DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: SAT 01/31 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 0654z - - 0956z - - 1002z - - 1334z - - 1855z Update Time FCST PERIOD 9 hr - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 9 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 28.9 - - 36.5 - - 40.7 - - 37.3 - - 30.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating -10 - - 64 - - 103 - - -10 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 484 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth Hcrit 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 - - 6583 Hcrit BL Top 6600 - - 6600 - - 7984 - - 6601 - - 6601 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 826 - - 1275 - - 1789 - - 1555 - - 925 Hgt.Variab. W* 0 - - 44 - - 159 - - 10 - - 0 W* B/S 0 - - 3 - - 4 - - 0 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 4 - - 3 - - 7 - - 8 - - 5 BL Wind Direction 215 - - 201 - - 219 - - 231 - - 126 Direction Wind Shear 3 - - 3 - - 6 - - 7 - - 3 Wind Shear Max.Converg -10 - - -3 - - -13 - - -24 - - 5 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent -2285 - - -1274 - - 182 - - 2 - - -313 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 8885 - - 7874 - - 7802 - - 6600 - - 6915 sfcLCL ODpotential -8867 - - -6550 - - -4154 - - -5232 - - -6478 ODpotential blCL 15467 - - 13150 - - 12138 - - 11833 - - 13079 blCL maxRH 73 - - 77 - - 83 - - 81 - - 79 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 28.9 - - 36.5 - - 40.7 - - 37.3 - - 30.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 13.9 - - 25.5 - - 29.9 - - 32.1 - - 24.1 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 37.6 - - 38.7 - - 42.6 - - 41.3 - - 39.1 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 17.4 - - 24.6 - - 28.8 - - 31.1 - - 26.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating -10 - - 64 - - 103 - - -10 - - -6 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 16 - - 16 - - 484 - - 16 - - 16 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 0 - - 7 - - 33 - - 23 - - 17 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 3 - - 3 - - 4 - - 4 - - 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] 94584 74 288 95 296 93 302 87 302 70 293 94584 87956 49 312 71 307 70 310 64 306 59 303 87956 82754 46 314 57 309 52 305 49 304 46 309 82754 78386 48 313 38 307 45 298 48 297 39 308 78386 74571 49 318 23 289 37 285 42 303 33 305 74571 71162 58 319 18 317 36 298 40 314 32 307 71162 68045 63 311 40 318 49 308 45 320 38 317 68045 65152 53 305 49 308 48 305 44 315 39 311 65152 62459 39 307 38 311 43 318 41 320 38 313 62459 59853 33 322 33 322 51 324 51 322 47 322 59853 57133 41 323 45 318 59 317 69 312 65 312 57133 54306 54 314 61 307 61 311 67 298 69 296 54306 51605 60 302 64 299 56 314 57 307 54 299 51605 49167 49 294 56 304 58 323 55 317 53 316 49167 46970 40 311 67 318 69 321 57 320 63 314 46970 44976 65 315 82 308 76 310 69 313 74 304 44976 43180 73 310 78 301 73 303 78 306 68 303 43180 41558 74 323 71 308 71 307 82 305 63 309 41558 40067 83 329 78 316 82 310 79 302 70 310 40067 38672 88 323 81 317 85 311 75 301 75 307 38672 37360 89 318 83 316 81 314 77 307 75 307 37360 36101 87 313 88 315 79 318 73 310 73 308 36101 34837 87 311 87 313 80 317 71 312 72 310 34837 33542 89 310 88 315 79 313 71 314 68 311 33542 32219 88 311 89 317 77 311 72 314 64 310 32219 30859 84 311 79 319 74 312 73 314 60 309 30859 29455 79 312 74 320 64 314 74 314 57 308 29455 28012 75 316 71 318 59 314 74 315 57 310 28012 26533 71 318 69 315 60 313 73 314 61 312 26533 25019 67 318 67 316 62 314 72 312 67 310 25019 23477 60 320 60 321 62 317 66 309 64 307 23477 21902 50 318 49 324 57 316 60 307 59 306 21902 20286 39 311 38 321 47 315 53 307 55 309 20286 18662 35 304 31 313 36 314 44 307 45 313 18662 17109 33 300 26 309 29 309 37 309 33 314 17109 15699 31 299 23 309 25 305 33 313 26 308 15699 14439 30 301 21 309 21 303 29 314 22 307 14439 13306 30 306 20 310 18 301 25 311 20 309 13306 12285 29 310 19 312 15 297 21 305 18 310 12285 11362 28 313 17 315 13 293 17 296 16 311 11362 10527 26 316 15 318 11 287 15 286 14 310 10527 9777 24 319 14 322 10 279 13 275 12 306 9777 9101 21 321 11 325 8 267 12 266 10 299 9101 8483 18 319 9 323 8*252 12 257 8 288 8483 7928 14 310 6 304 8*241 13 249 5 268 7928 7459 11 290 4 268 8 224 13 243 3 204 7459 7095 9 268 3 230 7 213 11 236 5 144 7095 6842 7 247 3 204 6 208 9 230 6 132 6842 6688 5*229 2*177 6 205 7*227 6*122 6688 6600 3*203 2*167 5 202 4*224 3*128 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