - - 19.3 - - 19.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 33 - - 381 - - 409 - - 154 - - -15 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 2630 - - 6450 - - 9518 - - 8534 - - 4663 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 34 - - 25 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 4 - - 3 - - 2 - - 3 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] 97748 5 155 10 237 10 280 6 308 5 288 97748 90347 7 082 4 200 6 226 4 264 6 341 90347 84623 5 011 5 160 4 189 1 039 6 018 84623 79878 1 070 5 140 2 022 3 027 9 042 79878 75803 4 024 2 228 4 360 0 327 8 014 75803 72209 8 342 1 019 5 353 2 060 4 353 72209 68948 6 339 8 336 9 330 8 344 6 018 68948 65942 6 301 6 326 7 318 8 329 6 350 65942 63153 15 328 16 348 10 338 10 350 7 354 63153 60456 15 312 20 323 16 324 15 340 11 346 60456 57654 13 305 17 310 12 302 17 327 16 338 57654 54762 26 326 21 323 18 310 25 318 22 334 54762 52016 35 330 28 325 27 319 28 317 29 325 52016 49559 37 329 37 331 36 331 38 323 40 326 49559 47362 41 330 42 329 45 328 49 319 42 317 47362 45359 45 325 50 329 50 315 49 307 47 304 45359 43516 46 328 50 324 50 306 47 299 47 296 43516 41818 48 328 50 321 49 302 49 288 49 290 41818 40249 46 326 49 317 48 296 50 275 53 283 40249 38800 42 325 44 315 45 293 52 269 55 269 38800 37456 40 329 40 313 44 292 53 269 56 261 37456 36178 41 329 39 312 43 293 52 269 53 261 36178 34899 43 329 39 311 42 295 52 271 51 263 34899 33594 43 328 39 313 41 296 49 273 50 264 33594 32266 42 326 39 314 41 295 46 275 49 264 32266 30905 42 325 40 313 42 293 41 279 46 266 30905 29502 42 324 41 311 42 294 35 284 41 270 29502 28060 42 323 41 311 40 298 35 288 40 274 28060 26581 41 321 40 315 36 300 37 288 42 277 26581 25070 40 321 37 319 34 301 38 288 43 277 25070 23531 40 323 34 318 34 301 37 288 41 275 23531 21964 40 324 33 316 35 303 35 288 36 272 21964 20363 38 322 33 315 36 307 31 288 32 276 20363 18751 36 315 33 314 34 312 29 293 29 284 18751 17206 33 311 32 313 28*314 27*300 26 293 17206 15801 26 311 28 313 18*306 23*305 22 299 15801 14544 20 311 22*312 16 301 18 309 17 302 14544 13412 16 306 15*305 15 300 17 310 14 305 13412 12388 13 297 12 287 15 298 17 311 14*316 12388 11460 11 291 12 279 14 296 18 311 17*323 11460 10619 9*290 11 275 14 294 18 311 19 325 10619 9860 7*293 11 262 13 293 18 311 20 325 9860 9173 6 299 11 256 13 291 18 311 21 323 9173 8545 5 303 11 251 12 291 18 311 21 322 8545 7976 5 302 10 248 12 289 18 310 20 320 7976 7493 4 294 10 245 11 288 18 310 19 318 7493 7117 3 272 10 243 11 288 17 310 16 315 7117 6854 2 239 9 242 10 288 16 310 13 311 6854 6694 2 229 9 241 10 287 15 310 10 305 6694 6601 1 224 7 240 8 287 10 310 5 290 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