DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 04/10 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 - - - 0700z - - 1003z - - - - - 1602z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - 55.9 - - 58.5 - - - - - 55.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 384 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3488 - - 6766 - - - - - 9601 BL Depth Hcrit - - - 9789 - - 12498 - - - - - 6584 Hcrit BL Top - - - 10988 - - 14266 - - - - - 17101 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - 4745 - - 3697 - - - - - 3445 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - 420 - - 587 - - - - - 0 W* B/S - - - 8 - - 9 - - - - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - 10 - - 11 - - - - - 16 BL Wind Direction - - - 145 - - 170 - - - - - 195 Direction Wind Shear - - - 12 - - 23 - - - - - 16 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - 13 - - -21 - - - - - 38 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - -1477 - - 3110 - - - - - 3869 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - 12466 - - 11157 - - - - - 13233 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - -4421 - - 846 - - - - - 1230 ODpotential blCL - - - 15409 - - 13420 - - - - - 15871 blCL maxRH - - - 85 - - 79 - - - - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - 90 - - 270 - - - - - 60 CAPE Temp@2m - - - 55.9 - - 58.5 - - - - - 55.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - 24.1 - - 32.3 - - - - - 20.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - 56.7 - - 59.0 - - - - - 62.2 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - 23.4 - - 31.8 - - - - - 20.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - 273 - - 384 - - - - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - 3488 - - 6766 - - - - - 9601 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - 40 - - 17 - - - - - 98 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - 3 - - 4 - - - - - 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] 96748 34 260 48 272 42 278 96748 89366 38 271 41 258 47 284 89366 83770 39 278 40 257 46 283 83770 79171 39 273 40 268 43 281 79171 75211 41 269 37 278 37 277 75211 71706 38 272 38 283 31 275 71706 68523 36 279 36 280 29 283 68523 65571 31 280 33 279 34 280 65571 62808 28 284 33 280 33 273 62808 60119 28 275 32 277 30 269 60119 57311 23 275 32 272 26 268 57311 54391 25 269 30 261 23 271 54391 51596 26 262 27 259 23 269 51596 49075 25 258 25 254 23 253 49075 46816 24 260 26 246 17 250 46816 44766 29 253 27 246 21 242 44766 42905 28 246 34 241 27 232 42905 41214 26 229 40 229 31 234 41214 39668 24 218 39 222 38 229 39668 38247 26 211 37 221 40 221 38247 36932 28 218 36 217 38 217 36932 35682 30 223 34 217 39 218 35682 34432 32 226 35 218 41 220 34432 33156 31 226 39 215 42 224 33156 31858 28 223 43 210 43 228 31858 30527 25 220 38 211 42 232 30527 29156 24 217 34 211 40 234 29156 27747 22 210 31 211 37 236 27747 26302 20 205 30 214 35 237 26302 24824 22 207 27 214 35 235 24824 23319 24 209 24 211 33 224 23319 21783 20 213 24 210 27 219 21783 20213 21 219 25 213 19 213 20213 18632 24 218 27 217 18 203 18632 17116 27 216 27 218 17*197 17116 15735 28 212 26 218 17*196 15735 14497 29 209 25*215 18 196 14497 13381 22 202 22*209 18 196 13381 12367 17 191 19 201 18 196 12367 11445 15*182 14 187 18 196 11445 10609 14*176 12 171 18 196 10609 9853 13 167 11 161 17 196 9853 9169 11 155 11 141 17 195 9169 8542 9 139 11 135 16 195 8542 7974 9 123 11 133 15 193 7974 7492 9 121 11 131 13 190 7492 7116 9 119 11 130 11 187 7116 6854 9 118 10 129 8 182 6854 6694 8 119 10 128 6 176 6694 6601 7 118 8 127 2 157 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